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020 _a9780312980665
024 _a48524465
050 _aPS3569.A96
082 _a813.54
100 1 _aSteven Saylor
245 1 _aA Twist at the End
260 _bMinotaur Books
300 _a576 pages
520 _aAustin, Texas, in 1885 is a place of dust and dreams, quick riches, and wild desires. But "the Servant girl Annihilators" are also making it a city of fear. The first victim, a mulatto housekeeper, is torn from her bed and murdered. Six more women will die, including pretty blond Eula Phillips, who is bank clerk's Will Porter's lover. Over a decade later, living in New York as O. Henry, Will cannot escape his memories--or a blackmailer's merciless demands. Then a mysterious letter invites him back to Texas to follow the dark path of a sadistic killer and make a stunning discover as he is forced to confront the demons of his own tormented mind...
650 _aMystery
999 _c7114
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