{"id":16302,"date":"2012-06-13T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=16302"},"modified":"2012-06-06T09:53:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T14:53:59","slug":"death-in-the-city-of-light-by-david-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/death-in-the-city-of-light-by-david-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Death in the City of Light by David King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/searchresults.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=death%20in%20the%20city%20of%20light%20david%20king&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16304\" title=\"death in the city of light\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/death-in-the-city-of-light1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/death-in-the-city-of-light1.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/death-in-the-city-of-light1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/searchresults.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=death%20in%20the%20city%20of%20light%20david%20king&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Death in the City of Light<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is the gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-Occupied Paris. As decapitated heads and dismembered body parts surfaced in the Seine, Commissaire Georges-Victor Massu was tasked with tracking down the elusive murderer in a twilight world of Gestapo, gangsters, resistance fighters, pimps, prostitutes, spies, and other shadowy figures of the Parisian underworld.<\/p>\n<p>The main suspect was Dr. Marcel Petiot, a handsome, charming physician with remarkable charisma.\u00a0 He was the &#8220;People&#8217;s Doctor,&#8221; known for his many acts of kindness and generosity, not least in providing free medical care for the poor.\u00a0 Petiot, however, would soon be charged with 27 murders, though authorities suspected the total may have been as many as 150. Who was being slaughtered, and why?\u00a0 Was Petiot a sexual sadist, as the press suggested, killing for thrills?\u00a0 Was he allied with the Gestapo, or, on the contrary, the French Resistance?\u00a0 Or did he work for no one other than himself?\u00a0 Trying to solve the many mysteries of the case, Massu would unravel a plot of unspeakable deviousness.<\/p>\n<p>Death in the City of Light is a brilliant evocation of Nazi-Occupied Paris and a harrowing exploration of murder, betrayal, and evil of staggering proportions. <em>(description from publisher)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Death in the City of Light is the gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-Occupied Paris. 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