Book excerpt: They say that love can blind but Crimes of Passion will make you look at love in a whole new light. From the historical days of the bushrangers to modern day criminals The Birnies and Kath Pettingill, love can make you do the strangest things. Murders, kidnappings, blackmail and deceit, there are no lengths that some criminals won't go to reach the ones they love. From passionate affairs between a prisoner and a guard, to bank-robbing husband and wife teams, this new book from Brolga Publishing and the ...that Shocked Australia series will have you amazed at how often crime takes place in the name of love.