The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
A History, Nonfiction, Crime book. Nevertheless, the members of the Board of Trade were so...
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 metropolis. But beginning in December 1884, Austin was terrorized by someone equally as vicious and, in some ways, far more diabolical than...
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Nevertheless, the members of the Board of Trade were so delighted with the lamps that they decided to change Austins official nickname from City of the Violet Crown (in honor of Austins stunning sunsets) to The City of Eternal Moonlight. Skip Hollandsworth, The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
I'll admit a few things here to start. 1) Yes, I read Devil in the White City and I liked it. Was it perfect? No. The White City part of the story fascinated me. The Devil part of the story I thought was much weaker. 2) I am from and live in Texas. 3) My wife was born and raised in Austin. So, what do these admissions tell you? The... Skip Hollandsworth often has amazing articles in Texas Monthly. Sadly, this book was not as good. There was a ton of filler, facts he'd found while researching the murders. But they just didn't have much to do with the actual crimes. And there's no resolution to any of them. No one has a clue. So it just felt meaningless. I enjoyed parts of this book...and I disliked other parts. As a fan of history, I was fascinated with some of the historical context of what was happening in and around Austin at the time of the "Midnight Assassin", however, I felt those parts read more like a history book than a novel detailing gruesome murders, especially when the...
