The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth

The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer

Skip Hollandsworth

336 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark tense fast-paced

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A sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer--America's first--who stalked Austin, Texas in 1885In the late 1800s, the city of Austin, Texas was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metro...

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Moods

informative 86%
mysterious 73%
dark 69%
sad 17%
tense 17%
adventurous 8%
challenging 8%
emotional 8%
reflective 8%

Pace

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slow 22%
fast 18%

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