Death in the city of light
Subtitle: the serial killer of Nazi-occupied Paris
By: David King
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown; Crown Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780307452894; 9780307452900; 9780307452917; 9780307967190
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Serial murderers; Biography; World War, 1939-1945
Description: The gripping true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-occupied Paris. Dr. Marcel Petiot was eventually charged with 27 murders, although authorities suspected the total was considerably higher. The trial became a circus, and Petiot enjoyed the spotlight. A harrowing exploration of murder, betrayal, and evil of staggering proportions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: German night; title: The people's doctor; title: Preliminary findings; title: Two witnesses; title: "100,00 autopsies"; title: The woman with the yellow suitcase; title: "Beside a monster"; title: A delivery; title: Evasion; title: "Goodbye arrogance"; title: Sightings; title: The Gestapo file; title: Postcards from the other side; title: Destination Argentina; title: War in the shadows; title: The attic; title: Frustration; title: Nine more; title: The list; title: Apocalyptic weeks; title: "P.S. Destroy all my letters"; title: At Saint-Mandé-Tourelle Station; title: Interrogations; title: Beating chance?; title: The Knellers; title: The Petiot Circus; title: "Not in danger of death"; title: Two to one; title: Inside murder house; title: Black fingernails; title: "A taste for evil"; title: The hairdresser, the makeup artist, and the adventuress; title: Walkout; title: Naufrageur; title: The verdict; title: Timbers of justice; title: The loot; title: Epilogue