Sensational Vancouver by Eve Lazarus, Anvil Press, 158 pages, $24.
Every house has a story and author Eve Lazarus shows her talent for finding those secrets in this collection.
Part detective story and part architectural digest, Sensational Vancouver looks behind the curtains of a wide range of buildings that have all been worked into the fabric of Vancouver's history.
Lazarus weaves the connection between the people and the locations as she brings to life the stories of a city growing up. There is plenty of crime and punishment with tales of legendary police detective Joe Ricci, Vancouver's first female cop Lurancy Harris,
opium dens, prostitution and bootlegging.
It is not all about the criminal element. Lazarus looks into the mysteries of haunted houses, the homes of entertainment stars like Bryan Adams and Michael Buble, and the fabulous West Coast Modern homes built by local architects.
