midnightassassin.com - Midnight Assassin :: Patricia L. Bryan and Thomas Wolf

Description: On a moonlit night in December 1900, a prosperous Iowa farmer was murdered in his bed--killed by two blows of an ax to his head. Four days later, the victim's wife, Margaret Hossack, was arrested at her husband's funeral and charged with the crime.

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"[An] engrossing real-life whodunit." — USA Today

"Historical whodunit devotees who have devoured all the literature on famous real-life mysteries will delight in this stirring and evocative account of an obscure turn-of-the-century Iowa murder." — Publishers Weekly Starred Review

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