Author: Peter B. Smith. Published by Heritage House Publishing, Vancouver, BC., 2009, 1st Edition. SIGNED by the Author. Printed in Canada. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inch, 125 pages including index, plus preview pages. BONUS: Author's original business card is included.
PRAIRE MURDERS, Mysteries, Crimes and Scandals by Peter B. Smith, features eight true tales that explore the dark side of 20th-century prairie history.
A Saskatchewan farmhouse is burned to the ground to conceal the brutal murders of a family of seven. A German prisoner-of-war camp in Medicine Hat is the scene of savage Nazi killings. A convicted killer is given a day pass out of prison for his birthday, only to escape and kill again. From a deadly Prohibition-era shootout to a landmark case solved with DNA evidence, these are riveting stories of murderers and the people who fought to bring them to justice.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Peter B. Smith lives with his wife on Quadra Island, BC where he retired after a 37-year career as an award-winning newspaper crime reporter. After working on The News in Portsmouth, England for 21 years, he immigrated to Calgary in 1987. Here he worked for the Calgary Sun for a further 16 years, retiring in 2003. He has written two true-life crime books for Heritage House, and while in England he wrote books on sea-angling, the fire department and stamp collecting.
