Wives who Kill contains four of the most memorable and bizarre cases of such death - from fire, poison, butchery and brute strength - over the past one hundred years.

You're unlikely to be gunned down on the street by someone you've never met. But you may well be stabbed to death in the comfort of your own home. More than fifty per cent of all murders in Australia each year are classified as 'domestic', that is, they involve a death caused by another family member, whether it be a mother, father, partner, child, brother or sister.

This chapter ebook is an extract from The Australian Book of Family Murders.

Also available in the series:

The Australian Book of Family Murders

The Australian Book of True Crime

The Australian Book of Heroism

The Australian Book of Great Trials

The Australian Book of Disasters