Crimes by Women #2

Anna Slayne craves the luxuries her husband John won't provide, so she hatches a deadly scheme with the family chauffeur Henry Allard to make his death look like a hit-and-run accident and claim his insurance money. But when Henry decides to use his knowledge of the crime as leverage for ongoing payments, Anna must decide how far she'll go to keep her secrets safe—all while a suspicious insurance detective begins connecting the dots between a dead man, a missing chauffeur, and ten thousand dollars.

Andre Chateau, born in France to American parents, developed a murderous obsession fueled by his severe height—standing no taller than four feet throughout his life. When he emigrates to America and faces ridicule for his stature, his threats turn brutally real, and police must turn to an unlikely informant to catch him. This tragic true-crime tale explores how a warped mind and unchecked rage lead inexorably toward justice.

Jean Torson and her husband Fred escalate from small-time trouble to armed robbery when Fred decides to take the "big time" seriously—teaching Jean to shoot and planning a series of bank heists across the Midwest. As the pair leave a trail of violence in their wake across Minnesota and North Dakota, with police in five states closing in, they hole up near their hometown of Topeka, Kansas, where a chance encounter threatens to unravel everything.