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A real-life thriller in the vein of The Devil in the White City, Kate Winkler Dawson's debut, Loss of life in the Air, is a gripping, historical narrative of your serial killer, an environmental devastation, and an iconic city attempting to get back its footing. In winter 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate subject in to the air. However the smog that descended on December fifth of 1952 was different; it was a sort that held metropolis hostage for five long days and nights. Mass transit earth to a halt, scammers roamed the avenues, and 12,000 people passed away. That same month, there was another killer at large in London: John Reginald Christie, who murdered at least six women. In a braided narrative that draws on comprehensive interviews, never-before-published materials, and archival research, Dawson captivatingly recounts the intersecting reports of the both of these killers and their longstanding impact on modern history.