John T. Cullen's novel Lethal Journey - Victorian gaslight noir - is closely based on the 1892 true crime at the Hotel Del Coronado near San Diego. This fast, atmospheric thriller combines the best elements of legend and true history about the tragic young beauty who died mysteriously at the hotel in November 1892. The Beautiful Stranger left behind a famous ghost legend in addition to the true crime story that caused a nationwide sensation. For granular detail, read the author's painstaking, scholarly analysis in the nonfiction book Dead Move: Kate Morgan and the Haunting Mystery of...