The Connecticut River Valley Murders: Seven Women, One Survivor, and New England's Unsolved Cold Case (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798252167770)

Seven women. One survivor. Decades of unanswered questions.

A haunting New England cold case told with rigor, compassion, and restraint.

Between 1978 and 1987, women vanished and were found murdered along the New Hampshire-Vermont border, their cases linked by geography, brutality, and patterns investigators could never fully explain. The Connecticut River Valley Murders is a work of narrative true crime for readers drawn to an unsolved serial murder investigation, a deeply reported cold case book, and a victim-centered account of how violence reshapes families, communities, and memory.

Built from police reports, autopsy records, court documents, newspaper archives, and interviews with law enforcement, relatives, and survivor Jane Boroski, this investigative nonfiction study reconstructs one of the most unsettling rural serial killer cases in New England. It follows the victims, the chronology, the evidence, the suspects, and the missed connections that complicated a multi-jurisdictional murder investigation. What happens when a peaceful region becomes a landscape of fear? Why do some cases remain suspended between strong suspicion and proof?

From remote wooded dump sites to abandoned vehicles, from survivor testimony to conflicting theories and unresolved leads, the book examines the full weight of a true crime investigation that never found a final answer. It also looks closely at the institutional failures, forensic limits, and public pressure that shaped the case as it unfolded across years of uncertainty.

More than a catalog of crimes, this is a forensic analysis of justice delayed. It is an immersive New England true crime narrative that keeps the victims at the center while tracing the long afterlife of an open case. Readers can expect a sober, absorbing, and thoroughly researched account that balances chronology, human impact, and investigative depth without sensationalism.

This Book Is For Readers Who...

• want a serious true crime narrative grounded in documented research

• are drawn to unsolved murder cases and long-form cold case investigation

• value victim-centered storytelling over exploitation

• are interested in New England crime history and rural criminal investigations

• follow forensic evidence, timelines, and competing theories

• want nonfiction that explores both the crimes and the failures around them

Perfect For Readers Who Enjoy...

• investigative true crime with strong historical context

• cold case books centered on unanswered questions

• serial murder case studies told with restraint

• regional crime histories rooted in real communities

• narrative nonfiction that blends evidence, chronology, and emotional weight

Some cases never loosen their grip.

Step into the valley and follow the evidence.