{"product_id":"the-angel-makers-the-true-story-of-the-most-astonishing-murder-ring-in-history","title":"The Angel Makers: The True Story of the Most Astonishing Murder Ring in History","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Best Summer Book 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Waterstones Best True Crime Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNagyrev, Hungary, 1929. Over 160 mysterious deaths. A group of local wives conspiring together, and one woman at the centre of it all…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1929, a dark secret at the heart of a Hungarian farming village was finally exposed. For more than 15 years, Nagyrev had harboured a group of serial killers, one of the largest murder rings ever recorded. They came to be known as The Angel Makers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLed by a sharp-minded midwife known as Auntie Suzy, the local wives brazenly rid themselves of unwanted relatives, spooning doses of arsenic into soup and wine, stirring it into coffee and brandy. Murder was just another chore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver 160 mysterious deaths later, the unlikely gang of murderesses came to justice in a sensational trial reported the world over. With absorbing detail, Patti McCracken pieces together the lives of Auntie Suzy, her wide network of killers, the unsuspecting victims and the villagers who witnessed it all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Angel Makers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the utterly gripping account of an almost unbelievable – yet entirely true – moment in crime history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePatti McCracken is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSmithsonian, Wall Street Journal, Guardian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand many others. She has worked in various newsrooms, including the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and was twice a Knight International Press Fellow. This is her first book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12.9 x 2.8 x 19.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperNonFiction UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44921923666077,"sku":"9780008579562","price":72.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/41cYKDj19yL._SY445_SX342.jpg?v=1714359516","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-angel-makers-the-true-story-of-the-most-astonishing-murder-ring-in-history","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}