I picked up this book that's a few years old because the author has a new one out that looked interesting and the library didn't have it yet. To explain the title, the devil is a serial killer and the White City is the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. I thought it would be interesting because of the true crime part but the world's fair information is fascinating. So many inventions and people got their start at the fair - the Ferris Wheel, architects like Louis Sullivan who had Frank Lloyd Wright as an intern briefly. Walt Disney's father Elias helped to build the exposition buildings and it is believed that this perfect city they build on the edge of the lake inspired him to build Disneyland.
The crime story is interesting, too. It's awful to think about what happened and what criminals got away with before forensics and modern communications. The book alternates between the two sides of the story. It's a lengthy book but I thought it was worth the time to read it.
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