by Jayne Anne Phillips
Quiet Dell is a novel based on a series of actual murders committed in the 1930s by a man calling himself Harry Powers. He does this by preying on widows who are writing to him via the Lonely Hearts Club, looking for someone to talk to and a bit of companionship. In the blurb at the beginning Jayne ...
Based on a true case that had haunted the author for decades, Quiet Dell is the story of the murders and investigation that took place during the 1930's, of a serial killer that preyed on vulnerable women. A subject that is not typical for this author, but something that she felt she needed to write...
This book is so long!My egalley from Netgalley has some sort of problem where half of half the words don't show up on my Nook. I guess I'm gonna just have to wait to read this one when it comes out...sorry to the person at Scribner I know was on pins and needles waiting for my review.
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