BLOODY MATRIMONY

Penguin, Toronto, 1992, reprint of 1974 ‘Torso: The Evelyn Dick Case’.  ISBN 0-14-017187-8.  MMPB. 244 pages including Notes and Afterword.  Unread remaindered copy, tiny corner bends and faint lower rear corner crease, binding very tight; tiny tear at lower rear spine edge; remainder mark on bottom edge.  Interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages; black & white photos.  Introduction by Max Haines.  ‘On March 16, 1946, the headless, limbless body of John Dick was discovered by a group of schoolchildren in the lonely outskirts of Hamilton, Ontario.  So began the most shocking murder investigation ever undertaken in Canadian history.  This is a true-life crime story with all the ingredients of the best detective stories:  lurid sex, seething passion, spine-tingling suspense and gruesome murder.  And it stars a genuine femme fatale, Mrs. Evelyn Dick – a strikingly beautiful woman whose extraordinary sexual proclivities and bizarre testimony shocked the nation.’ (from rear wrap)