Quiet dell
By: Jayne Anne Phillips
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print basic
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 675
ISBN-13: 9781410466075
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Serial murder investigation; Women journalists; Swindlers and swindling; Large type books; Personals; Fiction
Description: In Chicago in 1931, Asta Eicher, mother of three, is lonely and despairing, pressed for money after the sudden death of her husband. She begins to receive seductive letters from a chivalrous, elegant man in West Virginia named Harry Powers, who promises to cherish and protect her, ultimately to marry her and to care for her and her children. Weeks later, the family are dead.  Emily Thornhill, one of the few women in the Chicago press, covers the case and becomes deeply invested in understanding what happened to this beautiful family, particularly to the youngest child, Annabel, an enchanting girl with a precocious imagination and sense of magic. Bold and intrepid, Emily allies herself with the Chicago banker who funds the investigation and who is wracked by guilt for not saving Asta. Driven by secrets of their own, the two will stop at nothing to ensure that Powers is convicted. (Based on the true stories of Asta Eicher and serial killer Harry Powers, who also inspired the classic film Night of the Hunter.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 671-672).