John Wilson came to Canada from Scotland in 1912, leaving his wife and family with the promise to return in a year. In 1914 he joined the Mounties, and while stationed in Saskatchewan village, he caught TB and fell hopelessly in love with the young woman who took care of him. He would do anything for her, anything at all.Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Non-Fiction, The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson is played out against a backdrop of cat ...
AT THE TOP OF THE HEAP, IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN…<br /><br /> The Little Fella, George Freeman, phoned to tell the owner of The Palace, an illegal Kings Cross casino, that everything was 'sweet in town – for now'. An all-clear from Sydney's gaming boss. He tended to have the right oil.<br /><br /> Beer, served in contravention of liquor licence conditions, at heavily marked up prices, was the liquid gold ...
With the reputation as the hardest and most dangerous female criminal in Britain, Gypsy Jane Lee was feared and respected throughout London's criminal underworld. This is her true story. During a terrifying journey that began as a 14-year-old armed robber, she has been shot four times, tasered three times by police and served three jail terms. Convicted for armed robbery she was released from prison only to go out and attempt to murder four ...
When Misty was six years old her family started to live and dress like the Amish. Misty and her sister were kept as slaves on a mountain ranch where we were subjected to almost complete isolation, sexual abuse and extreme physical violence. Her step-father kept a loaded rifle by the door at all times to make sure the young girls were too terrified to try to escape. They also knew that no rescue would ever come because only a couple of people eve ...
Она вспоминала, как он нёс её на руках, как переливал свою кровь, как он смотрела на неё в первый день их встречи, и как он красиво улыбался, хоть и очень редко. Она обрывками вспоминала их совместную ночь и его губы, ловя себя на мысли о том, что сейчас с радостью повторила бы каждую минуту, проведённую с ним, даже самые неприятные моменты, лишь бы оказаться снова рядом. Леся знала это чувство, оно было знакомо ей до боли. Это уже было в её жиз ...
