Tom Barber Hillford writes comedy and crime - often, as here, at the same time. A lifelong fan of puzzles, twisty timelines, and the particular joy of yelling "I knew it!" at a television at eleven at night, Hillford has spent years absorbing true crime documentaries and forensic procedurals with the same devotion most people reserve for their favorite sitcom.That fascination - the timelines that almost line up, the alibi that's just a little too rehearsed, the small contradiction that unravels everything - is the engine behind every case file Hillford builds. Somewhere between a Forensic Files rerun and a late-night streaming binge, the idea took hold that readers deserve the same rush amateur sleuths get from the real thing: real evidence, real logic, and a solution that was fair all along.Crack the Cold Case is Hillford's latest case file for readers who'd rather solve the mystery than just watch it unfold.