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Cold Cases

Book Review: The Current by Tim Johnston

By Kristin Centorcelli

February 8, 2019

In Tim Johnston’s new thriller, The Current, a killer drowns a woman and injures another woman along the Black Root River in Minnesota, mirroring another unsolved attack that occurred a decade earlier. Wanting answers, the surviving woman launches her own investigation to find the truth.  I really enjoyed Tim Johnston’s first… Read more

5 Cold Cases Finally Solved

By Crime HQ

January 12, 2017

There's no such thing as the perfect crime. Sure, some cases go unsolved. But these 5 cold cases prove that you should never give up hope. Advancements in technology, guilty consciences—you never know what might finally crack the case!

Jane Doe January: New Excerpt

By Emily Winslow

May 22, 2016

Jane Doe January by Emily Winslow is a compelling, real-life crime mystery and gripping memoir of the cold case prosecution of a serial rapist, told by one of his victims. (Available May 24, 2016). In 1992, college student Emily Winslow was raped off-campus by a stranger. In 2013, the man was identified… Read more

Did Lizzie Borden Murder Her Father and Stepmother?

By Crime HQ

March 22, 2016

On the morning of August 4, 1892, both Abby and Andrew Borden were brutally murdered—cause of death: repeated blows to the head from a hatchet-like weapon. See also: The Rhyme and the Crime: Lizzie Borden's Forty Whacks Lizzie Borden was tried and acquitted on both counts of murder, though many… Read more

Cold Case Files and the Fictional P.I.

By Kristen Houghton

March 21, 2016

There is nothing more intriguing to many readers than a cold case mystery. The details, the missed evidence, the old clues that fresh eyes might decipher; it’s all there for the reader. Putting all the old crime scene data together is similar to working a puzzle. Finding that one crucial… Read more

Fresh Meat: Flame Out by M.P. Cooley

By John Jacobson

June 1, 2015

Flame Out by M.P. Cooley is the 2nd small-town mystery featuring FBI-agent-turned-local-cop June Lyons set in Hopewell Falls, NY (available June 2, 2015). Where and when are more than just integral parts to a news story – they’re also integral parts to an investigation. In this case, the ‘what’ is… Read more

Truth Be Told, a Jane Ryland and Jake Brogan novel, by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Fresh Meat: Truth Be Told by Hank Phillippi Ryan

By Elizabeth Kerri Mahon

October 7, 2014

Truth Be Told by Hank Phillippi Ryan is the third novel featuring Jane Ryland and Jake Brogan, a Boston journalist and cop, whose new investigations of murder amid shady foreclosures and the cold case of the Lilac Sunday murder become as complicatedly intertwined as their relationship (available October 7, 2014). The… Read more

Booty Bones: A New Excerpt

By Carolyn Haines

May 15, 2014

Booty Bones by Carolyn Haines is the 14th book in the Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery series where a murdered treasure hunter interrupts Sarah's romantic tropical Gulf Coast  getaway with her fiancé (available May 20, 2014). Sarah Booth Delaney’s fiancé, Graf Milieu, has become depressed while recovering from a severe leg… Read more

Sinister by Lisa Jackson with Nancy Bush and Rosalind Noonan

Sinister: New Excerpt

By Lisa Jackson

November 21, 2013

An excerpt of Sinister by Lisa Jackson, with Nancy Bush and Rosalind Noonan, a thriller featuring a cold case and a serial arsonist (available November 26, 2013). Twenty years ago, a fire ravaged the Dillinger family's old homestead, killing Judd Dillinger and crippling his girlfriend. Most people blamed a serial… Read more

Twisted, a novel of romantic suspense by Laura K. Curtis

Fresh Meat: Twisted by Laura K. Curtis

By Stacey Agdern

November 19, 2013

Twisted by Laura K. Curtis is a novel of romantic suspense about a true crime author who returns to her Texas hometown to solve her mother's murder (available November 19, 2013). Aside from being a tightly-plotted romantic suspense, Twisted by Laura K.Curtis serves as fascinating commentary about small town life…. Read more

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