MURDER BETWEEN THE PAGES DISCUSSES HELL'S PRINCESS

Tuesday, August 11, 2020 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

MURDER BETWEEN THE PAGES DISCUSSES HELL'S PRINCESS: THE MYSTERY OF BELLE GUNNESS, BUTCHER OF MEN

"In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychopaths, a woman who engaged in wholesale slaughter, partly out of greed but mostly for the sheer joy of it. Between 1902 and 1908, she lured a succession of unsuspecting victims to her Indiana 'murder farm.' Some were hired hands. Others were well-to-do bachelors. All of them vanished without a trace. When their bodies were dug up, they hadn't merely been poisoned, like victims of other female killers. They'd been butchered"

"With riveting and thorough detail, Schechter tracks the mystery of Lamphere's culpability in the arson and closes with a possibly related murder that took place decades after the 1908 house fire. True-crime fans will be hooked from the start." --Publishers Weekly

"Featuring previously undiscovered details and rich historical context, this authoritative account firmly establishes Schechter as one of America's leading crime chroniclers. A fascinating and dramatic page-turner that will be a new favorite among true-crime fans." --Kirkus Reviews

Harold Schechter is an American true-crime writer who specializes in serial killers. Twice nominated for the Edgar Award, he is the author of the nonfiction books FatalFiendBestialDeviantDerangedDepravedThe Serial Killer FilesThe Mad SculptorMan-Eater, and Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men. Schechter attended the State University of New York in Buffalo, where he earned his PhD under the direction of Leslie Fiedler. He is a professor emeritus at Queens College of the City University of New York. Schechter is married to poet Kimiko Hahn and has two daughters, the writer Lauren Oliver and professor of philosophy Elizabeth Schechter. For more information, visit www.haroldschechter.com.

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The book will be available through our website or at Mac's Backs at the 20% book club discount.

 

 

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Books: 
Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men By Harold Schechter Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9781477808948
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Published: Little a - September 25th, 2018