The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master, and the Trial That Shocked a Country

Author:	Gray, Charlotte
Binding:	Pocket Books
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ISBN:	9781443476584
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Language:	English
Page Count:	345
Publication Date:	5/6/2025
Size:	7.50" l x 4.13" w x 1.00"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
True Crime	Murder - General
History & Geography	Canada

Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Non-Fiction, Toronto Book Award, CAA Lela Common Award for Canadian History, and Heritage Toronto Book Award.

Named a “Best Book of the Year” by The Globe and Mail; also finalist for the RBC Taylor Prize among multiple Canadian non-fiction honours.

In February 1915, a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families was shot and killed on the front porch of his Toronto home as he was returning from work. The victim was Charles “Bert” Massey — a scion of a storied family — and the accused was Carrie Davies, an 18-year-old domestic servant who quickly confessed. But was the victim truly the privileged Massey, or was Carrie — a penniless British immigrant, frightened and possibly mentally unstable — the real victim of a class-ridden society? When the brilliant lawyer Hartley Dewart, QC, took on Carrie’s case, his grudge against the powerful Massey family set the stage for a dramatic trial that pitted wealth and privilege against virtue and honest hard work.

Set against the backdrop of the First World War and a changing nation, the book brings to life a sensational crime, the people involved, and a trial whose verdict shocked the country.

“Gripping and insightful … Gray has managed to resurrect a devilishly intriguing character.” — Quill & Quire

“Engaging… Gray's cast involves meticulously researched historical figures, whose behaviour she depicts with psychological insight … narrated with a great sense of presence, irony and verve.” — The Globe and Mail