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THE WHITE CITY - ALEC MICHOD KARTONIERT (TB)

It is the year of our lord  1893. The crackle of electricity's first sparks  the mechanical
whine of Ferris's wheel  the tinkling of crystal from the majestic city atop the hill - the
sounds of a new era pervade the air as the century's last World's Fair commences in Chicago.But
darkness lurks beneath the metropolis so austere it has been dubbed the White City. Strikes
loom on the horizon  racism runs rampant  and a murderer unlike any America has ever seen
before is on the loose  terrorizing the city. His crimes are so brutal  newspapers have
christened him the Husker. Hiding behind the cloak of a city in chaos  he taunts his pursuers 
littering the grounds of the fair with the corpses of children as he slips through the
shadows.Dr. Elizabeth Handley  the first forensic psychologist of her kind  has been called in
to capture the killer  but when the son of prominent architect William Rockland goes missing 
the case takes on an entirely new urgency. In this city of bombastic politics and cutthroat
egos  everyone has his own agenda  but time is running out. As she races to save the boy  Dr.
Handley fights to maintain her sanity as the line between captor and quarry blurs  and violence
casts its spell.From the depths of the seediest brothels to the pristine enclaves of the elite
The White City is a strange  beguiling first novel  a thriller that masterfully blends fact and
fiction. An exhilarating voyeur's glimpse at Chicago in all its glory  it also probes the dark
side that was never far from its core.

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