53 pages • 1 hour read
The Book of Cold Cases
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Summary and Study Guide
Overview
The Book of Cold Cases, written by Simone St. James, was published in 2022 by Berkeley. St. James is the author of seven other novels and a New York Times and USA Today bestseller for The Sun Down Motel and The Broken Girls. Before its publication, The Book of Cold Cases was nominated as a Most Anticipated Novel by Goodreads and PopSugar. St. James spent 20 years in television before making the leap to fiction writing, publishing her first book in 2012. Her novel, The Sun Down Motel, has reportedly been optioned for adaptation into a television series, according to the author.
This study guide refers to the eBook edition, published in 2022 by Berkeley.
Content Warning: The source material and this guide feature discussion of murder, rape, child abduction, and mass shootings.
Plot Summary
The Book of Cold Cases is composed of two narrative threads that twine together: Shea’s story, which takes place in 2017; and Beth’s story, which begins in 1960 and continues through to 2017. These narratives are bookended by the opening and closing chapters, told by an anonymous third person narrator, that focus on the perspective of the Unlock all 53 pages of this Study Guide Plus, gain access to 8,900+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
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