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Lädt ... Cold case Vancouver : the city's most baffling unsolved murdersvon Eve Lazarus
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Cold Case Vancouver delves into fifty years of some of Vancouver's most baffling unsolved murders. In 1953, two little boys were found murdered in the city's storied Stanley Park, and who remain unidentified to this day. In 1975, a country singer was murdered just as she was on the verge of an amazing career. And in 1994, Nick Masee, a retired banker with connections to the renegade Vancouver Stock Exchange, disappeared along with his wife Lisa, their bodies never found. Cold Case Vancouver is an intriguing whodunit for true-crime aficionados and armchair detectives. Eve Lazarus's previous books include Sensational Vancouver. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Eve Lazarus starts her vignettes of 18 unsolved murders in the Vancouver area in the late 1940s when the demographic was suddenly changing with the soldiers returning from WWII. Vancouver was a port city at the end of the rail line, and had a seedy underworld, small though it was. She moves chronologically through unsolved cases and concludes in with a cold case that was solved in 2005.
Statistics show that the murder rate has decreased significantly across North America overall, and this book reminds me of the scary murders I used to hear about when I was younger, and just don't hear about anymore.
There were a few cases I was familiar with, such as the notorious "Babes in the Woods" where 2 skeletons of children were found in Stanley Park in the early 1950s. This case bubbles up in the news every now and then, but so far no one has even identified the victims.
Overall, it was a compelling, interesting read. A bit disturbing to read multiple stories about women being murdered late at night after getting off a bus, when I was waiting for my 17 year old daughter to make her way home at 11PM (a LOT of texts saying "okay, where are you now?"). But still, really interesting, and lots of great pictures of Vancouver in the past, which I always find fascinating.
Recommended for: It is classified as "history of BC/Canada" and "sociology: crime", so if you're one of those nerds, then you'll like it. It appealed to my latent true crime interest and Vancouver history.
Rating: I could nitpick and be critical (editing: Ah hem. Danish used when it should have been Dutch, but no one cares. Except the Danish. And the Dutch. I'm Dutch), but I'll say I'll overlook some of that and give it a 4 star rating for enjoyment and interest. ( )