“Like all things good and bad in the world, it began with a woman…” And so begins the first chapter of Edna Buchanan’s Cold Case Squad, a new suspense novel that features a special homicide unit that breathes new life into old cases. A man and a woman are shot…

In order to block a high-rise developer’s plans to bulldoze the Shadows — a gorgeous 1920s mansion in Miami — a resourceful young preservationist approaches the police department’s Cold Case Squad. Years ago, the high-profile owner of the Shadows was murdered and the crime has remained unsolved. Never content to…