Death in the air
Subtitle: the true story of a serial killer, the great London smog, and the strangling of a city
By: Kate Winkler Dawson
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: October 17, 2017
Place of publication: New York City, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780316506861
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Environmental conditions; Case studies; Social conditions; Smog; Serial murderers; History
Description: In winter 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate matter into the air. But the smog that descended on December 5th of 1952 was different; it was a type that held the city hostage for five long days. Mass transit ground to a halt, criminals roamed the streets, and 12,000 people died. That same month, there was another killer at large in London: John Reginald Christie, who murdered at least six women. In a braided narrative that draws on extensive interviews, never-before-published material, and archival research, Dawson captivatingly recounts the intersecting stories of the these two killers and their longstanding impact on modern history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-333) and index., $27.00; C$35.00, First Edition: October 2017; 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Pressure; title: Blackout; title: Restrained; title: Trapped; title: Bodies in the mist; title: Postmortem; title: Smothered; title: Hearth and home; title: Squeezed; title: Buried; title: Illumination; title: Infamous; title: Legacy; title: Epilogue.