The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer - Paperback

The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer - Paperback

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The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer - Paperback
  • The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer - Paperback
  • The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer - Paperback
  • The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer - Paperback
  • The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer - Paperback
The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer - Paperback

The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer - Paperback

$19.99

by Skip Hollandsworth (Author)

The New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters's Carr P. Collins Award
One of Book Riot's Best Books of the Year

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 gripping tale of murder and madness that plays out like a well-crafted whodunit. With vivid historical detail and novelistic flair, Hollandsworth's The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer brings this terrifying saga to life.

Author Biography

Skip Hollandsworth is an award-winning journalist, screenwriter, and executive editor of Texas Monthly magazine. His work was included in the 2006 edition of Best American Crime Writing and he has won a National Magazine Award for feature writing. Hollandsworth co-wrote the acclaimed screenplay "Bernie" with director Richard Linklater. He lives in Texas with his wife.

Number of Pages: 336
Dimensions: 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: April 11, 2017

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