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.

Cold Case Vancouver: The City s Most Baffling Unsolved Murders

History

Lazarus, Eve

Americas

Arsenal Pulp Press

Heralded internationally as “Canada’s Sherlock Holmes,” John Vance was an innovative and pioneering forensic investigator who was so successful at solving criminal cases, he was the subject of numerous attempts on his life. Over the course of forty-two years beginning in the 1930s, Vance helped police detectives in British Columbia to determine murder from suicide as well as solve hit-and-runs, safe-crackings, and some of the most sensational murder cases of the twentieth century.
Eve Lazarus is a journalist with a penchant for criminal history. Her previous books include Cold Case Vancouver.

Blood, Sweat and Fear: The Story of Inspector Vance, A Pioneer Forensics Investigator

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

When forty-year-old Esther Castellani died a slow and agonizing death in 1965, the official cause was at first undetermined. The day after Esther’s funeral, her husband, Rene, packed up his girlfriend, Lolly; his daughter, Jeannine; and Lolly’s son, Don, in the company car and took off for Disneyland. If not for the doggedness of the doctor who treated Esther, Rene, then a charismatic and handsome radio personality, would have been free to marry Lolly, who was the station’s pretty twentysomething receptionist. Instead, Rene was charged with capital murder for poisoning his wife with arsenic-laced milkshakes. Murder by Milkshake is the compelling story of the Castellanis, and of their daughter, Jeannine, who was eleven at the time of her mother’s murder and who clung to her father’s innocence, even committing perjury during his trial. Rigorously researched, and based on dozens of interviews with family, friends, and co-workers, Murder by Milkshake documents the sensational case that kept a city spellbound, while providing a snapshot of the Mad Men–esque social and political realities of the 1960s.

Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic, and a Charismatic Killer

Finalist, Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Prize (BC and Yukon Book Prizes) As the author of such BC best-sellers as Cold Case Vancouver, Murder by Milkshake, and Sensational Vancouver, Eve Lazarus has become adept at combining her well-honed investigative skills with an abiding love for her adopted city. These qualities are on full display in her latest book, an exploration of Vancouver's hidden past through the city's neighbourhoods, institutions, people, and events. Vancouver Exposed is a nostalgic romp through the city's past, from buried houses to nudist camps, from belly-flop contests to eccentric museums. Featuring historic black-and-white and colour photographs throughout, the book reveals the true heart of the city: one that is endlessly evolving and always full of surprises. With equal parts humour and insight, Vancouver Exposed is a vividly entertaining and informative book that pays homage to the Vancouver you never knew existed.

Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City's Hidden History

Eve Lazarus (Cold Case Vancouver) investigates murder and missing persons cases that have perplexed and fascinated British Columbians for years. In her book Cold Case Vancouver, crime historian and reporter Eve Lazarus used investigative skills to shine a light on the city's most baffling unsolved murders. In Cold Case BC, Lazarus casts her gaze more widely on long forgotten and unsolved murder cases throughout the province of British Columbia, Canada. These include teenager Molly Justice, who was murdered on the outskirts of Victoria after taking the bus home from work, and a follow-up to the tragic 1948 Babes in the Woods story of two children found murdered in Stanley Park, whose names were finally revealed this year in a story broken by Lazarus herself. There's also the tale of four police officers in the 1960s who committed a string of robberies that culminated in the biggest heist in Vancouver's history. Their reign of terror ended with one of the officers murdering his family before killing himself. Or were they all killed by someone else? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lazarus also looks at some of the province's most intriguing missing persons cases, such as three-year-old Casey Bohun, who vanished from her bed in the middle of the night, and the Jack family of four, who left Prince George to work in a logging camp along the infamous Highway of Tears but were never seen again. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interviews with law enforcement, forensic experts, and family and friends of the victims add new life to these historical cases, some of which date back to World War II. The book also includes some cases that have been solved, revealing the painstaking investigative work and new forensic technology that ultimately brought about closure for victims' families. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Meticulously researched, Cold Case BC is a fascinating true crime book that reveals startling details about British Columbia's criminal past.&nbsp;

Cold Case BC: The Stories Behind the Province’s Most Sensational Murder and Missing Persons Cases

Book by Newman, Peter Charles, Waterhouse-Hayward, Alex, Lazarus, Eve

Vancouver: The Art of Living Well (Urban Tapestry Series)

Arts & Photography

Newman, Peter Charles

Waterhouse-Hayward, Alex

Vancouver Board of Trade

Photography & Video

Towery Pub

Family vacations have never been so easy with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places local parents and kids like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go-they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges, and tells you which ones are kid-friendly. Every Frommer's with Kids Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and outdoor activities. You'd be lost without us! 
This new first edition of Frommer's Vancouver with Kids reveals the most fun and exciting experiences on Canada's West Coast. It's full of incredibly detailed tips - right down to which hotels offer cribs and rollaway beds and which restaurants offer high chairs and kids' menus. Inside you'll learn where to find the top ten attractions; some great neighborhood strolls; children's entertainment, from concerts to puppet shows; tips for rainy-day activities; kid-oriented shopping, and places to climb and ski and bike and play. There are even suggested itineraries for each age group making trip planning a snap! Let Frommer's Vancouver with Kids show your family the exciting sights and sounds of Vancouver.

Frommer's Vancouver with Kids

Travel

Canada

Frommers

At Home with History is a collection of real life stories that bring to life the glamorous and not-so-glamorous social histories of selected heritage homes in Greater Vancouver—stories of brothels and bootleggers, secret rooms, and Shakespearean-style murders. An Italian family survives the depression by selling booze and sandwiches from their eastside home. A Shaughnessy mansion headquarters the Klu Klux Klan and then a children’s hospice. A secret radio room is uncovered during renovations. Every home has a social history and a genealogy that tells a tremendous amount about the history of the times and offers up a sense of place. Current home-owners are only temporary custodians, part of the chain in the ongoing narrative of the house. People change, styles change, colours change, cars change, but through it all, the house remains a central fixture and the structure for the stories in At Home with History.

At Home with History: The Untold Secrets of Greater Vancouver's Heritage Homes

Anvil Press

Literary Nonfiction. Travel Writing. The follow-up to Eve Lazarus's successful At Home with History: The Untold Secrets of Greater Vancouver's Heritage Homes, SENSATIONAL VICTORIA gives us a glimpse into aspects of Victoria, British Columbia, rarely talked about in the tourist brochures or flowery garden guidebooks. Lavishly illustrated throughout with archival and contemporary photographs, SENSATIONAL VICTORIA is a must-read for both history buffs and regular visitors to The Garden City. "One decade's crime scene is another era's bed-and- breakfast. Forget the postcard-perfect Victoria you think you know; SENSATIONAL VICTORIA explores the capital city's old structures and the not-so saintly spirits that haunt them."—Seattle Metropolitan Magazine "SENSATIONAL VICTORIA is an eclectic compendium of truly captivating stories. While a few are sensational because they are about murders and ghosts, most of them are sensational because they excite our senses of sight and sound and allude to our sense of smell. The work of selected artists, writers, poets, and gardeners comes to life through Lazarus's carefully written prose, brief quotations, and excellent photographs."—BC Studies "Some of the stories are well known but presented from a different perspective, and the chapter on the Linners brings to light a creative group many may not know. Overall, SENSATIONAL VICTORIA: BRIGHT LIGHTS, RED LIGHTS, GHOSTS AND GARDENS provides an interesting portrait of Victoria and some of the personalities that call the city home."—Spacing "This has already been a stellar year for books about local history. If you're still looking... there are more than a dozen top-quality choices on the shelves, from books on Victoria City Hall and the University of Victoria to ones on the Japanese community and Government Street. This late arrival, SENSATIONAL VICTORIA, is one of the year's best. ... Dozens of archival and modern photographs of the people and the buildings help to bring the stories to life. It's a great presentation that helps make the book a success... This book is a great addition to any shelf of local history. It really doesn't matter what level of knowledge the reader has; there is something here for everyone."—Times Colonist (reviewed by Dave Obee, Editor-in-Chief of the Times Colonist and author of The Library Book: A History of Service to British Columbia)

Sensational Victoria: Bright Lights, Red Lights, Murders, Ghosts & Gardens: Tales from the Capital City

Literary Nonfiction. Travel Writing. Includes a Walking Tour map of historic Strathcona and Chinatown. Winner, City of Vancouver Heritage Award (2015). #1 BC Bestseller List. BC Books for Everybody pick. Recommended by Peter Darbyshire for Non-Fiction of 2014. History books typically show Vancouver as a pioneer city built on forestry, fisheries, and tourism, but behind the snow-capped mountains and rain forests, the Vancouver of the first half of the 20th century was a hotbed of civic corruption. The top job at the Vancouver Police Department was a revolving door with the average tenure for a police chief of just four years. In those early years Detective Joe Ricci's beat was the opium dens and gambling joints of Chinatown, while Lurancy Harris—the first female cop in Canada—patrolled the high-end brothels of Alexander Street. Later, proceeds from rum running produced some of the city's most iconic buildings, cops became robbers, and the city reeled from a series of unsolved murders. But Vancouver is more than bookies, brothels, and bootleggers—the city also produced legendary women, world- class entertainers, and ground-breaking architecture. SENSATIONAL VANCOUVER is a fully illustrated popular history book about Vancouver's famous and infamous, the ordinary and the extraordinary, filtered through the houses in which they lived. SENSATIONAL VANCOUVER covers legendary women including Elsie MacGill, Phyllis Munday, Nellie Yip Quong and Joy Kogawa; high-end brothels, unsolved murders, and the homes and buildings of artists, architects and entertainers including Frederick Varley, Arthur Erickson, and Bryan Adams. "Lazarus is an enthusiastic researcher, a quirky writer of prose, and an energetic amateur historian in somewhat the same manner as the late Chuck Davis. Her book jumps around like an antipodean marsupial but it's great fun—particularly when it deals with dope peddlers, hardworking bootleggers, disgraced mayors, and corrupt chief constables."—The Georgia Straight "SENSATIONAL VANCOUVER provides lively social history, appeals to a broad readership, and adds to the growing number of enlightening books about our city's past."—BC History "SENSATIONAL VANCOUVER is lavishly illustrated with photographs of people and places, and a map makes it easy to tie things together. This book is filled with great stories, and they are short, so it's easy to dip in here and there as the mood strikes. As a package, they make for fascinating reading."—Times Colonist (reviewed by Dave Obee, Editor-in- Chief of the Times Colonist and author of The Library Book: A History of Service to British Columbia)

Sensational Vancouver

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

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