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I Got a Name by Eliza Robertson and Myles Dolphin

A true-crime story that exposes the deep fractures in a system that repeatedly fails to protect women.

A true-crime story that exposes the deep fractures in a system that repeatedly fails to protect women.

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(Hamish Hamilton)

Eliza Robertson reopens the case of Krstal Senyk's murder. When Senyk stepped up to help her best friend leave an abusive husband, Senyk became the outlet for the husband's rage. Ronald Bax terrorized and threatened Senyk for months, until one day, she was shot and killed at her home in the Yukon and Bax was nowhere to be found. Robertson pieces together Senyk's story and examines gender-based violence and the failings of law enforcement.

When you can read it: May 23, 2023

Eliza Robertson is the author of the novel Demi-Gods, which won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. Her first story collection, Wallflowers, was shortlisted for the East Anglia Book Award and selected as a New York Times Editor's Choice. She lives in Montreal.

Myles Dolphinis a communications specialist and a former journalist in all three Canadian territories. He has worked for newspapers such asHay River Hub,Nunavut NewsandYukon News. He currently lives in Victoria, B.C. with his wife Aimee and Pomeranian Bobbi.