British Columbia Murders
Notorious Cases and Unsolved Mysteries
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2011
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781926613307
- Publish Date
- Feb 2010
- List Price
- $12.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926936147
- Publish Date
- Feb 2011
- List Price
- $9.95
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Description
In July 1924, Scottish nursemaid Janet Smith was murdered in Vancouver’s wealthy Shaughnessy Heights. Her killer was never apprehended, but the investigation had shocking consequences. Twenty years later, Molly Justice was stabbed to death in a Saanich park. Her murderer has never been charged, even though police were virtually certain of his identity for over 50 years. Susan McNicoll’s dramatic accounts of six of British Columbia’s most intriguing murders span a century of crime, from a 1904 Victoria Chinatown murder to a modern cold case from Vernon solved through DNA analysis of an unusual kind.
About the author
Susan McNicoll was born in Montreal. Her lifelong love of words and history has been the main focus of her writing career, which began with five years as a reporter for the Ottawa Journal in the 1970s. Her published books include British Columbia Murders (Heritage House, 2009) and Ontario Murders (James Lorimer, 2009). She has devoted some ten years of her life to completing her theatre history. She lives in Vancouver.
