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Murderous Acts - by Keven McQueen (Paperback)

Murderous Acts - by  Keven McQueen (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>-Author attends numerous local events and will be a good self-promoter -Author's books have good sales numbers</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>While the Midwest may be known for salt-of-the-earth folks, it's also home to murder and mayhem. </p><p></b>In <i>Murderous Acts: 100 Years of Crime in the Midwest</i>, <i> </i>Keven McQueen explores a century of true crimes committed in 10 Midwestern states, from the 1840s to the 1940s. With a touch of gallows humor, McQueen relies on original research to recount infamous transgressions--including Michigan's Robert Irving Latimer case, the serial murders of Nebraskan Jake Bird, and the bloody deeds of Kansas's Bender family--as well as gruesome tales that are less well known, such as the Wisconsin man with a penchant for swinging an axe at the necks of men he didn't care for, the Hoosier who killed his sweetheart in the midst of a Halloween ball, and the French nobleman who wreaked havoc in a St. Louis hotel. </p><p>Murderous Acts will intrigue and delight fans of true crime and will send a shiver down the spine of any reader fascinated by the dark history of America's Heartland.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>McQueen writes with assured swiftness as he progresses through retellings that don't show much to applaud in the way of justice served. A hundred years later, it's still easy to 'blame the victim.' . . . McQueen sleuths his 'historical true crimeand real-life surrealism' throughout the realm of newspaper accounts.</p>--Rita Kohn "NUVO"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Keven McQueen is author of 20 books covering American history, the supernatural, biography, historical true crime, and what he calls real-life surrealism. His books include <i>Horror in the Heartland: Strange and Gothic Tales from the Midwest</i>, <i> Creepy California: Strange and Gothic Tales from the Golden State</i>, <i> Weird Wild West: True Tales of the Strange and Gothic</i>, and <i>New England Nightmares: True Tales of the Strange and Gothic</i>. His work has been anthologized by the Jesse Stuart Foundation and Texas Christian University Press. He has guested on radio shows and podcasts including <i>Darkness Radio</i>, <i> 30 Odd Minutes</i>, <i> Paranormal View</i>, <i> Controversial TV</i>, <i> Most Notorious</i>, <i> Thorne and Cross Haunted Nights Live</i>, <i> Mind's Eye</i>, <i>Still Unsolved</i>, and <i>Fringe Radio</i>. Recently, his books have been mentioned in articles in the <i>New York Times </i>and on the Daily Beast/Yahoo News. McQueen is a senior lecturer in English at Eastern Kentucky University in Richm

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