Death In The City Of Light
Death In The City Of Light
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The sensational true story of the serial killer who stalked the streets of Nazi-occupied Paris.
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Death In The City Of Light by David King
THE MOST AMAZING TRUE STORY SINCE AGENT ZIGZAG OCCUPIED PARIS, 1944. A swastika crowns the Eiffel Tower. Nazis march through the streets. And in the dark heart of the city, a madman is at work . . . At a chic Right Bank address, a horrific pile of dismembered bodies is discovered. The property's owner, well-to-do Dr Petiot, immediately becomes the prime suspect, but he has vanished without a trace. As the police delve into the doctor's past, a disturbing history of violence and corruption is uncovered. It seems like a cut-and-dried case, but the investigation soon takes a surprising turn. Is Petiot a sadistic serial killer or a hero of the Resistance? Who are his victims? In this fascinating true account of a case that gripped wartime Paris, David King draws extensively on new sources to paint a chilling portrait of a murderer whose crimes devastated a city already in the grip of evil.As compelling as a thriller and hauntingly grim
* Sunday Times *You won't read many better true crime books* Evening Standard *
A must for those who addictively consume the fact-fiction thrillers of Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre * Daily Mail *
Expertly written and completely absorbing. * Kirkus *
True-crime at its best * Booklist *
This fascinating . . . account combines a police procedural with a vivid historical portrait of culture and law enforcement in Nazi-occupied France * Publishers Weekly *
A new masterpiece of true-crime writing * Salon.com *
David King is the author of Vienna, 1814; How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace at the Congress of Vienna and Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World. He is a Fulbright scholar with a master's degree from Cambridge University and lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with his wife and children.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780751548457 |
| ISBN 10 | 0751548456 |
| Title | Death In The City Of Light |
| Author | David King |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2012-06-21 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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