Chapters (97)
- Cover
- Back Cover Text
- Praise
- Booklist
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- Forty
- Forty-One
- Forty-Two
- Forty-Three
- Forty-Four
- Forty-Five
- Forty-Six
- Forty-Seven
- Forty-Eight
- Forty-Nine
- Fifty
- Fifty-One
- Fifty-Two
- Fifty-Three
- Fifty-Four
- Fifty-Five
- Fifty-Six
- Fifty-Seven
- Fifty-Eight
- Fifty-Nine
- Sixty
- Sixty-One
- Sixty-Two
- Sixty-Three
- Sixty-Four
- Sixty-Five
- Sixty-Six
- Sixty-Seven
- Sixty-Eight
- Sixty-Nine
- Seventy
- Seventy-One
- Seventy-Two
- Seventy-Three
- Seventy-Four
- Seventy-Five
- Seventy-Six
- Seventy-Seven
- Seventy-Eight
- Seventy-Nine
- Eighty
- Eighty-One
- Eighty-Two
- Eighty-Three
- Eighty-Four
- Eighty-Five
- Eighty-Six
- Eighty-Seven
- Eighty-Eight
- Eighty-Nine
- Acknowledgments & A Personal Note
- Excerpt
“You’ll do fine. You always do. Look at the other books you did that were set outside of the United States. They’ve all been critical and commercial successes.”
“That’s kind of you to say. Thanks.”
“It’s true. You’re one of the best true crime writers in the business.” Ben heard the tapping of a keyboard on Emily’s end. “There were a couple of books written here in Canada back when the case came out but they’ve been largely forgotten. I’ll send them to you. Also, I had our staff here pull up all the recent news items on the anniversary of the Eternity case that they could find in the databases that we subscribe to,” she said. “I’m sending them to you now.”
“That’s helpful. I’ve pulled up a few news stories, myself,” he said as his computer chimed. “I just got yours, thanks. I also have a few Canadian sources—Mounties, city cops, justice people—who’ve helped me when I was writing about fugitives who’ve fled to Canada, or vice versa.”
“Sounds like you’re in good shape with this story. I’ll let you get to it.”
After the call, Ben made fresh coffee and got down to work, reading through the stories on the case. There were a lot and soon he had the basic facts committed to memory.
In a small windswept prairie town, four people were killed: Royston Tullock; his wife, Connie; and two of their three children. The murders were pure evil, an act of unimaginable dimensions.
As he read, Ben saw the framework emerging, not only would he provide a story of the Tullock family, he would profile the community and the impact the crimes had on it then and the legacy of the murders now.
The most chilling and difficult aspect of the Eternity story was that the killers were children. Younger than Kayla when they committed the murders.
The Skull Sisters.
As he continued reading, he made notes.
It won’t be easy but if I’m going to do this right, I’ll need to find them and talk to them.
Thirty-Five
Manitoba
2000
Ian Bristol parked his Harley-Davidson Road King in front of the Eternity police station, relieved no reporters were out front.
He cut the engine, dropped the kickstand, removed his helmet, got his briefcase from the saddlebag and entered the building. He handed his ID to the officer at the counter, who nodded as he checked it.
“Right, we’ve been expecting you. This way.”
The officer took Bristol to a small room with a desk and two empty chairs. Bristol sat in one, opened his briefcase and reviewed the documents in his folders. Within hours of Marie’s, Janie’s and Nikki’s arrests, Legal Aid in Winnipeg had provided each of them with their own lawyer. Bristol’s client was Marie Louise Mitchell, aged fourteen, charged with four counts of second-degree murder.