A young woman, expecting a child, was found dead, her body floating in the quiet shallows of a remote fishing pond. The boggy landscape offered little to guide investigators, yet the inquiry gained urgency when Detective Rod Demery uncovere…

After two small children witnessed the brutal killing of their mother, Detective Demery vowed to see the perpetrator brought to justice. He swiftly identified two potential suspects, yet a nagging doubt persisted – a sense that he was pursu…

A deserted vehicle, registered to the missing sailor Nicholas Cox, was discovered in a parking lot. Within its confines, Demery found a disturbing collection of bloodstains, yet no trace of Cox himself. To secure justice for his lost comrad…

The discovery was made by friends: Drexelle McBride, a gentle Vietnam veteran, lay still in the driver’s seat of his white van. Few clues surfaced initially, but Detective Demery painstakingly retraced the victim’s last movements, uncoverin…

The night ended violently at O’Malley’s Tavern, erupting into a drunken fight that left bar regular J.W. Fuller dead from a stab wound. Detective Rod Demery discovered an unusual item tucked within the victim's breast pocket—a clue that lau…

A woman’s body, as yet unidentified, was discovered in the parking area of a deserted factory. Detective Rod Demery received assignment to the investigation, only to be confronted with a jarring complication: he recognized the woman lying a…

What began as a regular Friday evening domino game at a local tire shop descended into violence when a gang of masked gunmen stormed the building. Now, Detective Demery is driven by a fierce need for justice on behalf of the victim, but fac…

The discovery of a mechanic slumped on his sofa, a bullet in his head, initially suggested suicide. However, young Detective Rod Demery felt instinctively that something was amiss. When his intuition proved tragically accurate, the weight f…

A single, unresolved homicide has shadowed Demery throughout his existence. It served as both the bedrock of his loftiest aspirations and the source of his darkest fears. Four decades later, he resolved to confront it: the murder of his mot…