{"product_id":"9780008579562","title":"The Angel Makers : The True Story of the Most Astonishing Murder Ring in History","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  McCracken, Patti \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHungary\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 April 2024 by HarperCollins Publishers (Mudlark) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e200 x 130 x 20 | 232g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Financial Times Best Summer Book 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A Waterstones Best True Crime Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Nagyrev, Hungary, 1929. Over 160 mysterious deaths. A group of local wives conspiring together, and one woman at the centre of it all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Led 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Over 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Angel Makers is the utterly gripping account of an almost unbelievable  yet entirely true  moment in crime history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45779385155824,"sku":"9780008579562","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780008579562_3eb55188-3e26-40f9-8e30-a163f1b4fa64.jpg?v=1713454873","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9780008579562","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}