{"product_id":"the-midnight-assassin-9781250118493","title":"The Midnight Assassin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Texas Institute of Letters''s Carr P. Collins Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn nineteenth-century Austin, Texas, a ruthless murderer terrorized the city in what would soon become a story more shocking than any fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than a decade, \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Assass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528897732951,"sku":"9781250118493","price":15.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250118493.jpg?v=1731873460","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-midnight-assassin-9781250118493","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}