English writer, scientist, author of the famous "Confessions of an Englishman who used opium" Thomas de Quincy talks about murder from the point of view of aesthetic categories. Filled with black humor, the narrative is a scientific report on the most striking and extravagant murders of the past. The professor's frightening awareness of the sensational crimes of the era suggests that this is not a scientific report, but a confession of the killer. Is this really the case, or perhaps is this how the author's talent for writing, which inspired Charles Dickens's best novels, comes out? The reader himself will be able to answer this question by reading the book.