Non-Fiction Book Club

Non-Fiction Book Club meets once a month at the library to talk about great books. Each month we discuss a different book. Copies of the books are available at the Library. This month’s book is Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, The Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City by Kate Winkler Dawson.

The group is open to all, and there is no registration required. The group meets the second Sunday of the month from 2:00-3:00PM at the Bowman Regional Public Library.

For more information, email Sarah at bowlib@gmail.com.

Book synopsis: A real-life thriller in the vein of The Devil in the White City, Kate Winkler Dawson’s debut Death in the Air is a gripping, historical narrative of a serial killer, an environmental disaster, and an iconic city struggling to regain its footing.
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 six 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.