pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: DEATH IN THE CITY OF LIGHT
THE TRUE STORY OF THE SERIAL KILLER WHO TERRORISED WARTIME PARIS
By: David King
Format: Paperback

List price: £12.99


We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for further information.

ISBN 10: 1847445489
ISBN 13: 9781847445483
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP
Pub. date: 25 October, 2011
Pages: 432
Description: The sensational true story of the serial killer who stalked the streets of Nazi-occupied Paris.
Synopsis: Occupied Paris, 1944. The swastika flies from the top of the Eiffel Tower, Nazi officers patrol the elegant boulevards and the once-vibrant city is shrouded in suspicion and fear. At a chic Right Bank address, a ghastly pile of dismembered bodies is discovered. Even in these sinister times, the crime scene is amongst the most harrowing veteran detective Georges Massu has ever seen. The property's owner, well-to-do Dr Marcel Petiot, immediately becomes the number-one suspect, but he has vanished without a trace. As the police delve into the doctor's past, they uncover a disturbing history of violence and corruption. Drugs, theft, links to the criminal underworld and a string of missing women: for Massu, it seems like a cut-and-dry case. But as the manhunt intensifies and all of Paris clamours for the latest news, the investigation leads the police to Gestapo files detailing Petiot's involvement in the city's secret escape network. Is Massu pursuing a sadistic serial killer or a hero of the Resistance? Who are Petiot's victims?In this fascinating true account of a case that gripped wartime Paris, David King draws extensively on new sources, including previously classified French files, to paint a chilling portrait of a murderer whose crimes devastated a city already in the grip of evil.
Illustrations: Section: 8, b/w photos
Publication: UK
Imprint: Sphere
Returns: Non-returnable
Some other items by this author:
AMERICA ON TWO WHEELS: BIKING COAST TO C (PB)
AMERICAN BOMBSHELL
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYT (HB)
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYT (PB)
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYT (PB)
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT (HB)
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT - PRIMARY SOURCE EDITION
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT, IN REPLY TO EPISCOPAL AND INDEPENDENT WRITERS
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT, IN REPLY TO EPISCOPAL AND INDEPENDENT WRITERS
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT, IN REPLY TO EPISCOPAL AND INDEPENDENT WRITERS (HB)
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT..
AN EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT.. (HB)
AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE REDWOOD LIBR (PB)
AND THE SPIRIT MOVED (PB)
ANGELS
BASEBALL IN THE LONE STAR STATE
BASEBALL IN THE LONE STAR STATE (HB)
BASEBALL IN THE LONE STAR STATE (PB)
BAT DETECTIVE
BLENDING GENDERS
BLENDING GENDERS
BLENDING GENDERS
BLENDING GENDERS
BLENDING GENDERS (HB)
BLENDING GENDERS (PB)
BLIND SPOTS JACKSON POLLOCK (PB)
BURNING ICE (PB)
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (PB)
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (PB)
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (PB)
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: A MANAGERIAL PERSPECTIVE ON ANALYTICS, GLOBAL EDITION (PB)
CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE DR. DAVID KING, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE DR. DAVID KING, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND...
DAVID KING STENCILS
DAVID KING''S WEATHER ALMANAC (PB)
DBC:MEETINGS
DBC:SOCIALISING
DEATH IN THE CITY OF LIGHT
DEATH IN THE CITY OF LIGHT
DEATH IN THE CITY OF LIGHT (PB)
DELTA BUSINESS COMMUNICATION SKILLS: MEETINGS B1-B2
DELTA BUSINESS COMMUNICATION SKILLS: SOCIALISING B1-B2
DER WOHLSTANDS CODE
DISASTERS AND SOCIAL RESILIENCE
DISASTERS AND SOCIAL RESILIENCE
DISASTERS AND SOCIAL RESILIENCE
DISASTERS AND SOCIAL RESILIENCE (HB)
DISASTERS AND SOCIAL RESILIENCE (PB)
EAR STEW
ECONOMICS (PB)
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (HB)
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (HB)
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (PB)
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 2010 (PB)
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 2012 (PB)
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 2018 (HB)
ELEGY IN A CHURCHYARD (PB)
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STRATIGRAPHY AND EARTH HISTORY
ENERGY, TRANSPORT, & THE ENVIRONMENT
ESOL PRACTICE GRAMMAR - ENTRY LEVEL 3 - SUPPLIMENTARY GRAMMER SUPPORT FOR ESOL STUDENTS (PB)
ESOL PRACTICE GRAMMAR - ENTRY LEVELS 1 AND 2 - SUPPLIMENTARYGRAMMAR SUPPORT FOR ESOL STUDENTS (PB)
EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT (HB)
EXPOSITION AND DEFENCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT (PB)
EXTRACTS FROM "KING HENRY V" (PB)
EXTRACTS FROM A "MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" (PB)
FIRST PEOPLE (HB)
FISCAL TIERS
FISCAL TIERS
FISCAL TIERS
FISCAL TIERS (HB)
GOBLIN MARKET (PB)
GOBLIN MARKET (PB)
GOD BROUGHT EVE TO ADAM NOT ADAM TO EVE (PB)
HEADACHE FREE HANDBOOK: QUICK AND EASY WAYS TO HEAL YOUR HEADACHE
HELLO GUITAR (PB)
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE REDWOOD LIBRARY AND ATHENAEUM
HUG FOR YOU (HB)
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA (PB)
INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND TEACHING - SPRING 2008 (PB)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SCIENCE & LEADERSHIP (PB)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SCIENCE AND LEADERSHIP (IJAISL) (PB)
INTRODUCTION TO E-COMMERCE (PB)
INTRODUCTION TO E-COMMERCE (PB)
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (PB)
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (PB)
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (PB)
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND SOCIAL COMMERCE (HB)
JOHN HEARTFIELD (HB)
JOURNAL OF APPLIED GLOBAL RESEARCH (JAGR) (PB)
JOURNAL OF APPLIED GLOBAL RESEARCH (PB)
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE AND POLICY (PB)
LANGUAGE LEADER PRE INTERMEDIATE COURSEBOOK AND CD-ROM AND MYLAB PACK (COMPOUND)
LANGUAGE LEADER PRE-INTERMEDIATE COURSEBOOK AND CD-ROM AND LMS AND ACCESS CARD PACK
LANGUAGE LEADER PRE-INTERMEDIATE COURSEBOOK AND CD-ROM PACK
LECTURE FIFTH
LETTING PADDY FLY
LETTING PADDY FLY
MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC TECHNOLOGY (HB)
MEETINGS (PB)
MEMOIR OF THE REV. DAVID KING (HB)
MEMOIR OF THE REV. DAVID KING...
MISSIONARIES AND IDOLS IN POLYNESIA (PB)
MOVING ON FROM MENTAL HOSPITALS TO COMMUNITY CARE (PB)
MURDEROUS MEMORANDUM
MUSCULOSKELETAL X-RAYS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
MUSCULOSKELETAL X-RAYS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS AND TRAINEES (PB)
ON CIVIL ESTABLISHMENTS OF CHRISTIANITY, AS IMPEACHING ITS INTRINSIC EFFICIENCY
ORDINARY CITIZENS (PB)
OVERPLAYED (HB)
PASTORAL (PB)
PREDICA TA DIN VECHIUL TESTAMENT ARE NEVOIE DE MANTUIRE (YOUR OLD TESTAMENT SERMON NEEDS TO GET SAVED) (ROMANIAN)
RED STAR OVER RUSSIA (PB)
REVIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SELF-LEARNING (PB)
REVIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SELF-LEARNING (RHESL) (PB)
REVIEW OF MANAGEMENT INNOVATION & CREATIVITY (PB)
ROUTLEDGE HISTORY OF EUROPE, 1455-1991 (MAP)
RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY POSTERS (HB)
RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY POSTERS (PB)
SAN ANTONIO AT BAT (HB)
SAN ANTONIO AT BAT (PB)
SCIENCE WORLD (PB)
SIMON & SCHUSTER TWO-MINUTE CROSSWORDS (PB)
SIMON & SCHUSTER TWO-MINUTE CROSSWORDS (PB)
SIMON & SCHUSTER TWO-MINUTE CROSSWORDS (PB)
SIMON & SCHUSTER TWO-MINUTE CROSSWORDS (PB)
SIMON & SCHUSTER'S TWO-MINUTE CROSSWORDS (PB)
SIR ADAM THE BRAVE & THE MOODY MONSTERS (HB)
SNOWED
SNOWED (HB)
SPANISH MOVABLE FEASTS (PB)
STORIES IN GLASS (HB)
STORY OF INKY PINKY
STORY OF INKY PINKY (HB)
SUPERVISING COUNSELLORS
SUPERVISING COUNSELLORS
SUPERVISING COUNSELLORS (HB)
SUPERVISING COUNSELLORS (PB)
SYNTHETIC LIQUIDS PRODUCTION AND REFINING (HB)
THE BIBLE ADVOCATE, AND PRECURSOR OF UNITY [ED. BY D. KING].
THE BODYGUARD (PB)
THE BRITISH HARBINGER
THE BRITISH HARBINGER
THE BRITISH HARBINGER
THE BRITISH HARBINGER
THE BRITISH HARBINGER
THE BRITISH HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH HARBINGER V21, FIFTH SERIES (HB)
THE BRITISH HARBINGER V21, FIFTH SERIES (PB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (HB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (PB)
THE BRITISH MILLENNIAL HARBINGER (PB)
THE COMMISSAR VANISHES (PB)
THE CRASH (PB)
THE ECCLESIASTICAL OBSERVER
THE ECCLESIASTICAL OBSERVER
THE ECCLESIASTICAL OBSERVER
THE ECCLESIASTICAL OBSERVER
THE ECCLESIASTICAL OBSERVER (HB)
THE ECCLESIASTICAL OBSERVER (HB)
THE ECCLESIASTICAL OBSERVER (HB)
THE ECCLESIASTICAL OBSERVER (HB)
THE ECCLESIASTICAL OBSERVER (PB)
THE EFFECTIVE CHANGE MANAGER'S HANDBOOK
THE EFFECTIVE CHANGE MANAGER'S HANDBOOK (PB)
THE FAIRY GLEN (PB)
THE HOT TOPIC
THE HOT TOPIC (PB)
THE HOT TOPIC (PB)
THE JOY OF THINKING, PART 1, FIFTH EBOOK EDITION
THE LORD'S SUPPER
THE MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS OF ST PETER MANCROFT, NORWICH (HB)
THE PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY EXPLAINED, AND VIEWED IN THEIR RELATION TO NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION
THE PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY EXPLAINED, AND VIEWED IN THEIR RELATION TO NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION
THE PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY EXPLAINED, AND VIEWED IN THEIR RELATION TO NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION
THE PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY EXPLAINED, AND VIEWED IN THEIR RELATION TO NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION
THE PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY EXPLAINED, AND VIEWED IN THEIR RELATIONS TO REVEALED AND NATURAL RELIGION
THE PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY EXPLAINED, AND VIEWED IN THEIR RELATIONS TO REVEALED AND NATURAL RELIGION

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
By: Truman Capote
Penguin Books Ltd
Our Price : £7.29
more details
Solitary Fitness (Paperback)
By: Charles Bronson, Stephen Richards
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Our Price : £6.56
more details
The Crime Book (Hardback)
By: DK, Peter James (Foreword), Peter James (Foreword)
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Our Price : £14.59
more details
The Red Parts (Paperback)
By: Maggie Nelson
Vintage Publishing
Our Price : £8.02
more details
Talking with Psychopaths (Paperback)
By: Christopher Berry-Dee
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Our Price : £7.29
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 FICTION
 true stories
 true crime


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 

NEW
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
By: SARA KHAN
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
add to basket

Learning
That''s My Story!: Drama for Confidence, Communication and C...
By: ADAM POWER-ANNAND
The ability to communicate is an essential life skill for all children, underpinning their confidence, personal and social wellbeing, and sense of self.
add to basket