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A review by musicalpopcorn
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King
3.0
This was a very detailed account of the discovery, search for, and trial of a serial killer in Nazi-occupied France.
This was an interesting book but I think it could have done with a little more editing. There was a lot of details that probably didn’t need to be there. For example, a brief history of the guillotine was probably not necessary and the long sections about famous people in France, such as Camus and Picasso didn’t really add much to the story. This does tend to be a trend in historical true crime books that I’ve read where I guess the author feels the need to give context to the time period or something but just ends up rambling about famous people for far too long with little reason.
Overall the book was clearly thoroughly researched, however it was at times hard to follow when there were detailed descriptions of almost every person involved in the trial.
This was an interesting book but I think it could have done with a little more editing. There was a lot of details that probably didn’t need to be there. For example, a brief history of the guillotine was probably not necessary and the long sections about famous people in France, such as Camus and Picasso didn’t really add much to the story. This does tend to be a trend in historical true crime books that I’ve read where I guess the author feels the need to give context to the time period or something but just ends up rambling about famous people for far too long with little reason.
Overall the book was clearly thoroughly researched, however it was at times hard to follow when there were detailed descriptions of almost every person involved in the trial.