A dark, clever thriller with a brilliantly delicious twist. The Trap is the latest thriller by Catherine Ryan Howard, whose back catalogue includes smash hits like The Nothing Man and Run Time, and it sees the Irish author once again drawing upon real true crime inspiration to create a dramatic…

Eight years ago, a married couple went searching for gold in Australia and never came back. — The families of a married couple who died under mysterious circumstances in Australia eight years ago may be hoping for answers after the government announced a new reward initiative for cold cases. According to the Western Australian authorities, rewards are to be standardised to AU$1 million for 64 historical unsolved…

William Blodgett’s sudden disappearance in 2009 had been a mystery — until police received a surprising call. — A cold case murder in Roswell, New Mexico has been suddenly solved after police received a phone call from the killer himself asking to turn himself in. Tony Peralta will now face first-degree murder charges for the killing of his one-time landlord William C Blodgett Jr, whose disappearance had been…

In solving one mystery, detectives have opened up more unanswered questions about the 1969 cold case. — It was Halloween night in 1969 and police in St Petersburg, Florida had just answered a call that, unbeknown to them, would spark a murder mystery spanning more than five decades. Two kids had seen a pickup truck pull up behind a restaurant and park near a small wooded area…

Natasha Marie Shanes was six when she vanished in the middle of the night and it’s thought there may be new leads in the investigation. — Police in Michigan have confirmed they are revisiting a property where a little girl disappeared without a trace nearly four decades ago in the hope of finding new leads. Natasha Marie Shanes was just six years old in 1985 and was last seen asleep on the sofa of her home…

David Malcom’s death was a mystery for 36 years, but now investigators know what happened. — Police in upstate New York have announced they have solved a cold case murder dating back to 1987 with the help of advanced DNA technology. David Malcom was 26 and had been working full-time at the Red Cross Emergency Community Shelter in Ithaca for around 18 months. Prior to that…

Kansas Police hope details from a 1994 cold case will jog someone’s memory. — Investigators in Kansas are hoping newly-released details from a 1994 cold case murder could help reunite the victim with his identity — and perhaps even bring the perpetrator to justice. It was October 29th 1994 when a team of Kansas Gas and Electric workers were clearing up trash along a…

Jubilee Lum was found in a dumpster, but another young woman discovered in a field could also have been murdered. — Two young women dead in Hawaii; two unexplained mysteries hanging over Oahu since before the dawn of the new millennium. But are the two linked — and have investigators really done enough to find out since 1999? Jubilee Lum Jubilee ‘Maile’ Lum was 21 in 1999 and one of six much-loved siblings…

Investigators have some clues as to the perpetrator’s identity, but need more to solve the 2004 cold case. — Theresa Insana was 26 and had everything going for her in 2004. An ambitious young professional who had moved cross-country and worked her way up to a great job in sales, she was also close to and much-loved by her family and childhood friends. But all this was to be…