cold cases (criminal investigation)

"College junior Andrea Ward is haunted by her younger brother's vanishing without a trace--presumed to be a victim of a ruthless child murderer, the West Allertown Bogeyman. New information about another unsolved case suggests that everything Andrea knows about her brother's disappearance might be wrong. Questions force Andrea to dig deep into the most painful part of her past in a quest to put her brother's ghost to rest"--Provided by publisher.

"When the body of a college friend is discovered twenty years after her disappearance, Judith, the only witness who can testify to the innocence of the chief suspect, is forced to confront dark secrets from her past that compromise the healthy life she has built for her family."--OCLC.

Seattle homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite lost her sister Sarah over 20 years ago. Although no corpse was discovered, there was still enough evidence to convict the man thought responsible for Sarah's disappearance, but Tracy doubts that the man in jail was responsible. When her sister's body is finally located, Tracy sets out to find the answers she has been seeking for two decades and catch the murderer she is sure is still on the loose.

Ciaran Devine killed his foster father at the age of twelve. Now, he is about to go free, having served his time. Ciaran's testimony mitigated the sentence of his older brother, Thomas, who was also found at the Belfast crime scene. DCI Serena Flanagan was the only officer at the scene who could get Ciaran to speak, but her doubts about his confession have never gone away.

"The highly anticipated third volume of the paranormal detective series perfect for "readers who enjoy Doctor Who, Supernatural, Grimm...and of course, Sherlock Holmes stories, and who are ready to say up into the wee hours." Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly landlord of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the services of her detective-agency tenants to solve a decade-old murder--her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, dive into the cold case, starting with a search for Jenny's fianc?e, who went missing the night she died. But when a new, gruesome murder closely mirrors the events of ten years prior, Abigail and Jackaby realize that Jenny's case isn't so cold after all, and her killer may be far more dangerous than they suspected. Fantasy and folklore mix with mad science as Abigail's race to unravel the mystery leads her across the cold cobblestones of nineteenth-century New England, down to the mythical underworld, and deep into her colleagues' grim histories to battle the most deadly foe she has ever faced" --.

Special Agent John Puller, one of the US army's most tenacious investigators, is tasked with examining his mother's disappearance, which occured over 30 years ago.

Detective Nikki Liska, now assigned to cold cases, and Detective Sam Kovac, investigate the brutal murder of a university professor and his wife, while Minneapolis resident Evi Burke, who is now living the life of her dreams, finds her past stalking her idyllic present.

"Parker Bennett has been missing for two years. He dropped out of sight--on a sailboat in the Caribbean--just before it was discovered that the five billion dollars in the fund he had been managing had vanished. Lane Harmon, assistant to an upscale interior designer, is working on his wife's townhouse. Gradually, Lane finds herself drawn to Eric, the Bennetts' son, who is determined to prove that his father is not guilty. Lane doesn't know that the closer she gets to the Bennetts, the more she puts her life--and her daughter's life--in jeopardy"--OCLC.

The author investigates the abduction and murder of his friends, two young girls from upstate New York, in his hometown in 1966. Describes the murders, the suspects, and how the deaths of his friends impacted his life forever. Reopens the cold case and develops new leads and connections to other deaths in the area.

"Successful psychologist Cal Henderson has a busy practice in Washington, DC, good friends, and big plans for the future. But he can't escape a terrible secret. When he was a boy, his mother murdered his father and two brothers and severely wounded Cal's best friend, Scottie Glass. Desperate to keep the nightmare at bay, Cal has turned his back on everything that happened that night. Then on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the traumatic event, Scottie shows up at Cal's office--edgy, paranoid, but somehow still the loveable kid he once was. Though their lives have taken very different paths, they both believe Cal's mother couldn't have been a murderer. She loved them too much, no matter what dark place she found herself in. They set off to dig up the real story. In his search for answers he uncovers secrets about his mother's life involving a defense contractor's dark dealings, a nominee for U.S. Attorney with a questionable past, and a shady corporate billionaire whose sphere of influence seems to include everyone from the Pentagon on down. Meanwhile, as Cal gets closer to discovering the truth, recovered memories of his childhood push him into a psychological tailspin"--.