The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
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In nineteenth-century Austin, Texas, a ruthless murderer terrorized the city in what would soon become a story more shocking than any fiction. In the late 1800s, just as Austin was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis, a series of brutal murders rocked the burgeoning city and shook it to its core. At the time, the concept of a serial killer was unknown and unimaginable, but the murders continued, the killer became more brazen, and the citizens’ panic reached a fever pitch. For more than a decade, Texas Monthly journalist Skip Hollandsworth has researched this tale of murder and madness that plays out like a well-crafted whodunit. With vivid historical detail, Hollandsworth's The Midnight Assassin brings this terrifying saga to life.
Genres: True Crime
ISBN-13: 9781250118493
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