The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery

by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James

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An Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime, this "impressive...open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America" (The Wall Street Journal) shows legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applying his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history.

Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country were bludgeoned in their sleep with the blunt side of an axe. Jewelry and valuables were left in plain sight, bodies were piled together, faces covered with cloth. Some of these cases, like the infamous Villasca, Iowa, murders,...Read more
  • ISBN10 1476796270
  • ISBN13 9781476796277
  • Publish Date 19 September 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • Imprint Scribner
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 480
  • Language English