Review: Fact-filled & Suspenseful!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2012
"The Coldest Case" by C.S. Miller is what I consider to be a great book! The main character, Ted Samuels, is my kind of guy. He is one determined, persistent, and dedicated cop who just can't let this 13 year old cold case, die. He inherits the file from retiree Joe Bruno, on the mysterious disappearance of sixteen year old, Stacey Arnold, the daughter of a US Senator. Samuels contacts Bruno on a regular basis to tap into any information he can provide in order to solve this case. Bruno is more than willing to help him out while his former partner, Robles, does not share in his enthusiasm and appears to be thwarting the investigation.Every year on the anniversary of Stacey's strange and questionable departure, her mother Doris Arnold makes her annual visit to the police station to see if any progress has been made on the case. There is something in her eyes, a wordless emotion, that haunts Detective Samuels and pushes him to pursue a case againt his acting Commander's instructions. He decides to go with his heart instead of his head as he acts upon the advice of his elderly grandfather to pursue justice on behalf of those who can't or are unable to act on their own behalf. With his dogged determination, his thoroughness in accumulating the facts, and the help of his girlfriend, Maddie...at last, Samuels manages to connect a few dots and the formation of a sketchy picture appears. After a two week, non-paid suspension for defying his supervisor's direct orders, he manages to makes some headway into making this cold case an active one.I very much enjoyed the secondary plot of capturing the shooter of a young woman shot and killed while being robbed at an ATM machine. This thread is expertly entertwined with the Arnold case to maximize, captivate, and maintain  the interest of the reader.I would have given this suspense novel a 5 star rating, however, there were numerous typos. Although, they didn't take away from the storyline per se, I don't feel comfortable totally disregarding them. I do think that C.S. Miller is very talented and I look foward to reading more books by this gifted Author.