The Axeman Of New Orleans by William C. Davis

A gripping true-crime account of the 1918–1919 New Orleans spate of axe killings, tracing the brutal, unsolved attacks on households, the sensational letters attributed to the mysterious perpetrator, the frantic police response and flawed investigations, and the city’s fearful, media-driven reaction amid jazz-era social tensions and immigrant communities — exploring how crime, culture and rumor combined to create a lasting, unresolved mystery.