Poison Widows: A True Story of Witchcraft, Arsenic and Murder

George Cooper's first book, Lost Love, won acclaim for its riveting portrayal of tender passions and sensational murder in old Manhattan. It was history rendered in a page-turning narrative style, a style that Cooper now applies to the 1930s and the infamous poison murder ring that infected the superstitious Italian immigrant community of South Philadelphia.

Poison Widows describes a world where the evil eye could bring ruin upon a family, where malevolent spirits stalked the living, and whe...