Mystery
Ashes from a Burning Corpse
2017·264 pages
A WWII-era crime reporter covers the sensational Bahamas murder of a tycoon in this fictionalized true-crime account.
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A WWII-era crime reporter covers the sensational Bahamas murder of a tycoon in this fictionalized true-crime account.
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On a hot rainy summer night in Nassau, the Bahamas, in 1943, someone murdered Sir Harry Oakes, one of the richest men in the world, as he slept. When police found him the next morning, there were four wounds to his skull. His corpse had been abused, covered ritualistically with feathers and set on fire. The murder was perverse, horrific and jaded by anyone's standards. A few evenings later in New York City, the phone rang in the home of Alan Hynd, identified in that era by the NY Times as Americ...
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Sexual content
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No explicit romantic or sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
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Murder with skull wounds; corpse burned and ritualistically abused
Profanity
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No significant profanity or strong language
Substance use
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Period social drinking likely in reporter and wartime settings
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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Murder scene staged with ritualistic feathers and abuse
Political content
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WWII-era politics, colonial Bahamas, and period power figures
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Post-mortem corpse abuse; murder and criminal cruelty themes
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