Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search

True Crime General

Dead Ends

B.C. Crime Stories

by (author) Paul Willcocks

Publisher
University of Regina Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2014
Category
General, Criminals & Outlaws
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889773486
    Publish Date
    Sep 2014
    List Price
    $19.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889773509
    Publish Date
    Sep 2014
    List Price
    $12.99

Classroom Resources

Where to buy it

Description

Forty crimes. Forty crimes of betrayal, greed, and desperation. Forty crimes that shed light on our shared past, and our lives today. Award-winning writer Paul Willcocks takes a sharp, fresh look at legendary crimes and criminals and the way they reflect our history.

Murderers and scam artists. Masterminds and bunglers. The infamous and the forgotten. Dead Ends looks at them all. Leo Mantha, the last man hanged in B.C. Wong Foon Sing, the Chinese houseboy kidnapped and tortured by police. Pickton and the Pattison kidnappers. Olson and the McLean Boys.

Our crimes define us. Dead Ends shows us how.

About the author

Paul Willcocks is a journalist with over 30 years of experience. He has won a Michener Award, received a Jack Webster Award for being BC's best columnist, and has been a National Magazine Writing finalist many times.

Paul Willcocks' profile page

Editorial Reviews

"Shocking, appalling--and true." -BC Bookworld