Goa, May 1 -- Passion and the desire to do anything in one's power for love can be a deadly concoction. When reading the news about murders around the world, it is often reported about how a jilted lover took revenge or a doubtful husband killing his wife in a fit of anger. These are the same people that would have vowed to protect the very person they killed. 'Crimes of Passion' is journalist Gerard De Souza's debut book that is so gripping that it is a hard to put down. Each chapter of the book is on a murder not just so violent but hard to imagine that one would go to that limit for passion.

Each chapter is beautifully written to give a sense of the time, the mindset of the society and the limited use of technology. Gerard has weaved ...