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I've been writing about rapists, murderers and thieves for more than 25 years. For most of that time, I was based in Kingston, Ontario, the penitentiary capital of Canada, home to seven federal prisons. I've written for many newspapers, including the Toronto Star, National Post, Montreal Gazette and the Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada's oldest continuously published daily newspaper. I've won a few awards along the way, including Canada's most coveted prize in daily newspaper journalism, a National Newspaper Award (and have five additional nominations.) My book on the Shafia family murders, Without Honour, was long-listed for the Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction. In January 2011, I left the Whig-Standard to work as a full-time, freelance ...more

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Without Honour: The True Story of the Shafia Family and the Kingston Canal Murders
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Aqsa Parvez Muhammad Parvez, who strangled his 16-year-old daughter Aqsa (inset) to death because of his distorted belief that she had tarnished his family honour, has died in prison. His death comes nearly a decade after the murder that became a flashpoint for a national debate about cultural traditions imported to Canada by newcomers. “I killed my daughter. . . with my hands,” Parvez said, in a 911 call...

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Crime Seen: Stories from Behind the Yellow Tape, From Patrol Cop to Profiler

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A thorough catalogue of the Harper era cone of silence attitude that now pervades federal politics and has poisoned the public service.
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An easy read on the subject of psychopathy, full of anecdotes and scenarios. Not as much 'science' as I'd like to see in a book on the subject.
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