The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago

Douglas Perry

304 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime informative mysterious medium-paced

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The true story of the murderesses who became media sensations and inspired the musical Chicago Chicago, 1924. There was nothing surprising about men turning up dead in the Second City. Life was cheaper than a quart of illicit gin in the ganglan...

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informative 100%
mysterious 28%
adventurous 14%
dark 14%
reflective 14%
sad 7%
tense 7%

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medium 28%
fast 14%

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