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Death in the Air

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

Death in the Air

By Kate Winkler Dawson

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About the book

In winter 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate matter into the air. But the smog that descended on December 5th of 1952 was different; it was a type that held the city hostage for five long days. Mass transit ground to a halt, criminals roamed the streets, and 12,000 people died. That same month, there was another killer at large in London: John Reginald Christie, who murdered at least seven women. In a braided narrative that draws on extensive inter...Show more

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ISBN

9780316506861

Publisher

Little, Brown & Company

Published year

2017

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1

Original title

Death in the Air

Format

Hardcover

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