The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer

Skip Hollandsworth

9 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
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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 metro...

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informative 85%
mysterious 75%
dark 66%
tense 20%
sad 18%
adventurous 10%
challenging 8%
reflective 8%
emotional 6%
lighthearted 2%

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slow 23%
fast 19%

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