Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg Olsen

Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest

Gregg Olsen

419 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad slow-paced
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In this true story--a haunting saga of medical murder set in an era of steamships and gaslights--Gregg Olsen reveals one of the most unusual and disturbing criminal cases in American history. In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora ...

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Moods

dark 88%
informative 72%
sad 50%
emotional 29%
tense 27%
mysterious 26%
challenging 23%
reflective 15%
adventurous 4%
hopeful 1%

Pace

slow 62%
medium 36%
fast 1%

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3.48

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