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Nov 06, 2008
Jaime
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What first interested me in this book was H.H. Holmes. I’m a sucker for a serial killer, and what’s more interesting than the man who was one of America’s first? Holmes was an extremely smart and clever man, able to pull off con after con for years to not only acquire victims, but money and property. He built his own house of horrors under the nose of other people who not only worked in the building, but lived there. By the time the authorities caught up with him, mostly by luck, he had killed 2
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Recommended to me by basically everyone on the world. I enjoyed it, but I think I have a much smaller appreciation of architecture than many other people in my social circle.
May 31, 2018
Jess
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it was amazing
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urbanity,
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crime,
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I read this on a business trip to Chicago, and it paired perfectly with deep dish pizza, delayed planes, and intense projects. Well-researched, well-structured, unputdownable and unforgettable.
May 05, 2008
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