Landru's secret : the deadly seductions of France's lonely hearts serial killer
Tomlinson, Richard2018
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On 12 April 1919, the Paris police arrested a bald, short, 50-year-old swindler at his apartment near the Gare du Nord, acting on a lead from a humble housemaid. A century later, Henri Désiré Landru remains the most notorious and enigmatic serial killer in French criminal history, a riddle at the heart of an unsolved murder puzzle. The official version of Landru's lethal rampage was so shocking that it almost defied belief. According to the authorities, Landru had made 'romantic contact' with 283 women during the First World War, luring ten of them to his country houses outside Paris where he killed them for their money. Yet no bodies were ever found, while Landru obdurately protested his innocence.
Main title:
Landru's secret : the deadly seductions of France's lonely hearts serial killer / Richard Tomlinson.
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Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2018.
Collation:
xiv, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781526715296 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.1'5232'092364.15232092
Language:
English
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BRN:
2717584
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