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Murderess on the Loose: The 1922 Hammer Wrath of Clara Phillips (A Historical True Crime Short) Paperback – May 9, 2018

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From award-winning criminologist R. Barri Flowers and bestselling author of Murder During the Chicago World’s Fair, Murder of the Doctor’s Wife, Murder at the Pencil Factory, and The Pickaxe Killers, comes the gripping historical true crime short, Murderess on the Loose: The 1922 Hammer Wrath of Clara Phillips. On the evening of Wednesday, July 12, 1922, Los Angeles, California, was the scene of a shocking and deadly assault. The victim was an attractive twenty-one-year-old widow named Alberta Meadows. Her death came as the result of a vicious hammer and boulder attack on a twisting dirt road at the bottom of a hill in the subdivision of Montecito Heights on the city’s northeast side. The violent act was perpetrated by a romantic rival named Clara Phillips, who lured the unsuspecting victim to the unlikely crime scene. The twenty-three-year-old murderesses’ actions were spurred by jealous rage as Mrs. Meadows was the mistress of Clara’s husband, Armour Phillips, an oil stock salesman who was three years her senior. The heinous crime was witnessed by Peggy Caffee, a friend, who was too frightened to lift a finger to stop the attack. Afterward, Clara and Peggy fled the murder scene in the victim’s brand-new Ford automobile. Surprisingly, the killer’s husband Armour came to her aide in ditching the vehicle and fleeing Los Angeles by train, before self-preservation kicked in and he reconsidered his own actions after the fact, alerting authorities as to her whereabouts, leading to an arrest. Clara Phillips was given the moniker, “Tiger Woman,” by the overzealous L.A. press of the day after a police detective on the case suggested that Alberta Meadows looked like “she had been mauled by a tiger.” But Clara didn’t go away quietly, proving to be not only a cold-hearted killer, but a fabricator and masterful escape artist before justice for the victim finally had a chance to be served in what proved to be one the 20th century’s most disturbing acts of homicidal violence. Included are bonus excerpts of R. Barri Flowers’ bestselling historical true crime book, The Dreadful Acts of Jack the Ripper and Other True Tales of Serial Murder and Prostitutes, and historical true crime shorts, The Pickaxe Killers, Murder at the Pencil Factory, Murder of the Doctor’s Wife, and Murder During the Chicago World’s Fair.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 9, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 94 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1718915683
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1718915688
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.22 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,996,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #10,550 in Murder & Mayhem True Accounts

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R. Barri Flowers is an award-winning criminologist and bestselling author of more than one hundred books, including true crime, criminology, thriller fiction, young adult mysteries, and children's books.

True crime titles include Murdered by the King of Western Swing, Murder of the U.S. Attorney, Murder During the Chicago World’s fair, Murder of the Doctor’s Wife, The Sex Slave Murders 1, 2, and 3, The Pickaxe Killers, Murder at the Pencil Factory, Murder of the Banker’s Daughter, Killers of the Lonely Hearts, Dead at the Saddleworth Moor, and The Dreadful Acts of Jack the Ripper and Other True Tales of Serial Murder and Prostitutes.

Fiction titles include mysteries and thrillers, A Reason to Live, Before He Kills Again, Dark Streets of Whitechapel, Dead in Kihei, Dead in Pukalani, Deadly Defense, Fractured Trust, Murder in Maui, Murder in Honolulu, Murder of the Hula Dancers, Murder on Kanapali Beach, State’s Evidence, and Justice Served.

Young adult fiction includes Count Dracula’s Teenage Daughter, Danger in Time, Daughter of Count Dracula, Ghost Girl in Shadow Bay, Out for Blood, and Summer at Paradise Ranch.

Children’s titles include Christmas and the Lost Elf, Willa’s Halloween Adventure, The Mystery of Christmas Tree Village, Greeley the Mean Goat, ABC’s of Earth’s Creatures, The Runaway Rabbit Named Robbie, and the very popular A to Z Things series.

The author’s books can be found in audio, eBook, and print worldwide.

As an expert of violent criminality, R. Barri Flowers has appeared on the Biography Channel, Investigation Discovery, and Oxygen television documentary crime series.

Follow R. Barri Flowers on Twitter (@RBarriFlowers), Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, Goodreads, and LibraryThing. Learn more about the author and upcoming titles in Wikipedia and at www.rbarriflowers.com.

Under the pseudonym, Devon Vaughn Archer, the author has also penned several bestselling mainstream, romance, and young adult novels, including Aloha Fantasy, Bet on Love, Christmas Diamonds, Christmas Heat, Her Teen Dream, His Team Dream, The Hitman's Woman, and The Secrets of Paradise Bay.

Visit Devon Vaughn Archer's website at: http://www.devonvaughnarcher.com. Connect with the author on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and LibraryThing.

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The story was Fascinating. I did find one mistake where Peggy Caffee was listed by the author as the perpetrator of the crime. I would recommend this story to other true crime readers.

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