This May will see the publication of my second book, Unsolved: True Canadian Cold Cases. It is listed on a number of websites, including Amazon, at

http://www.amazon.ca/Unsolved-True-Canadian-Cold-Cases/dp/1554887399

This book is radically different from the traditional “anthology” unsolved books. While my bookshelves are lined with many of these books – and I continue to read and enjoy them – they usually contain short, matter of fact pieces about the crimes, and are often out of date reprints of old newspaper articles, cobbled together and re-packaged as a book.

Unsolved: True Canadian Cold Cases is quite the opposite.

A number of cases in the book, such as the murder of Sharin’ Morningstar Keenan, weigh-in at over 10,000 words. I have made every effort to interview family members, police officers, lawyers, private investigators, and anyone I could possibly find to bring the cases as up to date as possible. Likewise, there is a great deal of information about how new forensic technology, such as DNA and 3-D facial reconstructions, are helping to solve older cases.

Another difference: the oldest case in my book goes back to 1967, and is still open. I deliberately chose a dozen cases (murders and disappearances) that are open, and still solvable.

I will write more soon, and post excerpts from the book in the hopes that someone out there has information that will finally close a number of these cold cases, and bring some comfort to family and friends who have waited decades for an answer.