Assignment 4; Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie
Taken to Russia by her mother at 14 for an arranged marriage to Grand Duke Peter, Catherine has to learn a different language and a different life style. While it sounded like a fairy tale, her husband, Duke Peter is cruel, loves his mistresses more than Catherine and hates Russia. When Peter can not give her a child, she turns to someone who could thus her son Paul. Later when Peter becomes Emperor of Russia, he is hated by the entire country, and is mysteriously murdered - maybe by Catherine??? She then become Empress of Russia and tries to bring the country into the current century with a great deal of difficulty. This book should appeal to readers who like strong women, read books on royalty and are interested in Russia.
Black Dahlia Avenger: the True Story by Steve Hodel
In 1947 - 22 year old Elizabeth short is found murdered and mutilated in LA. Decades later Steve Hodel, an ex-LA Homicide Detective gets involved in trying to find the killer this leads him to Dr. George Hodel - his father. It appears that there had been other killings in LA and other places - a serial killer at large and Dr. George Hodel had been a prime suspect in all of the deaths. He founds a lot of corruption in the LAPD, that leads him to suspect top brass covered the murder. All of his investigations lead him to wonder did his father committee the murders?? This book will appeal to suspense and mystery readers.
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