Landru's Secret: The Deadly Seductions of France's Lonely Hearts Serial Killer

by Richard Tomlinson

Book Overview

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 D sir 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526715295
• ISBN13: 9781526715296
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"