New York times bestselling author and Edgar award-winner Daniel stashower returns with American demon, a historical true crime starring legendary lawman Eliot ness. Boston had its strangler. California had the zodiac killer. And in the depths of the great depression, Cleveland had the mad butcher of Kingsbury run. On September 5th, 1934, a young beachcomber made a gruesome discovery on the shores of Cleveland and #8217s lake erie and #58, the lower half of a female torso, neatly severed at the waist. The victim, dubbed and #8220, the lady of the lake, and #8221, was only the first of a butcher and #8217s dozen. Over the next four years, twelve more bodies would be scattered across the city. The bodies were dismembered with surgical precision and drained of blood. Some were beheaded while still alive. Terror gripped the city. Amid the growing uproar, Cleveland and #8217s besieged mayor turned to his newly-appointed director of public safety and #58, Eliot ness. Ness had come to Cleveland fresh from his headline-grabbing exploits in Chicago, where he and his band of and #8220, untouchables and #8221, led the frontline assault on al Capone and #8217s bootlegging empire. Now he would confront a case that would redefine his storied career. Award-winning author Daniel stashower shines a fresh light on one of the most notorious puzzles in the annals of crime, and uncovers the gripping story of ness and #8217s hunt for a sadistic killer who was as brilliant as he.