On Sept. 7 from 1 to 5 p.m., the Friends of the Tyler Public Library welcomes true crime author Skip Hollandsworth at the Tyler Public Library to showcase his latest book, The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer!

“In the late 1800s, the city of Austin, Texas was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis. But beginning in December 1884, Austin was terrorized by someone equally as vicious and, in some ways, far more diabolical than London's infamous Jack the Ripper. For almost exactly one year, the Midnight Assassin crisscrossed the entire city, striking on moonlit nights, using axes, knives and long steel rods to rip apart women from every race and class.”

Read the rest of this exciting piece of history at the book signing event next week.
The Friends of the Tyler Public Library asks for continued support through donations to keep programs of this nature continually happening at the Library. For those interested in joining, please go to TylerLibrary.com or call 903-593-7323.

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