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Hank Idsinga, whose grandfather was murdered in the Holocaust, became the country's leading homicide detective; he shares his insights into tracking down murderers and serial killers over his colourful and decorated thirty-year career.

From the age of ten, Hank Idsinga knew he wanted to become a homicide…

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We think we know what it's like to investigate a murder, or in this case, a string of them, because we watch it on TV. But they cut out the long, tedious but necessary parts of conducting investigations. However, they can be anything but boring. This retired homicide cop in Toronto tells it like it is about everything from crummy, self-involved bosses to how they cracked the case of one of Canada's worst serial killers. It's a compelling read.

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