# Death in the Air

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- Book: [Death in the Air](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-winkler-dawson/death-in-the-air) ([Death in the Air.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-winkler-dawson/death-in-the-air.md))
- Authors: [Kate Winkler Dawson](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-winkler-dawson)
- Publisher: Hachette Books
- ISBN: 978-03-1650-686-1
- Published: 2017-11-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

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 interviews, never-before-published material, and archival research, Dawson captivatingly recounts the intersecting stories of the these two killers and their longstanding impact on modern history.