By Charlotte Gray
In February 1915, a member of 1 of Canada's wealthiest households was once shot and killed at the entrance porch of his domestic in Toronto as he was once strolling back from paintings. Carrie Davies, an 18-year-old household servant, fast confessed. yet who was once the sufferer right here? Charles "Bert" Massey, a scion of a recognized kin, or the anxious, maybe mentally volatile Carrie, a penniless British immigrant? whilst the intense attorney Hartley Dewart, quality controls, took on her case, his grudge opposed to the strong Masseys might gasoline a dramatic trial that pitted the previous order opposed to the recent, wealth and privilege opposed to advantage and sincere labor. Set opposed to a backdrop of the good battle in Europe and the altering face of a country, this sensational crime is dropped at bright lifestyles for the 1st time.
As in her prior bestselling publication, Gold Diggers--now in creation as a Discovery tv miniseries--multi-award-winning historian and biographer Charlotte grey has created a charming narrative wealthy intimately and brimming with larger-than-life personalities, as she shines a mild on a primary second in our earlier.
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