East Coast Murders : Mysteries, Crimes, and Scandals

by Finnamore, Allison

• ISBN13: 9781554390274
• ISBN10: 1554390273
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-14
• Publisher: Altitude Pub Canada Ltd

Summary

The towns and villages of Canada's East Coast are home to countless tales of drama and intrigue, some of which do not end happily. This fascinating collection of crime stories features many chilling incidents that have scarred the history of the Atlantic Provinces. Exploring deadly love affairs, mysterious disappearances, and murderous mutinies at sea, these true accounts will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Excerpts

Harry Flohr was backing into a corner. He desperately wanted no part of the mutiny that was about to start. But Gustav Rau, Flohr's shipmate and leader of the plan, had decided otherwise. When Flohr told Rau he wouldn't take part, the leader was unequivocal; become part of the mutiny or die.Flohr shuddered to think of the bloodiness that lay ahead, but he knew his fate was sealed. He knew he had to garner enough courage to surface onto the deck of the Veronica and slit a man's throat, as Rau had ordered.Trying to muster himself, Flohr was still below deck when Rau and Willem Smith came hunting for him. Both men were enraged. Smith had been distracting the intended victim, waiting for Flohr to arrive welding the knife. But Flohr had taken too long, and Smith had run out of patience.This time, under the watchful eyes of Rau and Smith, Flohr went up on deck. Then he looked on in horror as Rau struck a shipmate over the head with an iron fastener, He stifled the vomit that rose to his throat as the man's blood sprayed over their clothes and the body crumpled to the deck.Flohr was trapped on a ship on the brink of rebellion. The bloodshed had only just begun.