Cold Case Solving Books | Summaries & Audio

Troubled Blood

by Robert Galbraith • 2020

A daughter's plea draws private detectives into a cold case that echoes a serial killer's past.

4.38

149k+

🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Detective Duo 🔪 Serial Killer

Troubled Blood 91%

A daughter's plea draws private detectives into a cold case that echoes a serial killer's past.

by Robert Galbraith 2020

4.38

149k+ ratings

🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Detective Duo 🔪 Serial Killer

Desert Star

by Michael Connelly • 2022

An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.

4.47

86k+

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🌃 LA Noir

Desert Star 91%

An aging detective joins a cold case unit to find a family's killer in the Mojave.

by Michael Connelly 2022

4.47

86k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🌃 LA Noir

Don't Let Go

by Harlan Coben • 2017

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

4.05

82k+

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery

Don't Let Go 90%

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

by Harlan Coben 2017

4.05

82k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery

Missing in the Falls

by Elle Gray • 2023

Bones in a creek reopen a fifteen-year-old case the town buried with its secrets.

4.56

8k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🌲 Rural Noir

Missing in the Falls 90%

Bones in a creek reopen a fifteen-year-old case the town buried with its secrets.

by Elle Gray 2023

4.56

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🌲 Rural Noir

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

by Michelle McNamara • 2018

A masked predator terrorized California for a decade. One woman worked every night to find his name.

4.11

268k+

🔍 Cold Case Investigations 🧠 Serial Killer Profiling 🕵️ Citizen Detectives

I'll Be Gone in the Dark 90%

A masked predator terrorized California for a decade. One woman worked every night to find his name.

by Michelle McNamara 2018

4.11

268k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Investigations 🧠 Serial Killer Profiling 🕵️ Citizen Detectives

The Waiting

by Michael Connelly • 2024

A stolen badge. A serial rapist unearthed by DNA. One detective chasing both off the record.

4.35

74k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🔍 Female Detective

The Waiting 90%

A stolen badge. A serial rapist unearthed by DNA. One detective chasing both off the record.

by Michael Connelly 2024

4.35

74k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🔍 Female Detective

Bury Your Past

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

4.20

14k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir

Bury Your Past 90%

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.20

14k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir

Save Her Soul

by Lisa Regan • 2020

A body in her late husband's jacket, unearthed by a flood: her own high school bully.

4.36

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Save Her Soul 90%

A body in her late husband's jacket, unearthed by a flood: her own high school bully.

by Lisa Regan 2020

4.36

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Big Empty

by Robert Crais • 2025

A baker hires Elvis Cole to find her missing father. Then the witnesses start dying.

4.51

16k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🕶️ Hardboiled Private Eye 👥 Detective Duo

The Big Empty 90%

A baker hires Elvis Cole to find her missing father. Then the witnesses start dying.

by Robert Crais 2025

4.51

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🕶️ Hardboiled Private Eye 👥 Detective Duo

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson • 2005

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

4.18

3.5M+

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 89%

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

by Stieg Larsson 2005

4.18

3.5M+ ratings

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt

The Wrong Side of Goodbye

by Michael Connelly • 2016

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

4.34

80k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

The Wrong Side of Goodbye 89%

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

by Michael Connelly 2016

4.34

80k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

The Shadow Murders

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2021

A cold case uncovers a serial killer whose signature is staged accidents and a calendar of tyranny.

4.05

14k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🗄️ Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Shadow Murders 89%

A cold case uncovers a serial killer whose signature is staged accidents and a calendar of tyranny.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2021

4.05

14k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🗄️ Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

My Sister's Grave

by Robert Dugoni • 2014

Twenty years after her sister vanished, a detective returns home to find the remains and a cover-up.

4.10

169k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller

My Sister's Grave 89%

Twenty years after her sister vanished, a detective returns home to find the remains and a cover-up.

by Robert Dugoni 2014

4.10

169k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller

All Good People Here

by Ashley Flowers • 2022

A journalist returns home to a child's disappearance that echoes her best friend's unsolved murder.

3.82

344k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🤫 Small Town Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline

All Good People Here 89%

A journalist returns home to a child's disappearance that echoes her best friend's unsolved murder.

by Ashley Flowers 2022

3.82

344k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🤫 Small Town Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline

Lethal Prey

by John Sandford • 2025

Five million dollars revives a cold case, forcing a prosecutor who killed once to kill again.

4.21

22k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🖤 Female Serial Killer

Lethal Prey 89%

Five million dollars revives a cold case, forcing a prosecutor who killed once to kill again.

by John Sandford 2025

4.21

22k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🖤 Female Serial Killer

The Bones She Buried

by Lisa Regan • 2019

Detective Josie Quinn finds her boyfriend's mother suffocated with soil. The killer is family.

4.36

11k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Murder 📁 Cold Case

The Bones She Buried 89%

Detective Josie Quinn finds her boyfriend's mother suffocated with soil. The killer is family.

by Lisa Regan 2019

4.36

11k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Murder 📁 Cold Case

Ironwood

by Michael Connelly • 2026

A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.

4.41

21k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Ironwood 89%

A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.

by Michael Connelly 2026

4.41

21k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?

by Nicci French • 2024

A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.

3.96

22k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 👤 Missing Woman

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? Summary

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? 89%

A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.

by Nicci French 2024

3.96

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 👤 Missing Woman

Stay Close

by Harlan Coben • 2012

A suburban mother's double life as a stripper cracks open when a missing man's photo surfaces.

3.91

62k+

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🎭 Hidden Identity

Stay Close 89%

A suburban mother's double life as a stripper cracks open when a missing man's photo surfaces.

by Harlan Coben 2012

3.91

62k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Noir 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Last Coyote

by Michael Connelly • 1995

Suspended, a detective reopens his mother's cold case and stirs a cover-up someone still kills for.

4.26

86k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case 🐺 Lone Wolf Detective

The Last Coyote 89%

Suspended, a detective reopens his mother's cold case and stirs a cover-up someone still kills for.

by Michael Connelly 1995

4.26

86k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case 🐺 Lone Wolf Detective

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2007

A washed-up cop unearths a cold case: a politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago.

4.01

95k+

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 👮 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation

The Keeper of Lost Causes 89%

A washed-up cop unearths a cold case: a politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007

4.01

95k+ ratings

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 👮 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation

Chasing Evil

by John Edward • 2025

Cold cases, a serial killer, and a psychic: when evidence runs dry, the dead step in.

4.44

6k+

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Files 🔮 Psychic Mediumship

Chasing Evil 89%

Cold cases, a serial killer, and a psychic: when evidence runs dry, the dead step in.

by John Edward 2025

4.44

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Files 🔮 Psychic Mediumship

Murder in the Family

by Cara Hunter • 2023

A filmmaker revisits his stepfather's murder on camera, dragging his family into a fresh nightmare.

3.71

53k+

🥶 Cold Case Mystery 🎬 Documentary Mystery 🤫 Family Cover-Up

Murder in the Family 89%

A filmmaker revisits his stepfather's murder on camera, dragging his family into a fresh nightmare.

by Cara Hunter 2023

3.71

53k+ ratings

🥶 Cold Case Mystery 🎬 Documentary Mystery 🤫 Family Cover-Up

Guess Again

by Charlie Donlea • 2025

An ex-detective reopens a cold case. The sole lead: the serial killer who murdered his father.

4.15

62k+

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Guess Again 89%

An ex-detective reopens a cold case. The sole lead: the serial killer who murdered his father.

by Charlie Donlea 2025

4.15

62k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

We Keep the Dead Close

by Becky Cooper • 2020

Red ochre. A Harvard student murdered. Anthropology department blamed. DNA named a stranger.

3.72

13k+

🕵️ Cold Case Investigations 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🎓 Gender In Academia

We Keep the Dead Close 89%

Red ochre. A Harvard student murdered. Anthropology department blamed. DNA named a stranger.

by Becky Cooper 2020

3.72

13k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Investigations 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🎓 Gender In Academia

Deeper Than the Dead

by Debra Webb • 2024

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

4.04

24k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return

Deeper Than the Dead 89%

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

by Debra Webb 2024

4.04

24k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return

The Grim Sleeper

by Christine Pelisek • 2016

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

3.92

1k+

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust

The Grim Sleeper 89%

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

by Christine Pelisek 2016

3.92

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust

The Reversal

by Michael Connelly • 2010

A defense lawyer takes his first prosecution: a child killer freed by DNA after twenty-four years.

4.23

93k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 📁 Cold Case

The Reversal 89%

A defense lawyer takes his first prosecution: a child killer freed by DNA after twenty-four years.

by Michael Connelly 2010

4.23

93k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 📁 Cold Case

The Purity of Vengeance

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2010

A cold case team uncovers a eugenics conspiracy and a vengeful elderly woman serving poison tea.

4.07

30k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Dark Historical Secrets

The Purity of Vengeance 89%

A cold case team uncovers a eugenics conspiracy and a vengeful elderly woman serving poison tea.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2010

4.07

30k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Dark Historical Secrets

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

by Holly Jackson • 2019

To prove a dead boy innocent, Pip reopens his girlfriend's murder. The killer is watching.

4.28

1.8M+

🕵️ Amateur Detective 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📁 Cold Case Reopened

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 89%

To prove a dead boy innocent, Pip reopens his girlfriend's murder. The killer is watching.

by Holly Jackson 2019

4.28

1.8M+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Detective 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📁 Cold Case Reopened

Silent Bones

by Val McDermid • 2025

Bones beneath a motorway pull a detective into a secret club where membership is murder.

4.12

7k+

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🎭 Secret Society

Silent Bones 89%

Bones beneath a motorway pull a detective into a secret club where membership is murder.

by Val McDermid 2025

4.12

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🎭 Secret Society

The Life We Bury

by Allen Eskens • 2014

A college student races to prove a dying veteran's innocence before cancer closes the case forever.

4.09

212k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 📁 Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Life We Bury 89%

A college student races to prove a dying veteran's innocence before cancer closes the case forever.

by Allen Eskens 2014

4.09

212k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 📁 Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Cleaning the Gold

by Karin Slaughter • 2019

Undercover at Fort Knox, two men cleaning gold learn their separate missions point to one crime

3.49

25k+

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🪖 Corrupt Military

Cleaning the Gold 88%

Undercover at Fort Knox, two men cleaning gold learn their separate missions point to one crime

by Karin Slaughter 2019

3.49

25k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🪖 Corrupt Military

The Ice Princess

by Camilla Läckberg • 2010

A body in a frozen bathtub pulls a biographer into her Swedish hometown's thirty-year silence.

3.76

91k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

The Ice Princess 88%

A body in a frozen bathtub pulls a biographer into her Swedish hometown's thirty-year silence.

by Camilla Läckberg 2010

3.76

91k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets

Echo Park

by Michael Connelly • 2006

A killer's confession reopens Harry Bosch's coldest case, but the search for the body is a trap.

4.19

69k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer

Echo Park 88%

A killer's confession reopens Harry Bosch's coldest case, but the search for the body is a trap.

by Michael Connelly 2006

4.19

69k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cold Case 🔪 Serial Killer

Watch Her Disappear

by Lisa Regan • 2022

A dead girl at prom, posed and anonymous. Josie Quinn tracks a killer who preys on the unseen.

4.51

6k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Ritualistic Murders

Watch Her Disappear 88%

A dead girl at prom, posed and anonymous. Josie Quinn tracks a killer who preys on the unseen.

by Lisa Regan 2022

4.51

6k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Ritualistic Murders

The Betrayal of Anne Frank

by Rosemary Sullivan • 2022

A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.

3.83

16k+

🕵️ Cold Cases 🧬 Forensic History 🏴 Nazi Occupation

The Betrayal of Anne Frank 88%

A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.

by Rosemary Sullivan 2022

3.83

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Cases 🧬 Forensic History 🏴 Nazi Occupation

The Snowman

by Jo Nesbø • 2007

A missing mother, a snowman, and an Oslo detective who knows there have been others.

4.03

153k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller

The Snowman 88%

A missing mother, a snowman, and an Oslo detective who knows there have been others.

by Jo Nesbø 2007

4.03

153k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller

Holmes, Marple & Poe

by James Patterson • 2024

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

4.08

35k+

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio

Holmes, Marple & Poe 88%

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

by James Patterson 2024

4.08

35k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio

Lethal White

by Robert Galbraith • 2018

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

4.25

188k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced

Lethal White 88%

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

by Robert Galbraith 2018

4.25

188k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced

The Hanging Girl

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2015

A cop's suicide reopens a girl's hanging. Carl Mørck traces it to a remote sun cult.

3.91

21k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Cases 🩸 Ritual Murder

The Hanging Girl 88%

A cop's suicide reopens a girl's hanging. Carl Mørck traces it to a remote sun cult.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2015

3.91

21k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Cases 🩸 Ritual Murder

The Absent One

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2008

A cold-case detective hunts a fugitive who could expose a cabal of wealthy boarding-school alumni.

3.89

49k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🏫 Boarding School Secrets

The Absent One 88%

A cold-case detective hunts a fugitive who could expose a cabal of wealthy boarding-school alumni.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2008

3.89

49k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🏫 Boarding School Secrets

Faithful Place

by Tana French • 2010

A Dublin detective believed his first love left him. She was murdered on their street.

4.00

134k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets

Faithful Place 88%

A Dublin detective believed his first love left him. She was murdered on their street.

by Tana French 2010

4.00

134k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets

The Murder Book

by Jonathan Kellerman • 2002

An album of murder photos arrives, reopening the cold case that broke a detective years ago.

3.94

14k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Suspense 📂 Cold Case Investigation

The Murder Book 88%

An album of murder photos arrives, reopening the cold case that broke a detective years ago.

by Jonathan Kellerman 2002

3.94

14k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Suspense 📂 Cold Case Investigation

Under the Storm

by Christoffer Carlsson • 2019

When a Swedish village convicts a man for murder, one detective's doubt persists through the years.

3.66

3k+

🌲 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Under the Storm 88%

When a Swedish village convicts a man for murder, one detective's doubt persists through the years.

by Christoffer Carlsson 2019

3.66

3k+ ratings

🌲 Nordic Noir 🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

True Crime Addict

by James Renner • 2016

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

3.65

9k+

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations

True Crime Addict 88%

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

by James Renner 2016

3.65

9k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations

Vortex

by Catherine Coulter • 2021

A reporter recognizes her mayoral candidate in old photos from the night her best friend vanished.

4.37

13k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ FBI Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller

Vortex 88%

A reporter recognizes her mayoral candidate in old photos from the night her best friend vanished.

by Catherine Coulter 2021

4.37

13k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ FBI Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller

Come Home, Katie

by J.R. Erickson • 2024

A columnist who hears the dead follows a plea to a town where a girl vanished.

4.35

1k+

🕵️ Psychic Detective 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer

Come Home, Katie 88%

A columnist who hears the dead follows a plea to a town where a girl vanished.

by J.R. Erickson 2024

4.35

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychic Detective 🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer

Sworn to Silence

by Linda Castillo • 2009

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

4.04

53k+

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective

Sworn to Silence 88%

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

by Linda Castillo 2009

4.04

53k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective

Dark Places

by Gillian Flynn • 2009

A broke massacre survivor takes money from true-crime fanatics to clear the brother she convicted.

3.94

848k+

🌫️ Cold Case Mystery 🔪 True Crime Fandom 🧠 Unreliable Memory

Dark Places 88%

A broke massacre survivor takes money from true-crime fanatics to clear the brother she convicted.

by Gillian Flynn 2009

3.94

848k+ ratings

🌫️ Cold Case Mystery 🔪 True Crime Fandom 🧠 Unreliable Memory

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