Ignore the tacky title; the majority of the people Motz writes about are neither killers nor driven by an excess of love ... Distressing in the extreme ... None of its ten chapters, each of which gives a pseudonymous account of a patient, is easy to read, and some are excruciating.
She carefully accounts for the psychological and social forces that can drive women to violence, and in the process builds a robust case for mitigating such behavior by raising awareness of those forces and increasing support for women in and out of the justice system. This challenges and enlightens.
