True Crime
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson
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The dazzling 1893 World's Fair and, in its shadow, one of America's first documented serial killers operating a purpose-built 'murder castle.'
Twin narratives set at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair: the architects who built the 'White City,' and H.H. Holmes, a con man and serial killer who used the fair's crowds to find victims.
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