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A Brilliant Review of The Last to Die
The Hamilton Spectator this past Thanksgiving weekend included a number of reviews of Canadian Mysteries, one of which was a great review of the true crime novel, The Last to Die by Robert Hoshowsky.
“True crime is more than reporting. Writing true crime that grips readers and leads them into the rich, back story, the social history and the impact of the crime, is rare. R.J. Hoshowsky achieves all of this and more.”
– Don Graves
Check out the full review here!
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© 2007 Defining Canada. 
I’ve just read The Last to Die, and think it is one of the best true crimes of 2007, Canadian or American. The writing is tight, the research is great, and the author, Robert Hoshowsky, manages to get the story across without making it sensational or scandalous. I remember the crimes very well back in the early Sixties (especially the name “Ronald Turpin”), and believe this is the first, and last, work on the final hangings in Canada. Overall, a great book, one that makes me want to see more on historic Canadian crimes — Max Haines can’t live forever, after all. Cheers, John Sears.