A new book penned partially by the spouse of the Nova Scotia denturist who dressed up like a cop and murdered 22 people during the pandemic is coming out early next year.

The First Survivor: Life with Canada’s Deadliest Mass Shooter by Lisa Banfield is slated to appear in North American bookstores on Jan. 20, 2026.

Gabriel Wortman killed 22 people over a 13-hour period in April 2020 after a dispute with Banfield, his common-law spouse, turned violent. She ran into the woods to hide after he torched their cottage in Portapique and fired shots at her.

“On April 18, 2020, Lisa Banfield’s life shattered,” said a press release from the book’s publisher, Sutherland House.

“After nineteen years in a controlling and often abusive relationship, she escaped a violent assault by her partner, Gabr

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