The thrilling history of the torso murderer.
In this battle between a flawed hero and a twisted monster-by turns horror story, political drama, and detective thriller-Collins and.
The body count soon grew to five, then ten, then more, all dismembered in gruesome ways.
As Ness zeroed in on a suspect-a doctor tied to a prominent political family-powerful forces thwarted his quest for justice.
Late in the summer of 1934, however, pieces of a woman\'s body began washing up on the Lake Erie shore-first her ribs, then part of her backbone, then the lower half of her torso.
Crime-ridden and devastated by the Depression, Cleveland was preparing for a star-turn itself: in 1936, it would host the Great Lakes Exposition, which would be visited by seven million people.
As Cleveland\'s public safety director, in charge of the police and fire departments, Ness offered a radical new vision for better law enforcement.
Brad Schwartz-the acclaimed writing team behind Scarface and the Untouchable-uncover this lost crime epic, delivering a gripping and unforgettable nonfiction account based on decades of groundbreaking research.
Ness had risen to fame in 1931 for leading the Untouchables, which helped put Chicago\'s Al Capone behind bars.
Now, Max Allan Collins and A.
The young detective, already battling the mob and crooked cops, found his drive to transform American policing subverted by a menace largely unknown to law enforcement: a Serial murderer.
Eliot Ness\'s greatest case had begun.
Instead, terror descended, as headless bodies started turning up.
It was to be his coronation, as well as the city\'s. --Wall Street JournalIn 1934, the nation\'s most legendary crime-fighter-fresh from taking on the greatest gangster in American history-arrived in Cleveland, a corrupt and dangerous town about to host a world\'s fair.
The authors have done Ness justice. ...
Even Ness was stumped trying to apprehend the \'torso murderer\' responsible for a series of ghoulish killings. ...
After helping to put Al Capone behind bars, lawman Eliot Ness came to Cleveland, where he did battle with a vicious killer. --Dan Jones, The Sunday TimesIn the spirit of Devil in the White City comes a true detective tale of the highest standard: the haunting story of Eliot Ness\'s forgotten final case-his years-long hunt for The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, a Serial Killer who terrorized Cleveland through the Great Depression.
The tale of the \'Untouchable\' who got Al Capone but failed to solve his goriest case.
The thrilling history of the torso murderer
