53 pages 1 hour read

Simone St. James

The Book of Cold Cases

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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Part 1, Chapters 15-22Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 1, Chapter 15 Summary: "September 2017: Beth"

Beth has tried to simply leave Claire Lake before, but every time she gets in the car to do so, she finds herself at the lakeshore with no memory of how she got there. Now, she tries again to throw out some things from the house and drive away, but she ends up at the lake again, and when she returns home everything she had thrown out is back in its normal place in the house. In addition, she finds a bottle of red wine on the coffee table, and when she drains it into the kitchen sink, she sees the image of her father's body on the kitchen floor. She decides she needs to talk to Shea again.

Part 1, Chapter 16 Summary: "October 1977: Beth"

Beth is being interviewed by the police again, but this time she has her lawyer Ransom Wells with her. He has instructed her to say nothing. They ask for a handwriting sample, and Wells says they will give it when the police get a warrant. While Detective Washington is arguing with Wells, Joshua silently communicates his sympathy to Beth. Then he asks her to tell him about her father's death, and she realizes that he is still interrogating her, just in a different way.

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