{"product_id":"the-midnight-assassin-the-hunt-for-americas-first-serial-killer","title":"The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Texas Institute of Letters's Carr P. Collins Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New York Times Bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Book Riot Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn nineteenth-century Austin, Texas, a ruthless murderer terrorized the city in what would soon become a story more shocking than any fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1800s, just as Austin was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis, a series of brutal murders rocked the burgeoning city and shook it to its core. At the time, the concept of a serial killer was unknown and unimaginable, but the murders continued, the killer became more brazen, and the citizens’ panic reached a fever pitch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a decade, Texas Monthly journalist Skip Hollandsworth has researched this gripping tale of murder and madness that plays out like a well-crafted whodunit. With vivid historical detail and novelistic flair, Hollandsworth's The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial Killer brings this terrifying saga to life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hollandsworth, Skip (Author)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67783832993979,"sku":"htt1792573972724","price":14.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0656\/4878\/7643\/files\/the-midnight-assassin-the-hunt-for-americas-first-serial-killer_1.jpg?v=1792573982","url":"https:\/\/www.oakbridgecorner.shop\/products\/the-midnight-assassin-the-hunt-for-americas-first-serial-killer","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}