Murder: Twelve True Stories of Homicide in Canada

by Edward Butts

In Murder, the keenly researched chapters tell the stories behind some of Canadas most fascinating murder cases, from colonial times to the 20th century, and from the Atlantic provinces to the West Coast and up to the Arctic.

Genres: True Crime

328 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Ed Butts https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Reviews

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cheap thrills from a failed writer. There is nothing in here to set the volume apart from thousands of other crap writings.

[Teena in Toronto · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like reading true stories and Canadian stories so this book caught my eye. It contains 12 true stories of homicide in Canada ... some I'd heard of but most I hadn't. They ranged from the 18th century to around the time of WWII.

I found this book interesting and I liked that there were pictures with some of the stories. I liked the writing style ... there was enough information but it wasn't too detailed. It's crazy what led some of these people to commit murder and expect to get away it.

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[Graham Clayton · Rating 4 out of 5]

The 12 chapters in 'Murder' tell the stories behind some of Canada’s most fascinating murder cases, from colonial times up to the 20th century, both unsolved and solved. An entertaining read for true crime fans and anyone interested in off-beat Canadian history.

[Nikki Matacic · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little dull and repetitive at times but overall I loved it. I had never heard of these.

[Karine Lelièvre · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was dry and hard to read... Not always well structured or explained to make me understand these historical murders easy

[Bettye McKee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vintage true crime

This is a reasonably well-written book with some very interesting true crime stories. The time periods vary but I would consider all of them vintage crimes.

I have read works by this author before and intend to look for more.

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[Vanessa]

its was different from most of my true crime books i have read in the past. what i like about this one most is that the stories started in the early 1800s and worked its way up in time finishing in the 1900 i think? also lots of history. which i had no interest in highschool,middle school and so on. so i felt like i was learning alot of new things.

[Stephanie Bryant · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick read with some murders where you wonder why it took so much effort to convict and others that make you feel glad to live in the 21st century where there are laws of evidence

[Ronnie Cramer · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting collection of historical (mostly forgotten) Canadian crimes from the 18th century to the WWII era. The chapters average about fifteen pages each and made for good episodic reading.