Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland

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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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On a moonlit night in 1889, Iowa farmer John Elkins and his young wife, Hattie, were brutally murdered in their bed. Eight days later, their son, eleven-year-old Wesley Elkins, was arrested and charged with murder.

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Susan Glaspell is well-known as the author of the one-act play TRIFLES and the short story "A Jury of Her Peers," and this new collection of some of her early short fiction should make readers aware of her remarkable place in American literary history.

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Best Baseball Book of 2020 from Sports Collections Digest

"Wolf . . . delivers a solid and exciting look at the 1932 baseball season. . . . Baseball fans will delight in this thrillingly told history." — Publishers Weekly Starred Review

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