American Demon by Daniel Stashower

New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel
Stashower returns with American Demon, a historical true crime starring
legendary lawman Eliot Ness.
Boston had its Strangler. California had the Zodiac Killer. And in the depths of
the Great Depression, Cleveland had the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run.
On September 5th, 1934, a young beachcomber made a gruesome discovery
on the shores of Clevelanda's Lake Erie: the lower half of a female torso,
neatly severed at the waist. The victim, dubbed "The Lady of the Lake,a€ was
only the first of a butchera's dozen. Over the next four years, twelve more
bodies would be scattered across the city. The bodies were dismembered with
surgical precision and drained of blood. Some were beheaded while still alive.
Terror gripped the city. Amid the growing uproar, Clevelanda's besieged mayo
turned to his newly-appointed director of public safety: Eliot Ness. Ness had
come to Cleveland fresh from his headline-grabbing exploits in Chicago,
where he and his band of "Untouchablesa€ led the frontline assault on Al
Caponea's bootlegging empire. Now he would confront a case that would
redefine his storied career.
Award-winning author Daniel Stashower shines a fresh light on one of the
most notorious puzzles in the annals of crime, and uncovers the gripping story
of Nessa's hunt for a sadistic killer who was as brilliant as he was cool and
composed, a mastermind who was able to hide (...)

Daniel Stashower is an acclaimed biographer and narrative historian and
winner of the Edgar, Agatha, and Anthony awards, as well as the Raymond
Chandler Fulbright Fellowship in Detective Fiction. His work has appeared in
The New York Times, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, AARP:
The Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, and American History as well as
other publications.
His books include The Hour of Peril, Teller of Tales, and The Beautiful Cigar
Girl

Minotaur
On Sale: Nov 14/23
6.12 x 9.25 • 368 pages
Includes one 8-page black-and-white photograph
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9781250905727 • $27.00 • pb