Death in the Air - The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City

A "fascinating, beautifully readable, compulsively readable book" (Douglas Preston) that tells the real-life story of the Great London Smog of 1952--an utterly preventable natural disaster that killed 12,000 people--and the serial killer, John Reginald Christie, who used the smog and its aftermath as a veritable cloak for his crimes.

About the author

Kate Winkler Dawson is a seasoned documentary producer, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, WCBS News and ABC News Radio, Fox News Channel, United Press International, PBS NewsHour, and Nightline. She teaches journalism at The University of Texas at Austin.

Summary

A "fascinating, beautifully readable, compulsively readable book" (Douglas Preston) that tells the real-life story of the Great London Smog of 1952--an utterly preventable natural disaster that killed 12,000 people--and the serial killer, John Reginald Christie, who used the smog and its aftermath as a veritable cloak for his crimes.

Foreword

A "fascinating, beautifully readable, compulsively readable book" (Douglas Preston) that tells the real-life story of the Great London Smog of 1952--an utterly preventable natural disaster that killed 12,000 people--and the serial killer, John Reginald Christie, who used the smog and its aftermath as a veritable cloak for his crimes.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Winkler Dawson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2019
• EAN: 9780316506830
• ISBN: 978-0-316-50683-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 202 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 341 g
• Illustrations: 1 8-page b/w photo insert
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, 20th Century, NATURE / Natural Disasters, TRUE CRIME / General, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, General and world history, Natural disasters