The Detective Who Forgot the Killer

By Ryan Mercer

Some detectives forget their cases.

Detective Marcus Cole forgot his killer.

Eleven months ago, Marcus Cole was closing in on the truth behind the murder of Ellen Marsh - a schoolteacher found in the rain beside the Chicago River, one shoe missing, no witnesses, no answers. Cole had the evidence. He had the name.

Then a truck ran a red light on an icy expressway, and he lost everything.

Now Cole is back on the job with a scar along his temple, two fingers that won't fully close, and a six-week hole in his memory where a solved case used to live. The official file is cold. His lieutenant has moved on. His partner is buried.

But Cole hasn't forgotten that he knew.

Armed with fragments - a name beginning with R, a building with a green awning, a laugh that still makes the back of his neck prickle - he retraces his own investigation step by step, reconstructing what his mind has walled away. What he finds leads him to Richard Fallow: a quiet, careful man who has been waiting eleven months to be caught.

Because some killers run.

And some have already decided to stop.

The Detective Who Forgot the Killer is a taut, atmospheric crime novel about memory, guilt, and what a detective owes the dead - even when the mind refuses to cooperate.

Perfect for fans of Tana French, Michael Connelly, and Richard Osman.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H2L6J42S
• ISBN13: 9798197712745
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"