Footprints in the Snow

Coming September 27, 2024

In 1896, in Bear River, Nova Scotia, someone brutally murdered young Annie Kempton. Suspicion quickly focused on Peter Wheeler, who reported finding the body.

Local opinion, amplified by newspaper headlines, moved more quickly than legal processes to pin the guilt on Peter.

But a Halifax reporter covering the murder and the ensuing trial began to have doubts. Some of the forensic evidence did not seem to line up with witness statements, and evidence like lines of footprints in heavy snow.
Did Peter Wheeler really do it? Or was he found ‘guilty by convenience’?

 

Also by
Laura Churchill Duke

Audio Book:

Two Crows Sorrow

Now Available!

Two Crows Sorrow is about the life of Theresa McAuley Robinson, a woman who lived on Nova Scotia’s North Mountain at the turn of the century. This is the true story of Theresa’s love and devotion to her children and her farmland, which ultimately led to her demise. In May 1904, Theresa was found murdered and her farm burnt to the ground. Her second husband William Robinson was accused of the murder. Two Crows Sorrow follows Theresa’s life to her death, then William’s court trial to its dramatic conclusion. 

Rooted in Deception

From Laura Churchill Duke, award-winning author of Two Crows Sorrow, comes Rooted in Deception, another true-crime story in rural Nova Scotia.

A con man is on the move in the early 1900s, spinning stories, turning heads, and lifting whatever is not nailed down. He spins tale after tale into a web that entangles credulous Nova Scotians–until he takes one step too far. Secret identities, deception, and greed escalate to murder.

Love And Death On The North Mountain

Two Crows Sorrow is about the life of Theresa McAuley Robinson, a woman who lived on Nova Scotia’s North Mountain at the turn of the century. This is the true story of Theresa’s love and devotion to her children and her farmland, which ultimately led to her demise. In May 1904, Theresa was found murdered and her farm burnt to the ground. Her second husband William Robinson was accused of the murder. Two Crows Sorrow follows Theresa’s life to her death, then William’s court trial to its dramatic conclusion.

About Laura

Laura is a freelance journalist for Saltwire Network for newspapers across Atlantic Canada. She is a communication instructor at Acadia University and can also be heard as the Kentville community contact on CBC Radio, Information Morning.

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