An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder by Susan Wels

An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder

Susan Wels

280 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging dark tense medium-paced
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This true crime odyssey explores a forgotten, astonishing chapter of American history, leading the reader from a free-love community in upstate New York to the shocking assassination of President James Garfield.It was heaven on earth—and, some whi...

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Moods

informative 98%
adventurous 14%
dark 10%
mysterious 7%
reflective 7%
tense 5%
challenging 3%
funny 3%
sad 3%
emotional 1%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 27%
fast 21%

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3.19

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