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{{Short description|2011 book by David King}}
{{Infobox book
| name             = Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris
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| image            = Death in the City of Light.jpg
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| author           = [[David King (historian)|David King]]
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| country          = United States
| language         = English
| subject          = [[Serial Killers]]<br>[[Occupied France]]
| genre            = [[True crime]]
| publisher        = [[Crown Publishing Group|Crown]]
| pub_date         = 20 September 2011
| media_type       = Print ([[Hardcover]])
| pages            = 432
| isbn             = 978-0-307-45289-4
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| congress         = HV6248.P43 K56 2011
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'''''Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris''''' is a [[true crime]] book by [[David King (historian)|David King]] first published in 2011.<ref>{{cite book|last=King|first=David|title=Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris|year=2011|publisher=Crown|location=New York|isbn=978-0-307-45289-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/deathincityoflig00king}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=King|first=David|title=Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris|year=2011|publisher=Random House Audio|author2=Narrated by Paul Michael|type=Audiobook}}</ref> The book covers the serial killing spree in [[Paris]] that took place while that city was occupied by the [[Nazi]]s during [[World War II]], the trial of the chief suspect, Dr. [[Marcel Petiot]], and the circus that ensued.
Laura Miller in [[Salon.com|''Salon'' magazine]] calls ''Death in the City of Light'' better than [[Erik Larson (author)|Erik Larson]]'s ''The Devil In The White City'', saying that it lands "just shy of setting a new standard for the form."<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Laura|title=A new masterpiece of true crime writing explores the quest for truth and justice in an immoral society|url=http://entertainment.salon.com/2011/09/18/death_in_the_city_of_light/|work=Review|publisher=Salon.com|access-date=4 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020124126/http://entertainment.salon.com/2011/09/18/death_in_the_city_of_light/|archive-date=20 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' concludes, "The author’s successful transition into the true-crime genre&mdash;expertly written and completely absorbing."<ref>{{cite journal|title=Death in the City of Light: The gripping narrative of a twisted serial killer preying on the most vulnerable citizens of Paris during the Nazi occupation|journal=Kirkus Reviews|date=1 July 2011|url=http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/non-fiction/david-king/death-city-light/|access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:2011 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:American non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Non-fiction books about serial killers]]
[[Category:History books about World War II]]
[[Category:Books about Paris]]
[[Category:Murder in France]]
[[Category:Paris in World War II]]
[[Category:Crown Publishing Group books]]
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