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A thousand years of pirates
By William Gilkerson. 2009
Introduces the major characters and incidents that connect the scattered history of seagoing bandits, including England's "Sea Dog" Francis Drake,…
the "pirate queen of Ireland" Granuaile, and Scotland's Captain Kidd. Describes their high-seas adventure and skullduggery, sea chases and bloody battles, dangerous coastal lairs and buried treasure. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2009.Above suspicion
By Joe Sharkey. 1993
Mark Putnam's first assignment as an FBI agent is in the coal town of Pikeville, Kentucky. Almost immediately, Mark solves…
a bank robbery case with the help of local informant Susan Smith. Susan becomes enamoured of Mark (even befriending his wife to learn more about him), and Mark eventually succumbs to Susan's advances. Her "fatal attraction" response leads to a deadly struggle. Strong language and violence. c1993.A question of murder: compelling cases from a famed forensic pathologist, including Anna Nicole Smith, Daniel Smith--Anna Nicole's son--and many more!
By Cyril H. Wecht, Dawna Kaufmann. 2008
Medical examiner and investigative journalist discuss five baffling death cases--those of Anna Nicole Smith; her son Daniel, who died shortly…
before she did; twelve-year-old Stephanie Crowe, killed at home; seven-year-old kidnap victim Danielle van Dam; and one doctor's elderly hospitalized patients, who allegedly received heart-stopping injections after Hurricane Katrina. 2008.A rose for her grave: and other true cases (Ann Rule's crime files. #1.)
By Ann Rule. 1993
The centrepiece of this true crime collection is the history of Randy Roth, a "modern-day Bluebeard" who specialized in marrying…
women and then killing them for insurance and Social Security benefits. The remaining shorter cases come from Rule's "archives": a rapist returns after eight years in prison to kill the woman who put him there along with her daughter and a neighbour; a jilted husband hires a female "hit person" to kill his estranged wife; a 13-year-old girl disappears after tending to the mobile home of a friend on vacation; a sadistic killer murders a woman; and a young, single woman is strangled by a neighbour pretending to be her protector. Descriptions of violence and strong language. c1993.A mother's story: my fight to free my son David
By Peter Edwards, Joyce Milgaard. 1999
For over twenty years Joyce Milgaard fought to free her son David, wrongfully jailed on a murder charge. Here she…
describes her struggle to have his case reopened and her fight with the Canadian justice system. 1999.A deadly affair: the shocking true story of a high-profile love triangle that led to murder
By Tom Henderson. 2017
A promising young attorney and a dedicated family man, Michael Fletcher seemed to have it all. But in the summer…
of 2000, Michael found himself standing trial for the murder of his pregnant wife, Leann. The verdict--guilty of second-degree murder--would leave friends, family, and the public at large scrambling to make sense of a twisted and frightening series of events that ended in the brutal killing of Leann Fletcher. 2017.A daughter's deadly deception: the Jennifer Pan story
By Jeremy Grimaldi. 2016
Jennifer Pan seemed to be fulfilling her immigrant parents' dreams: a straight-A student working towards a pharmacology degree. In reality,…
her golden life was a carefully cultivated facade, covering up an explosive secret life. When her deceptions started to unravel, Jennifer's desperate escape plan left a city in shock. Winner of the 2017 Arthur Ellis Best Non-fiction Crime Book Award. 2016.A cast of killers
By Sidney Kirkpatrick. 1986
In 1922, Hollywood film director William Desmond Taylor was murdered and the crime never solved. In 1967, director King Vidor…
decided to investigate in order to make a film. This book recounts the story of Vidor's sleuthing, which uncovered scandal, corruption, coverups and the identity of the killer. 1986.The Judas kiss: The Undercover Life Of Patrick Kelly
By Michael Harris. 1995
One week after his wife plunged to her death from a 17th-floor balcony, Patrick Kelly was vacationing in Hawaii with…
his lover. The author tells of how Kelly changed from an RCMP undercover drug agent to smuggler and suspected fraud artist. Kelly was eventually convicted of the murder of his wife. 1995.By using Sherlock Holmes stories as her starting point, forensics expert Wagner blends familiar examples from Doyle's accounts into a…
history of the growth of forensic science, pointing out where fiction strayed from fact. She also weaves in true crime cases that either influenced Holmes's creator or may have been influenced by a published story from the Baker Street sleuth. Some descriptions of sex and explicit descriptions of violence. 2006.Ten well-planned major robberies reveal the ingenuity of the criminal mind, from Dan Cooper, who parachuted from a Boeing 727…
with $200,000, to the small band of Italians who stole the world-famous Mona Lisa. There are seven extra stories in the opening chapter, including that of the Parisian actor and civil servant who destroyed the files against his friends during the French Revolution - by eating them! Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2007 Red Maple Award. 2005.The Massey murder: a maid, her master and the trial that shocked a country
By Charlotte Gray. 2013
In February 1915, a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families was shot and killed on the front porch of…
his home in Toronto as he was returning from work. Carrie Davies, an 18-year-old domestic servant, quickly confessed. But who was the real victim here? Charles “Bert” Massey, scion of a famous and privileged family, or the frightened, perhaps mentally unstable Carrie, a penniless British immigrant? When the brilliant lawyer Hartley Dewart, QC, took on her case, his grudge against the powerful Masseys would fuel a sensational trial. Winner of the 2015 Arthur Ellis Best Non-fiction Crime Book Award. 2013.The sleepwalker
By June Callwood. 1990
Late one night in 1987, a Toronto man drove to the home of his wife's parents where he stabbed his…
mother-in-law and almost killed his father-in-law. He then turned himself into the police. Thus began one of the most bizarre criminal cases in Canada. In a precedent-setting trial, Ken Parks successfully used sleepwalking as his defence. Nominated for the 1993 Torgi Talking Book of the Year Award.Michael Peterson saw combat in Vietnam, became a novelist, and married brilliant executive Kathleen Atwater. The Petersons seemed the ideal…
couple, until December of 2001, when Kathleen apparently fell to her death in their home in North Carolina. But blood spattered evidence and a missing fireplace poker suggested calculated, cold-blooded murder. Some descriptions of violence. 2005.Woman at the devil's door: the untold story of the Hampstead murderess
By Sarah Beth Hopton. 2018
On October 24, 1890, a woman's mutilated and lifeless body was discovered on a pile of rubbish in Hampstead, north…
London. A mile away a blood-soaked stroller was found leaning against a residential gate. The dead baby's body, hidden beneath a nettle bush, was not located until the following morning. So began the incredible story of the Hampstead Tragedy. 2018.Wolves among sheep: the true story of murder in a Jehovah's Witness community
By James Kostelniuk. 2000
The author retells the story of the shotgun murder of his first wife, Kim, and his two children at the…
hands of her estranged second husband. Jeff Anderson is a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, and Kostelniuk discusses his belief that this organization hastened the acts of violence that killed Kim Anderson and her children. Some descriptions of violence. 2000.With malice aforethought: six spectacular Canadian trials
By David R Williams. 1993
Beginning with the 1868 shooting of politician Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Williams chronologically examines it and the trials of Louis Riel…
in 1885, Ernest Chenoweth in 1900, Wilbert Coffin in 1953, Steven Truscott in 1959, and Peter Demeter in 1974. Williams concludes that there is no reason to doubt the justice of the verdict in any of the six cases. 1993.With one shot: family murder and a search for justice
By Dorothy Marcic. 2018
Ever since she was a teenager, Dorothy Marcic was haunted by unresolved questions surrounding the brutal murder of her beloved…
uncle, LaVerne Stordock, a respected family man and former police detective. In 2014, she embarked on a two-year mission to uncover the truth behind his death. 2018.Witnesses from the grave: the stories bones tell
By Eric Stover, Christopher Joyce. 1991
A description of forensic anthropology through a brief history and an examination of Clyde Snow's cases: his examination of the…
skeleton of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele; his discovery of new evidence about Custer's last stand; his search for victims of Argentina's military juntas; and his investigations of serial killer John Gacy's victims. 1991.Who killed Jackie Bates?: A Story From The Great Depression
By W. A Waiser. 2008
On the morning of 5 December 1933, a young RCMP constable discovered a grisly scene in the Avalon schoolyard in…
rural Saskatchewan. A young boy lay dead in a rented car, an apparent victim of carbon monoxide poisoning; also in the car were his parents, who survived the gas and self-inflicted knife wounds only to face murder charges in their son's death. Waiser reinforces that the Bates were not simply helpless victims of the Depression, but flawed people with complex personalities. Some descriptions of violence. 2008.