F. Tennyson Jesse

> F[riniwyd] Tennyson Jesse (1888-1958) was fascinated by the psychology of murder, as well as its sordid nuts and bolts. 'My chief passion', she once remarked. Her chef-d'œuvre in the field is <a href=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1178373W/A_pin_to_see_the_peepshow/>*A Pin To See The Peep-Show*</a> (1934), a long novel, compellingly written, based closely on the 1922 Thompson-Bywaters case. In general her approach was no-nonsense and realistic - she edited a number of the Hodge Notable British Trials series, including those volumes devoted to Mrs Alma Victoria …