The Pied Piper by Harold Schechter

69 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark slow-paced

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With makeup and an affected Elvis pout, Tucson’s Charlie Schmid was a crude parody of a bad-boy heartthrob. In 1964, he still had a hold on girls who’d follow him anywhere. He murdered three of them.It was the dawn of the free-love movement—perfec...

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informative 85%
dark 71%
tense 42%
challenging 28%
mysterious 14%

Pace

fast 62%
slow 25%
medium 12%

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