{"product_id":"no-place-like-murder-true-crime-in-the-midwest-9780253052780","title":"No Place Like Murder: True Crime in the Midwest","description":"\u003cp\u003eA modern retelling of 20 sensational true crimes, \u003ci\u003eNo Place Like Murder\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the inside details behind nefarious acts that shocked the Midwest between 1869 and 1950. The stories chronicle the misdeeds, examining the perpetrators' mindsets, motives, lives, apprehensions, and trials, as well as what became of them long after.\u003cbr\u003eTrue crime author Janis Thornton profiles notorious murderers such as Frankie Miller, who was fed up when her fiancé stood her up for another woman. As fans of the song \"Frankie and Johnny\" already know, Frankie met her former lover at the door with a shotgun. \u003cbr\u003eThornton's tales reveal the darker side of life in the Midwest, including the account of Isabelle Messmer, a plucky young woman who dreamed of escaping her quiet farm-town life. After she nearly took down two tough Pittsburgh policemen in 1933, she was dubbed \"Gun Girl\" and went on to make headlines from coast to coast. In 1942, however, after a murder conviction in Texas, she vowed to do her time and go straight. Full of intrigue and revelations, \u003ci\u003eNo Place Like Murder\u003c\/i\u003e also features such folks as Chirka and Rasico, the first two Hoosier men to die in the electric chair after they brutally murdered their wives in 1913. The two didn't meet until their fateful last night.\u003cbr\u003eAn enthralling and chilling collection, \u003ci\u003eNo Place Like Murder\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to thrill true crime lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanis Thornton is the author of the true crime story \u003ci\u003eToo Good a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e; two cozy mysteries, \u003ci\u003eDust Bunnies \u0026amp; Dead Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDead Air \u0026amp; Double Dare\u003c\/i\u003e; and a stand-alone mystery, \u003ci\u003eLove, Lies, and Azure Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, she has produced three pictorial-history books in the Images of America series, highlighting Indiana's Tipton County and the cities of Elwood and Frankfort. She is a member of the national Sisters in Crime organization and its Indianapolis chapter, the Authors Guild, the Indianapolis Writers Center, and the Tipton County Historical Society. She is based in Tipton, Indiana. To see more of her work, visit www.janis-thornton.com, Twitter (@JanisThornton), and Facebook (facebook.com\/janisthorntonauthor).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quarry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493825220882,"sku":"9780253052780","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c75194ce-990b-4355-aa8b-0191f2fb8934.jpg?v=1730657989","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/no-place-like-murder-true-crime-in-the-midwest-9780253052780","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}