The TV killing spree: why are so many smash-hit shows about women being murdered?

In the last few months, grisly dramas about violence against women have topped the television ratings. They are part of a trend – and attract enormous female audiencesArriving home from work the other day in the wind and rain, my mood was further darkened by news headlines about Trump, floods across the UK, and a US military expert proclaiming that the world is now at its most geopolitically dangerous since the second world war. Reaching for the remote, I switched channels in search of my