Review: Horn, The Restless Sleep

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The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City's Cold Case Squad by Stacy Horn

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is an excellent book, written in 2004, about the NYPD Cold Case Squad. As I think I've mentioned before, I love cold case stories, and Horn does a fantastic job of following the case from the time the murder was reported to the time a cold case detective either finds the murderer or has to give up. (Or until she finished the book.) She's also just a great writer, someone whose prose it's enjoyable to spend time with, and she's very good at conveying the detectives who are her subjects. And she has the ability to tell anecdotes and make them meaningful, which is a rare talent indeed.



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