ISBN: 0751548456 9780751548457

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Criminals & Outlaws

Page count: 432

<p>THE MOST AMAZING TRUE STORY SINCE <i>AGENT ZIGZAG</i><br> <br> OCCUPIED PARIS, 1944.<br> <br> A swastika crowns the Eiffel Tower.<br> <br> Nazis march through the streets.<br> <br> And in the dark heart of the city, a madman is at work . . .<br> <br> At a chic Right Bank address, a horrific pile of dismembered bodies is discovered. The property's owner, well-to-do Dr Petiot, immediately becomes the prime suspect, but he has vanished without a trace.<br> <br> As the police delve into the doctor's past, a disturbing history of violence and corruption is uncovered. It seems like a cut-and-dried case, but the investigation soon takes a surprising turn. Is Petiot a sadistic serial killer or a hero of the Resistance? <i>Who are his victims?</i><br> <br> In this fascinating true account of a case that gripped wartime Paris, David King draws extensively on new sources to paint a chilling portrait of a murderer whose crimes devastated a city already in the grip of evil.</p>