Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg Olsen

Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest

Gregg Olsen

419 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced

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In this true story--a haunting saga of medical murder set in an era of steamships and gaslights--Gregg Olsen reveals one of the most unusual and disturbing criminal cases in American history. In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora ...

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Moods

dark 90%
informative 75%
sad 50%
emotional 34%
tense 31%
mysterious 25%
challenging 22%
reflective 15%
adventurous 4%
hopeful 2%

Pace

slow 67%
medium 32%

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