True crime stories

  • Shadow of doubt : the trials of Dennis Oland, revised and expanded edition

    Creator

    MacKinnon, Bobbi-Jean

    Abstract

    A national bestseller, now updated, expanded, and revised to tell an even bigger story. On July 6, 2011, Richard Oland, scion of the Moosehead brewing family, was bludgeoned to death in his Saint John office. In a shocking turn, the multimillionaire's only son, Dennis, was arrested for second-degree murder. Found guilty by a jury in 2015, Dennis Oland successfully appealed his conviction and was retried three years later. In this new revised and expanded edition, MacKinnon takes readers inside every stage of one of Canada's most gripping murder trials.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New Brunswick

    Goose Lane Editions

    Non spécifié
  • Black cop : my 36 years in police work, and my career ending experiences with official racism

    Creator

    Lawrence, Calvin

    Abstract

    A shocking, first-person account of a Mountie who went from small-town Newfoundland to undercover drug work in Toronto to guarding prime ministers and presidents. All along, the racism he encountered from the public was easier to handle than the racism of fellow police officers - and the RCMP hierarchy.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Lorimer

    Non spécifié
  • The kidnap years : the astonishing true history of the forgotten kidnapping epidemic that shook Depression-era America

    Creator

    Stout, David

    Abstract

    The Great Depression was a time of desperation in America-parents struggled to feed their children and unemployment was at a record high. Adding to the lawlessness of the decade, thugs with submachine guns and corrupt law-enforcement officers ran rampant.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • The torture machine : racism and police violence in Chicago

    Creator

    Taylor, Flint

    Abstract

    With his colleagues at the People's Law Office (PLO), Flint Taylor has argued landmark civil-rights cases that have exposed corruption and cover-ups within the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and throughout the city's corrupt political machine.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • Autopsie d'un crime imparfait : l'assassinat de France Lachapelle

    Creator

    Côté, Jacques

    Abstract

    "Dans la nuit du 22 octobre 1980, au 540 de la rue de la Tourelle à Québec, une jeune comédienne est assassinée. Quarante ans plus tard, le mystère subsiste : l'homme qui s'est accusé de ce crime abject était-il le véritable coupable ? Ce docu-polar revisite l'une des causes judiciaires les plus longues et les plus controversées de l'époque.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Les Éditions de L'Homme

    Non spécifié
  • Gardez l'œil ouvert

    Creator

    Charlton, Victoria

    Abstract

    La youtubeuse Victoria Charlton, connue pour ses vidéos consacrées au True Crime, nous entraîne sur la piste des 15 disparitions les plus énigmatiques des 100 dernières années, de la France aux États-Unis, en passant par le Québec. Reconstitution des faits, décryptage des éléments de l'enquête, anecdotes de recherche et théories personnelles: Victoria propose des récits haletants, empreints de suspense et d'émotions. Qui sait, peut-être avez-vous déjà croisé Johnny, Timmothy, Laureen ou Diane?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Les Éditions de L'Homme

    Non spécifié
  • Vito Rizzuto - la chute du dernier parrain

    Creator

    Renaud, Daniel

    Abstract

    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 deux desseins : venger le meurtre de son fils Nicolo et reprendre sa place au sommet de la pyramide du crime organisé au Québec. Au coeur de sa vengeance, qu'il a commencé à assouvir avant même son retour à Montréal, à l'automne 2012, une liste de personnes à abattre.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Éditions La Presse

    Non spécifié
  • Horseplay : my time undercover on the Granville Strip

    Creator

    Boucher, Norm

    Abstract

    In his first true crime memoir, undercover operator Norm Boucher recounts eight months spent infiltrating Vancouver's heroin scene, a world of paranoia, ripoffs, and violence. It is 1983 and the War on Drugs is intensifying. From his observer's seat in barrooms, Boucher candidly reveals the lives of heroin addicts who spend each day looking for their next hit. Their dangerous subculture, centred around three gritty hotels on the Granville Strip, becomes Boucher's domain as he attempts both to gain acceptance in a world far removed from his own and to keep himself safe.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Edmonton, Alberta

    NeWest Press

    Non spécifié
  • Cold case north : the search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett

    Creator

    Bell, Eric

    Reder, Deanna

    Nest, Michael Wallace

    Abstract

    A small team uncovers new evidence and exposes police failure in one of the North's most enduring missing persons cases. Missing persons. Double murder? Métis leader James Brady was one of the most famous Indigenous activists in Canada. A communist, strategist, and bibliophile, he led Métis and First Nations to rebel against government and church oppression. Brady's success made politicians and clergy fear him; he had enemies everywhere.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

    University of Regina Press

    Non spécifié
  • The last days of John Lennon

    Creator

    Patterson, James

    Abstract

    John Lennon was one of the world's most influential people. Mark David Chapman was one of the most invisible. But Chapman achieved the notoriety he craved, and wounded the spirit of a generation.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Non spécifié