Paul Fronczk, acting on long-held suspicions, took a DNA test that proved he was not the son born to his family, placing him now at the center of two half-century-old mysteries.
True crime stories
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Author:Tresniowski, Alex, Fronczak, Paul JosephSummary: - Author:Marquis, GregSummary:
Truth and Honour explores the 2011 murder of Saint John businessman Richard Oland, of the prominent family that owns Moosehead Breweries, the ensuing police investigation and the arrest, trial, and conviction of the victim's son,...
- Author:Juby, Thomas C.Summary:
On the 2nd of September, 1998, near the small fishing village of Peggys Cove, N.S., a Swissair passenger jet carrying 229 people crashed into the ocean with a complete loss of life. This book is the true story of the crash investigation...
- Author:Krakauer, JonSummary:
This extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America's isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities, where some 40,000 people still practice polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment...
- Author:Godfrey, RebeccaSummary:
The murder of Reena Virk is one of the most notorious - and heartbreaking - cases in Canadian history. Who were the seemingly ordinary suburban teenagers who found themselves under the bridge on November 14, 1997? Why would a girl who...
- Author:Peterson, Jr, Ron.Summary:
Under the Trestle is the true story of the most compelling murder case in Virginia history.
- Author:Holes, PaulSummary:
From the detective who found the Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America's toughest cold cases and the rewards?and toll?of a life solving crime. I order another bourbon, neat. This is the drink that will flip the...
- Author:Shepherd, RichardSummary:
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Unnatural Causes written and read by Dr Richard Shepherd. The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak ... 'An absolutely brilliant book. I really...
- Author:Hoshowsky, Robert J.Summary:
Despite advances in DNA testing, forensics, and the investigative skills used by police, hundreds of crimes remain unsolved across Canada. With every passing day trails grow colder and decades can pass before a new lead or witness comes...
- Author:Kinder, GarySummary:
Now a classic of true crime, Victim is a compelling and tragic look at how lives can be changed forever by a random act of violence. During an armed robbery, several hostages were brutally tortured, shot in the head, and left for dead....
- Author:Renaud, DanielSummary:
Dans sa cellule du pénitencier à sécurité maximale de Florence au Colorado, où il a été détenu durant plus de cinq ans de l'été 2007 à octobre 2012, l'ancien parrain de la mafia montréalaise Vito Rizzuto ruminait...
- Author:Whiteson, Leon, Layton, Aviva, Thibodeau, DavidSummary:
A survivor of the Waco massacre tells the inside story of Branch Davidians, David Koresh, and what really happened at the religious compound in Texas. Thibodeau explores why so many people believed Koresh was divinely inspired, and...
- Author:Hutchison, KatySummary:
The dramatic story of a life forever changed, and of how unthinkable horror, the murder of a husband and father of young twins, became a transformative gift. A story about triumph over tragedy, and a journey that breaks all the rules....
- Author:Van der Leun, JustineSummary:
The story of Amy Biehl is well known in South Africa. The twenty-six-year-old white American was brutally murdered during the final days of apartheid. But the true story of Biehl's death is not only a story of forgiveness but also a...
- Author:Cooper, BeckySummary:
Forty years after the fact, Becky Cooper, a curious Harvard undergrad, first heard whispers of a murdered student, one bludgeoned to death by a professor to cover up an affair. Though that motive proved false, the story that unfolded,...
- Author:McSherry, PeterSummary:
From the mean streets of 1930s Depression-era Toronto comes the gripping tale of a man who became one of the nation’s most notorious criminals. Until the age of 31, Donald McDonald was only "dirty little Mickey from The Corner,...
- Author:Arvast, AnitaSummary:
The sensational story of a girl's tragic death and the whirlwind of racial prejudices that came in its wake. On Boxing Day 2005, fifteen-year-old Jane Creba was fatally shot on one of the busiest streets in Toronto. Police and...
- Author:Olshaker, Mark, Douglas, John E.Summary:
From John Douglas, the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter?comes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most...
- Author:Mole, RichSummary:
In 1874, the newly formed North West Mounted Police marched west to shut down unscrupulous liquor traders who had devastated the lives of many First Nations people. The Mounties` famous trek heralded over 50 years of "whisky wars" in...
- Author:Halloran, Bob.Summary:
The amazing true story of the only white man to rise to the top of the Chinese mafia. In August 2013, "Bac Guai" John Willis, also known as the "White Devil" because of his notorious ferocity, was sentenced to 20...
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