Cover of Poison: From Steeltown to the Punjab, the True Story of a Serial Killer

Poison: From Steeltown to the Punjab, the True Story of a Serial Killer

Canada's award-winning crime writer takes on a transatlantic serial killerOne of six book-length stories published in the Hamilton Spectator, Poison is a riveting piece of crime reporting that won a National Newspaper Award in 2004. Chronicling the life and crimes of serial murderer Sukhwinder Dhillon, who coolly dispatched two wives, two twin infants, and a friend just for insurance money, Poison details the trail that stretched from Canada to India, the work of the insurance claims investigator and the detectives who suspected wrong-doing, the forensics that sealed Dhillon's fate, and the legal twists and turns of the double murder trial that followed.

Subject
true crime
Genre
crime
Setting
indiaontariopunjab
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 313 pages

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