Death in the City of Light : The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris (Hardcover)

from dulcibelle

Lots of nonfiction authors compare themselves to Erik Larsen (Thunderstruck, Isaac's Storm), but most fall short of that comparison. King comes the closest of any I've read. And, I think the short fall is because of the subject - not the author. This is the story of a French doctor who was convic...

from allthesedarnbooks

This book is an interesting blend of World War II history and true crime. It opens in 1944 in occupied Paris when a fire reveals a grotesque scene of burnt human remains in a rundown mansion. More bodies are discovered, grisly details of the crimes emerge, and the killer is revealed as a man usin...

from BellaFoxx

First of all, even though Dr. Marcel Petiot killed enough people to be a serial killer, he was not technically a serial killer. That being said, this was still a horrific series of events. The police had trouble investigating because of the Nazies in Paris, Petiot claimed he was a member of the r...

from lineells

Nazis domineering the countries of Europe, and a serial killer wreaking havoc in Paris at the same time.....sounds like fiction, but ohhhhh no. Death In The City of Light is the intricately woven story of Dr. Marcel Petiot- outright sadistic killer , hiding under the guise of being a resistance w...

from NovelChatter

Don't be mislead by the cover art for Death in the City of Light, this is no graphic novel, nor is it a work of fiction. I saved this review for Halloween because I think there's nothing more macabre than the sick twisted horrors of what takes place in the real world. David King's book opens on a...