Crippen CoverThe only thing I knew about the famous British murderer Dr. Henry Crippen was that they once mentioned the case in the pilot episode of Coupling, when (lifted from Wikipedia) “The character Steve cites Crippen and his wife as a good example of a couple that should never have been together while desperately trying to break up with his girlfriend, Jane. The slightly unhinged Jane counters that they probably had a lot of good times before her murder, though.”

This book is about what you expect from a historical reconstruction of the Crippen case (with a few twists) in that it is fun while also being flippant. But hey, there’s a severed head in a hat box! Who doesn’t want to read that?

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars – Vacation reading