The Brick Slayer by Harold Schechter

36 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime dark medium-paced
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A series of brutal home invasions terrified Los Angeles in 1937. They ended in Chicago a year later with the arrest of African American teenager Robert Nixon, igniting racial tensions in an already appallingly divided city.Tortured in custody and ...

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Moods

informative 64%
dark 57%
challenging 35%
tense 35%
sad 28%
emotional 14%
reflective 14%
adventurous 7%

Pace

fast 71%
slow 14%
medium 14%

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