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Review title: Sometimes fascinating, sometimes slow as glacial ice
Product review: This book, i.e., its author, succeeds in doing three things: transporting the reader vividly back to New York City just before the turn-of-the-century, revealing the fact that serial killers are nothing new and captivating the reader during the last 150 pages. It was a good read (not great), that provided rich detail of NYC during the 1890s, along with explicit descriptions of the cruel manner in which the book's killer treated the victims. The story moved slowly and I found myself having to re-trace pages frequently in order to re-connect one event with a previous piece of information. I enjoyed the book and was anxious to find out who the villian (understated)was. But, I won't run out the door to pick up Carr's next one. I may walk however.
