An attentive look into an unparalleled crime on home soil

The gruesome saga of the Black Donnellys has been heavily mythologized. A thick layer of rumour, legend, and hearsay has built up around the facts of the case. This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: crime biography.

A big-city street kid remembers hit-and-run violence and hit-and-run sex

Canadian imposters, the roles they played, their true identities and what drove them to masquerade

The gruesome saga of the Black Donnellys has been heavily mythologized. A thick layer of rumour, legend, and hearsay has built up around the facts of the case. This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: crime biography.

Crimes of passion, tales of deceit and treachery!

Plenty of fast-paced action by lawless pillagers and opportunists.

An unflinching look at Canada's most prominent case of "mercy killing."

"It wasn't until Mary was led to the scaffold and the rope was placed about her neck that she cried out, as though finally realizing that she was going to hang." Women in Canada frequently got away with murder and escaped the hangman's noose. A few were not so fortunate. The first woman hanged in Upper Canada was Mary Osborn, who was executed for murdering her husband. Her gruesome story and those of seven other deadly women are told in this collection of spine-chilling tales from Ontario.

The reality beyond the myths and stories about pirates operating off the Canadian coast.