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The Cold Case Mysteries #1-5
Detective Veronika Pope Cold Cases, Books 1–5
Five haunting Australian cold cases. One determined detective. The truth is never buried for long.
Detective Inspector Veronika Pope doesn’t deal in accidents. Her unit exists to uncover the truth when others stop looking. Based in Perth’s Cold Crime Division, she and her small, tenacious team investigate long-forgotten disappearances, unclaimed remains, and unsolved murders across Western Australia’s most unforgiving terrain.
But behind every closed file is a question that still burns. Who killed them — and why?
LOCATION
From the scorched inland mining camps of the Mid West to the storm-lashed southern coast, from urban Perth to the salt-stained streets of Iron Creek — each investigation draws Pope into a new corner of the vast, brutal beauty of Western Australia. These are crimes rooted in the landscape, where remoteness offers concealment… and nobody escapes notice forever.
MEET THE DETECTIVES
DI Veronika Pope – Calm under pressure, sharp-eyed, and impossible to intimidate, Pope leads her team with focus and fierce compassion. But she’s still carrying trauma from a case that almost killed her — and she knows darkness doesn’t just live in the field.
DS Jim Drommel – Practical, experienced, and dryly observant, Drommel is Pope’s closest ally and steady second. Loyal to a fault and quietly fearless.
DC Stacey Newport – Young, determined, and sharp-tongued, Stacey is as quick with facts as she is with a comeback. She’s ambitious — and learning fast.
DC Brian Costa – Methodical, perceptive, and new to the unit, Brian brings an outsider’s clarity — and a quiet drive to prove himself.
DC Haru Eccles – Compassionate and quietly brilliant, Haru has a gift for reading people others overlook. Pope sees something of herself in him — and knows how fragile that can be.
Included in this box set:
Book 1. The Woman Behind Her
When a reclusive journalist dies, her grieving niece finds a key taped to an old desk — and a suitcase hidden in the house. a child’s shoe… and a stack of handwritten notebooks. As Pope reopens a forgotten case, the past begins to stalk the living.
Book 2. The Family Man
A battered camcorder is discovered in a suburban attic. On the four bound victims, their faces hidden, reciting phrases of self-loathing before the screen cuts to static. There’s no blood. No dates. No known victims. Until one voice is recognised — and the search for a serial predator begins.
Book 3. The Newlywed
Jane and Richard are newly married and returning to his coastal hometown for a holiday. But when Jane disappears one night, the cracks in their story widen fast. With the husband evasive and the locals silent, Pope must unravel a web of secrets — starting with what Jane saw the night she vanished.
Book 4. The Ideal Couple
Laura and Jonas Rankin vanish from their remote prospecting camp near Iron Creek. Their vehicle is parked. Their tea still warm. But 5km away, Pope finds something a bloodstained rock, bone fragments, and no sign of the bodies. In a place where everyone knows everyone, someone knows exactly what happened.
Book 5. Needles and Pins
A missing businessman. A luxury car abandoned in the rainforest.
Detective Inspector Veronika Pope doesn’t deal in accidents. Her unit exists to uncover the truth when others stop looking. Based in Perth’s Cold Crime Division, she and her small, tenacious team investigate long-forgotten disappearances, unclaimed remains, and unsolved murders across Western Australia’s most unforgiving terrain.
But behind every closed file is a question that still burns. Who killed them — and why?
LOCATION
From the scorched inland mining camps of the Mid West to the storm-lashed southern coast, from urban Perth to the salt-stained streets of Iron Creek — each investigation draws Pope into a new corner of the vast, brutal beauty of Western Australia. These are crimes rooted in the landscape, where remoteness offers concealment… and nobody escapes notice forever.
MEET THE DETECTIVES
DI Veronika Pope – Calm under pressure, sharp-eyed, and impossible to intimidate, Pope leads her team with focus and fierce compassion. But she’s still carrying trauma from a case that almost killed her — and she knows darkness doesn’t just live in the field.
DS Jim Drommel – Practical, experienced, and dryly observant, Drommel is Pope’s closest ally and steady second. Loyal to a fault and quietly fearless.
DC Stacey Newport – Young, determined, and sharp-tongued, Stacey is as quick with facts as she is with a comeback. She’s ambitious — and learning fast.
DC Brian Costa – Methodical, perceptive, and new to the unit, Brian brings an outsider’s clarity — and a quiet drive to prove himself.
DC Haru Eccles – Compassionate and quietly brilliant, Haru has a gift for reading people others overlook. Pope sees something of herself in him — and knows how fragile that can be.
Included in this box set:
Book 1. The Woman Behind Her
When a reclusive journalist dies, her grieving niece finds a key taped to an old desk — and a suitcase hidden in the house. a child’s shoe… and a stack of handwritten notebooks. As Pope reopens a forgotten case, the past begins to stalk the living.
Book 2. The Family Man
A battered camcorder is discovered in a suburban attic. On the four bound victims, their faces hidden, reciting phrases of self-loathing before the screen cuts to static. There’s no blood. No dates. No known victims. Until one voice is recognised — and the search for a serial predator begins.
Book 3. The Newlywed
Jane and Richard are newly married and returning to his coastal hometown for a holiday. But when Jane disappears one night, the cracks in their story widen fast. With the husband evasive and the locals silent, Pope must unravel a web of secrets — starting with what Jane saw the night she vanished.
Book 4. The Ideal Couple
Laura and Jonas Rankin vanish from their remote prospecting camp near Iron Creek. Their vehicle is parked. Their tea still warm. But 5km away, Pope finds something a bloodstained rock, bone fragments, and no sign of the bodies. In a place where everyone knows everyone, someone knows exactly what happened.
Book 5. Needles and Pins
A missing businessman. A luxury car abandoned in the rainforest.
1074 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 26, 2025
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July 8, 2025
Aussie murders.
I was happily surprised at the good storyline lines in this series. The characters are well rounded and clear to see with your mind.
The descriptions of the vastly different areas in Australia gave a good picture for you to focus on. The outback with the red earth coating everything it touched and the sea area with it beautiful oceans on different shores.
Would happily read more by this author.
I was happily surprised at the good storyline lines in this series. The characters are well rounded and clear to see with your mind.
The descriptions of the vastly different areas in Australia gave a good picture for you to focus on. The outback with the red earth coating everything it touched and the sea area with it beautiful oceans on different shores.
Would happily read more by this author.
July 15, 2025
This was a box set, takes place in Australia. Has to do with cold cases. Very interesting how they piece everything together. I would recommend this series. Saw it on the Joffe Books website.
September 21, 2025
Excellent
My first book by Anna Willett and I thoroughly enjoyed it, loved the characters and the storyline in all five books.
My first book by Anna Willett and I thoroughly enjoyed it, loved the characters and the storyline in all five books.
November 15, 2025
No Horror
Most of the earlier books I have read in this category had too much horror for me. At last I am finding authors who tell of a murder and then tell how it was solved.
Most of the earlier books I have read in this category had too much horror for me. At last I am finding authors who tell of a murder and then tell how it was solved.
December 27, 2025
Good series
These books are very interesting and compelling, a detective in Australia solves cold cases while dodging killers. Don't miss this series.
These books are very interesting and compelling, a detective in Australia solves cold cases while dodging killers. Don't miss this series.
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