Mr. Mike's Books For Sale -- True Crime - Canada

[010926] Sampson, Connie. Buried in the Silence. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: NeWest Press, 1995. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Ex-Library. Good ISBN: 0920897851. 190p. Dust jacket covered with adhesive plastic and taped to cover, library stamps/labels. White supremacist is investigated for his participation in murder of a Cree Indian in Saskatchewan. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. $8.95

[013121] Kelley, Thomas P.. Canada's Greatest Crimes. Winnipeg, Canada: Harlequin Books, 1958. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good Harlequin Book No. 435. 191p. Some cover wear, including crease by spine on front, otherwise very good condition. 11 chapters detailing "the most amazing true crime stories in the history of Canada." $18.95

[013380] Bizier, Hélène-Andrée. Crimes et Châtiments, Tome I (Vol. 1). Québec, Canada: Libre Expression, 1983. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 289111163X. 256p, B&W photos/illustrations. Text in this book is ENTIRELY IN FRENCH. Les textes sont entièrement en français. Volume 1 of history of crime in Quebec, 11 cases ranging between 1763 and 1897. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. $19.95

[006105] Kelley, Kitty. Famous Canadian Crimes. Toronto, Canada: White Circle Pocket Editions, 1949. No Stated Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good 180p. Browning, cover wear, binding cracked once in middle, stamps. Includes the Small case, Toronto; the Father Delorme case, Montreal; the New Brunswick case; the Dark Strangler, Winnipeg; the Donnelly feud, London; maniac messiah, Northern Canada; the Woo Dock case, Vancouver; and the Ethel Kinrade case, Hamilton. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. $10.39

[012176] O'Malley, Martin. Gross Misconduct: The Life of Spinner Spencer. Toronto, Canada: Penguin Books, 1989. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0140114580. 310p, 8p of B&W photos. Some cover wear. Professional hockey player goes from $100,000/year income to the life of a drifter involved in murder (his own). $9.95

[008692] Cahill, Jack. Hot Box. Markham, Ontario, Canada: PaperJacks Ltd., 1980. No Stated Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0770101305. 142p, 16p of B&W photos. Some cover wear, writing on first page. In a week-long nightmare, a quarter of a million people in a densely populated area that contains one quarter of Canada's population are forced to leave their homes as firemen and disaster experts fight the threat of mass poisoning from a chlorine gas leak. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA $13.95

[012539] Hebert, Jacques. I accuse the assassins of Coffin. Montreal, Canada: Les Editions du Jour, 1964. Mass Market Paperback. Good 208p. Some cover/spine wear, small crease on front covers, previous owner's name on first page. Canadian legal dilemma -- three American tourists are murdered in Quebec, local prospector is found guilty and hanged ... but was he innocent? $9.95

[005820] Marx, Gordon; Primeau, Nesta (ed.). Let's Get Serious About Crime!. New Westminster, BC, Canada: Moloch Enterprises, 1995. No Stated Edition. Soft Cover. Privately Printed. Good 138p, illustrations, size approx. 8" x 11" x 3/8". Self-published rant "dedicated to the victims of crime who would otherwise remain faceless statistics," and "to the taxpayers who make the farce that takes place in our courts possible." Includes copies of many newspaper articles (taken directly from the papers like Xeroxed, not transcribed). $13.95

[013444] Wojna, Lisa. Missing! The Disappeared, Lost or Abducted in Canada. Wetaskiwin, AB, Canada: Quagmire Press, 2007. 1st PB Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0978340906. 264p, B&W photos. Some minor cover wear/rubbing. A look at cases of missing persons in Canada. Includes BC's "Highway of Tears," Robert Pickton case, Ontario's Lost Boys, as well as cases involving Jessie Foster, Alicia Ross, Lois Hanna and Dar Heatherington. $16.95

[013403] Edwards, Peter. One Dead Indian: The Premier, The Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis. Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 2001. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0773733213. 267p, 8p of B&W photos. Some dust jacket wear/rubbing, corners lightly bumped. Disturbing questions arise after a Canadian native Indian is shot to death during a peaceful demonstration by Ontario Provincial Police. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. $10.95

[013381] Auger, Michel; Murray, Jean-Paul (trans.). The Biker Who Shot Me: Recollections of a Crime Reporter. Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 2002. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0771008775. 218p, B&W photos. Some dust jacket wear/rubbing, previous owner's name written on front endpaper. Autobiography of investigative reporter who is shot six times in the back. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. $10.95

[013035] Hebert, Jacques. The Coffin Affair. Toronto, Canada: General Paperbacks, 1982. No Stated Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Ex-Library. Good ISBN: 077367005X. Somr portions of this book originally published 1964 in Quebec in French under the title I accuse the assassins of Coffin. 267p. Cover wear, bookstore stamp, prison library stamp on bottom, crease on front cover. A scathing indictment of the Canadian justice system over the issue of an innocent man unjustly hanged for a triple murder. $9.95

[013994] Sandra Martins-Toner. The Last Six Minutes: a Mother's Loss and Quest for Justice. Toronto, Canada: Aaspirations Publishing, 2009. 1st PB Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0981278116. 187p, 16p of B&W photos. Some minor cover wear. Story of random and violent murder of 16 year old Canadian boy and his parents' journey through the Canadian Criminal Justice System. Lengthy dedication on the first page, perhaps by the author (signature is not clear). $16.95

[013507] Gervais, Marty. The Rumrunners: A Prohibition Scrapbook. Thornhill, ON, Canada: Firefly Books, 1980. Soft Cover. Good ISBN: 0929668089. 149p. Some cover wear, small 1" tear at bottom of front cover. $16.95

[013474] Staples, David & Owens, Greg. The Third Suspect. Alberta, Canada: Red Deer College Press, 1995. Trade Paperback. Signed by Authors. Good ISBN: 0889951314. Book is signed by both authors on title page. 480p, 16p of B&W photos. Other writing on the title page, some cover wear/rubbing, fading on spine. Police track down the person responsible for a bomb blast which killed nine men at a mine in Canada's Northwest Territories. $16.95

[013408] Vallée, Brian. The Torso Murder: The Untold Story of Evelyn Dick. Toronto, Canada: Key Porter Books, 2001. 1st PB Printing. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 1552633403. 288p, 16p of B&W photos. Cover wear/rubbing, some creasing on back cover. A fresh look at the sensational trials of Evelyn Dick, accused of murdering her husband John, whose head and limbs had been sawed from his body and burned up in her furnace. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. $10.95

[013999] Hustak, Alan. They Were Hanged. Toronto, Canada: James Lorimer & Company, 1987. First Printing. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Acceptable / Acceptable. ISBN: 1550280163. 158p, B&W photos. Ex-library book, dust jacket is covered with adhesive plastic and taped to the cover, library stamps and labels, card pocket on back endpaper. The story of the last person to be executed in every Canadian province (capital punishment in Canada stopped in 1976), including the crime itself and the resulting court case. $11.95

[012775] Campbell, Marjorie Freeman. Torso: The Evelyn Dick Case. Ontario, Canada: Signet, 1976. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good 206p, 4p of B&W photos (some very gross). Some cover wear, browning, bookstore stamp. Trial of woman for murder of her husband reveals her extraordinary sexual proclivities, among other things. Ships via USA or Canada. $9.95

[013482] Campbell, Marjorie Freeman. Torso: The Evelyn Dick Case. Toronto, Canada: Macmillan of Canada, 1974. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0770512038. 198p, 8p of B&W photos (some very gross). NOTE: the Signet paperback version of this book only has 4 pages of pictures. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket has some wear/edge wear and a small tear on top at front. Story of sensational Canadian trial of woman for murder of her husband reveals her extraordinary sexual proclivities, among other things. $9.95

[013565] Morrow, Valerie. Turkey in Court. Canada: Self-Published, 1983. Mass Market Paperback. Good 158p, B&W photos. Some cover wear/creasing. Canadian woman's story of her various encounters with the legal system and court appearances. $13.95

[013362] Warmington, Joe. Vanished in the Gulf. Toronto, Canada: Battle Books, 1995. 2nd PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0969979401. 142p, B&W photos. Some cover wear/rubbing. Three Canadian men disappear while on a winter vacation; efforts to find them are fruitless despite a huge reward. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. $9.95

[013446] Perkel, Colin N.. Well of Lies: The Walkerton Water Tragedy. Toronto, Canada: McLelland & Stewart, 2002. First Printing. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0771070195. 237p, index, B&W photos. Dust jacket is covered with adhesive plastic and taped to the cover, library stamps and labels. In 2000, hundreds of people in Walkerton, Ontario were afflicted by a deadly strain of E. coli bacteria in the local water supply. This is the story of that epidemic and its consequences. Book ships from USA or Canada. $12.95

[012676] Karp, Carl & Rosner, Cecil. When Justice Fails: The David Milgard Story. Toronto, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 1991. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 0771045514. 262p, 16p of B&W photos. Some cover wear. (In)famous case of Canadian man wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years. $9.95

[013526] Trent, Bill with Truscott, Steven. Who Killed Lynne Harper?. Montreal, Canada: Optimum Publishing Company, 1979. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0888901151. 312p, 8p of B&W photos. Dust jacket has some edge wear. A look back -- 20 years after the crime took place -- at notorious Canadian case where teenage boy Steven Truscott was accused of murder and sentenced to death. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. $9.95