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A review by citizen_noir
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King
2.0
On its surface this book has it all - a serial killer who operates in the fog of Nazi occupied Paris during WWII, gruesomely murdering scores of people hoping to flee France and escape to Argentina, or perhaps they’re scores of Germans and French collaborators who helped the Nazis and deserved to die, but scores of people nonetheless.
The problem is that from the beginning we know the perpetrator and his crimes - the only question is whether these are crimes of justice or ones of depravity. The lack of mystery turned this book into an unexpected slog for me. Woulda, coulda, shoulda been great, but isn’t.
The problem is that from the beginning we know the perpetrator and his crimes - the only question is whether these are crimes of justice or ones of depravity. The lack of mystery turned this book into an unexpected slog for me. Woulda, coulda, shoulda been great, but isn’t.