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    Cold Case

    Cold Case is a beloved storytelling pattern that readers search for because it promises a specific feeling. Books with this trope deliver a recognizable emotional payoff you can count on.

    5 books in archive 5 community verified 5 catalogue Reader favourite

    Books mapped to Cold Case5 in view

    Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook
    1

    Death at the Sign of the Rook

    Kate Atkinson

    2024
    Cover of Five Little Pigs
    1

    Five Little Pigs

    Agatha Christie

    1942

    Sleeping Murder

    Agatha Christie

    1

    Sleeping Murder

    Agatha Christie

    1976

    The Bones Beneath Us

    Joanne Burn

    1

    The Bones Beneath Us

    Joanne Burn

    2025
    Cover of The Missing Half
    1

    The Missing Half

    Ashley Flowers

    2025

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