Used book – Crimes in Silk: Thirty Stories of Billionaire Killers, Pierre Bellemare, Jean-François Nahmias

They are kings or queens, princes or princesses, the great of this world, billionaires; they have power, wealth, and glory, when suddenly, out of self-interest, jealousy, hatred, or for any other reason, they kill. And it will be no surprise if, subsequently, a compliant or subservient justice system, though not always, allows them to escape punishment.

These stories bring together thirty extraordinary criminals, from Madame Wu, "emperor" of China, ruling amidst her harem of men, to Christian Brando, who murdered his sister's partner in his father's Hollywood villa, and including the Marquise de Brinvilliers, who poisoned her entire family, and Erzebeth Bathory, Countess of Transylvania, a sadistic killer of hundreds of young girls.