Ontario Murders
Mysteries, Scandals, and Dangerous Criminals
AUTHOR: Susan McNicoll
FORMAT: 5.5 x 8.5 pb / 144 pages
ISBN-10: 1-55153-951-9
ISBN-13: 9781551539515
Six chilling stories of notorious Ontario murders are recounted in this spine-tingling collection. From the pretty but dangerous Evelyn Dick to the mysterious murder of one of the Fathers of Confederation, Thomas D'Darcy McGee, these stories will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Prologue
The light rain had stopped, but the area was still wet and pools of water - in addition to fallen trees and decades of swamp muck - impeded the young man's path through Blenheim Swamp. The February sky was overcast, making it darker than it should have been for midday, and the temperature hovered just above freezing.
Smoking a cigar as he made his way along the trail, the young man hardly seemed to notice the cold. And he certainly had no reason to fear the person who walked a few paces behind.
The bullet hit him with such a jolt that the cigar flew out of his mouth and his cigar case was knocked from his pocket.
The gunman walked over to the body, now lying motionless on the ground. He reached down and fired a second bullet into the head. It was unnecessary. The young man was already dead.
The murderer emptied the victim's pockets and then methodically cut the identifying labels off every piece of clothing on the body. He ripped the stiff collar from the dead man's neck with so much force that a piece of the linen shirt came with it. He left nothing on the body that could lead to its identification.
His plan was to drag the corpse along the path to Pine Pond and there sink it into oblivion. As he looked around, however, he could not find the trail he remembered from a year ago. Then, figuring the body would never be found anyway out in this desolate swamp, he settled for concealing it among the tangled thickets.
So confident was the murderer as he walked away that he didn't notice the cigar case even as he stepped on it. Handwritten on it was F.C. Benwell.
About the Author
Susan McNicoll lives in Port Coquitlam, BC, where she divides her time between writing and running her own bookkeeping business. Although she is now a die-hard British Columbian, her heart still belongs to the Toronto Blue Jays. Susan's lifelong love of words and history has been the main focus of her writing career, which began with five years as a reporter for The Ottawa Journal.
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