Dan Buchanan, The History Guy of Brighton, Ontario
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Murder in the Family
​The Dr. King Story

Murder in the Family: The Dr. King Story was published in 2015 by Dundurn Press. It is my first book and writing it satisfied a long-standing desire to provide an historically accurate telling of Brighton's legendary murder story. Long bandied about as local lore, it was also family lore for the Ames and Buchanan families of Codrington. The murderer was a relative and, in fact, had been buried in the front yard of the King/Ames/Buchanan farm house on the north edge of Codrington. The author grew up looking out his bedroom window at the spot where the notorious murderer had been buried. 
​Based on documents such as the Inquest Report and newspaper columns of the day, Murder in the Family is a rousing tale of the eternal triangle and one man's tragic loss of simple human empathy. It is a page-turner!
The book was published in June of 2015 and was well received by history buffs and those who love a good true-crime story. It garnered plenty of compliments from readers and Murder in the Family continues to be one of the most popular topics in my catalog of history stories to tell. 
Murder in the Family: The Dr. King Story is available online: (KOBO eBook too!)​
Amazon.ca
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Also find it at many book stores including:
Lighthouse Books, Brighton
Kerr Corner Books, Campbellford
Furby House Books, Port Hope
Coles, Northumberland Mall, Cobourg

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  • Home
  • Books
    • Speedy >
      • Buy the Speedy Book
      • Extra Info >
        • Differing Accounts
        • Schooner Days
        • Elegy
        • Farewell Family History
        • Indigenous History
        • Death of a Chief
        • Newcastle
        • Pirate Bill Johnson
      • Event Record
      • Speedy Back Cover
    • 38 Hours to Montreal >
      • Book Reviews
      • Book Events
    • Murder in the Family
  • History
    • Brighton Digital Archive >
      • Intro to BDA
      • BDA Videos
    • Hilton Hall
    • Masonic Lodge
    • Lighthouse
    • Latimer Photos
    • The Tobey Book >
      • The Tobey Book Presentation
    • Presqu'ile >
      • Newcastle
      • The Mid-1800s
      • The Early 1900s
      • Provincial Park
      • Presqu'ile Books
      • Videos 1927
    • The Carrying Place
    • George Gibson's Schooner
    • Remembrance
    • Museums >
      • Proctor House
      • Memory Junction
    • Dan's History Stories >
      • Old Percy Road
      • The Breakaway
      • Birth of Brighton Township
      • First Settlers of Brighton
      • History of Codrington
    • History Week >
      • History Week - 2021
      • History Week - 2020
      • History Week - 2019
      • History Week - 2018
      • History Week - 2017
      • History Week - 2016
      • History Week - 2015
      • History Week - 2014
      • History Week - 2013
      • History Open House Beginnings
    • Dot Connolly
  • Genealogy
    • treesbydan.com
  • Storyteller
  • Contact
  • Bio
    • Brighton's Own
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