The Brick Slayer by Harold Schechter

36 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark medium-paced

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A series of brutal home invasions terrified Los Angeles in 1937. They ended in Chicago a year later with the arrest of African American teenager Robert Nixon, igniting racial tensions in an already appallingly divided city.Tortured in custody and ...

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Moods

dark 72%
informative 54%
challenging 36%
tense 27%
emotional 18%
sad 18%
adventurous 9%
reflective 9%

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medium 18%
slow 9%

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