The Man with the Black Valise: Tracking the Killer of Jessie Keith

by John Goddard

Book Overview

The story of one of the vilest murders in Canadian history.

One glorious autumn day in 1894, a drifter attacked thirteen-year-old Jessie Keith so violently that people thought Jack the Ripper must be loose in rural Ontario. To solve the crime, the government called in Detective John Wilson Murray, the true-life model for Detective William Murdoch of the popular TV series Murdoch Mysteries. His prime clue was a black valise.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459745361
• ISBN13: 9781459745360
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"