I read it when it first came out and reread it to refresh my memory for the library bookclub this month. It's about the Chicago World's fair back at the turn of the century.
The interesting part is the story about the building of the fair and he weaves in a second story about a serial killer who commits murders during that time.
Young girls are leaving their rural homes for the first time to get jobs at the fair and fellow is very charming and preys on them.
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