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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Marcel Petiot; Marcel Petiot |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David King |
| ISBN: | 9780307452894 0307452891 9780307452900 0307452905 9780307452917 0307452913 9780307967190 0307967190 |
| OCLC Number: | 696099199 |
| Description: | 416 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | German night -- The people's doctor -- Preliminary findings -- Two witnesses -- "100,00 autopsies" -- The woman with the yellow suitcase -- "Beside a monster" -- A delivery -- Evasion -- "Goodbye arrogance" -- Sightings -- The Gestapo file -- Postcards from the other side -- Destination Argentina -- War in the shadows -- The attic -- Frustration -- Nine more -- The list -- Apocalyptic weeks -- "P.S. Destroy all my letters" -- At Saint-Mandé-Tourelle Station -- Interrogations -- Beating chance? -- The Knellers -- The Petiot Circus -- "Not in danger of death" -- Two to one -- Inside murder house -- Black fingernails -- "A taste for evil" -- The hairdresser, the makeup artist, and the adventuress -- Walkout -- Naufrageur -- The verdict -- Timbers of justice -- The loot. |
| Responsibility: | David King. |
Abstract:
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.
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- 87 FSS Library - New Books, August - September, 2011(48 items)
by dkrexon updated 2012-10-04
