Death in the City of Light: The True Story of the Serial Killer Who Terrorised Wartime Paris. David King by David King

Death in the City of Light: The True Story of the Serial Killer Who Terrorised Wartime Paris. David King

David King

416 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
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"Death in the city of light" is the true story of the hunt for Marcel Petiot, a respectable physician by day, who turned out to be a brutal serial killer by night in Nazi-occupied Paris. Petiot was charged with 27 grisly murders, though his victim...

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dark 90%
informative 90%
mysterious 38%
tense 33%
sad 23%
challenging 19%
emotional 4%
funny 4%

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fast 5%

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