1045 Spells Death Author:Kathy McCormack Carter, William J. McCormack The reader is taken step-by-step through five homicide investigations that happened in Toronto during the nineteen seventies. These stories are the cases of Detective William McCormack, retired Chief of Police from the time period that he spent with the Toronto Police Homicide Squad...but this is more than just a book of facts. — Throughout the c... more »hapters, there is an intertwining of two authors, father and daughter who were both Toronto cops during different time periods. Several cases hold common denominators and common criminals. The building of relationships through a devastating time period is explored and the events that would change the lives of several people, including an idealistic teenager are chronicled. This book delves into the investigations and the frustrations of the "system" that sometimes fails to deliver.« less