The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring by Patti McCracken

The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring

Patti McCracken

316 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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The Angel Makers is a true-crime story like no other—a 1920s midwife who may have been the century’s most prolific killer leading a murder ring of women responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men.The horror occurred in a rustic farming enclave...

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Moods

dark 91%
informative 73%
sad 31%
mysterious 24%
tense 24%
challenging 21%
reflective 15%
emotional 10%
adventurous 1%

Pace

medium 48%
slow 44%
fast 6%

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3.39

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