The Devil in the White City

Ein Architekt, ein Mörder und die Weltausstellung von Chicago 1893, das ist das Szenario für eine Geschichte, die wirklich passiert ist. Während der Stararchitekt Daniel H. Burnham den Sümpfen von Jackson Park die magische "White City" zum Ruhm Chicagos abtrotzt, nutzt der Frauenmörder H.H. Holmes die Weltausstellung für seine dunklen Zwecke: nach akribischen Plänen baut er sich ein Folterkabinett mit hauseigenem Krematorium und tarnt das Ganze als Hotel. Hierhin lockt er junge Frauen, die, vom Glamour der Großstadt und der Weltausstellung angezogen, vom besseren Leben träumen und seinem Charme und guten Aussehen verfallen. Gern spaziert er nachts, sein argloses Opfer am Arm, durch die erleuchtete "Weiße Stadt"...

Informationen zum Autor Erik Larson is a prize-winning journalist and No.1 bestselling author of Isaac's Storm , The Devil in the White City, Thunderstruck , In the Garden of Beasts and in 2015, Dead Wake - about the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. He lives in Seattle with his family. Klappentext Erik Larson is a prize-winning journalist and No.1 bestselling author of Isaac's Storm , The Devil in the White City, Thunderstruck , In the Garden of Beasts and in 2015, Dead Wake - about the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. He lives in Seattle with his family. Zusammenfassung He used the attraction of the great fair - and his own devilish charms - to lure scores of young women to their deaths. These two disparate but driven men are brought to life in this mesmerizing, murderous tale of the legendary Fair that transformed America and set it on course for the twentieth century .

Vorwort
Chicago, 1893. One man built a heaven on earth. Another built hell beside it...

Autorentext
Erik Larson is a prize-winning journalist and No.1 bestselling author of Isaac's Storm, The Devil in the White City, Thunderstruck, In the Garden of Beasts and in 2015, Dead Wake - about the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. He lives in Seattle with his family.

Zusammenfassung
He used the attraction of the great fair - and his own devilish charms - to lure scores of young women to their deaths. These two disparate but driven men are brought to life in this mesmerizing, murderous tale of the legendary Fair that transformed America and set it on course for the twentieth century .