Blood in the Water

INTERNATIONAL TRUE CRIME BESTSELLER: An “instant true crime classic” about a brutal Nova Scotia murder for fans of Say Nothing and Furious Hours (Publishers Weekly). “Fascinating! A must-read for all concerned about how humans manage to live together. Or not.” —Margaret Atwood In his riveting and meticulously reported true crime book, Silver Donald Cameron offers an intricate narrative about a notorious small-town crime: the 2013 murder of Phillip Boudreau by three upstanding citizens of Cape Breton Island.  Phillip Boudreau seemed invincible—a miscreant who would plague the village forever as police frusration grew and budgets shrunk. But when two cousins and skipper Dwayne Samson saw Boudreau in his boat about to vandalize their lobster traps, they took matters into their own hands. Like so many times before, the small-time criminal was about to cost them thousands of dollars out of their seasonal livelihood . . . so they took out a rifle and fired four shots. Was the Boudreau killing cold blooded murder, a direct reaction to credible threats, or the tragic result of local officials failing to protect the community? As many local people have said, if those fellows hadn’t killed him, someone else would have . . .   Cameron’s searing, utterly gripping true crime story about one Nova Scotia community raises a disturbing question: Are there times when taking the law into your own hands is not only understandable—but the responsible thing to do?