Mothers Who Murdered their Children/Children Who Murdered their Mothers is a double book exploring matricide and filicide with 28 mother and child murderers.
Ed Kemper, Diane Downs and Antony Baekeland are among the case studies of serious familial dysfunction. If the book’s appearance looks slightly kitsch (pink, broken hearts, wire-bound) do not be mislead – this an empathetic, intelligent, even gently academic exploration of the subject from author Alexandra Montclair.