A Wilderness of Tigers


Fiction - Historical - Event/Era
352 Pages
Reviewed on 02/20/2010
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Reviewed by Lynette Fowlston for Readers' Favorite

Ken Tucker has written a fictional account of the Harpe brothers, two of the earliest documented serial killers in criminal history. In the 1790's, two brothers, Micajah and Willey Harpe, over a span of time, murdered at least 35 men, women and children.

Silas Magby thought that Western Kentucky would be a fine place to bring his family, but the Harpe brothers had another plan for him. Magby was involved in an earlier search for the brothers' Harpe, to no avail. They have now sought retaliation against Magby. It's a race against time to capture them before they harm Magby's wife and children.

The author has written a very chilling and fascinating fictional account of two brothers, their wives; Susan, Betsy and Sally, who followed them everywhere, and their eventual capture. Tucker`s effective use of dialogue and graphic detail brings to light this era in American history, particularly that of Kentucky and Tennessee.