A Twist At the End : a Novel of O. Henry
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- Synopsis
- Austin, Texas, 1885. Manhattan, 1906. Twenty-year-old ghosts haunt Will Porter, a.k.a. famous writer O. Henry, who may have changed names and cities but hasn't outrun the memory of a series of murders that cast a chilling shadow over a sunny and bustling town. In A Twist at the End, Steven Saylor riffs on reality: brutal and sadistic, the "Servant Girl Annihilator" killed seven Austin women in 1885, but the murders were never solved. Saylor weaves together murder mystery and love story, historical exploration and fictional creation, combining careful research with artistic license to hazard a potential solution to the now-obscure mystery. Will is summoned back to Austin by a mysterious stranger bearing a letter whose author claims to have discovered the perpetrator of the hideous crimes; Saylor cleverly frames the story as a series of flashbacks during Will's trip to Texas.
- Copyright:
- 2000
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 558 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780684856810
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 01/09/02
- Copyrighted By:
- Steven Saylor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare.org Volunteer
- Proofread By:
- Jim Pardee
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.