{"product_id":"the-girl-without-a-name-gary-ludwig-9798189673139","title":"The Girl Without a Name: From the Files of the St. Louis Police Homicide Division","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirty years ago, the body of a young girl was discovered in the basement of an abandoned St. Louis house. Her hands had been bound, her head was missing, and every clue to her identity appeared to have been deliberately erased.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith no name, no face, and no family stepping forward to claim her, the child became known only as the Bluebird Girl. Despite an exhaustive investigation, the case eventually went cold, leaving behind a grave marked \"Unknown Child\" and a question that haunted the detectives who had failed to answer it: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho was she?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the child's remains are exhumed three decades later, advances in DNA technology offer Detective Sergeant Mick Callahan and Detective Darius Coleman a chance to uncover the truth. What begins as an effort to restore a murdered child's identity soon develops into something far more dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir investigation leads from St. Louis to Tennessee and into the lives of people who have spent thirty years protecting their secrets. An abusive former boyfriend, a wealthy developer with carefully guarded connections, a missing mother, an unidentified driver, and a former employee carrying the weight of the past all become part of an increasingly complicated mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly everyone has an explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral have something to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd more than one person is lying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Callahan and Coleman reconstruct the child's final days, they discover missing records, altered stories, forgotten evidence, and a single drop of blood preserved for decades. But identifying the girl is only the beginning. To bring her killer to justice, they must determine who transported her to St. Louis, what happened to her mother, and why someone went to such horrifying lengths to make certain the child could never be recognized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe killer believed that a girl without a face would remain a girl without a name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years later, the evidence is ready to speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girl Without a Name\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping St. Louis homicide mystery about forgotten victims, buried secrets, and two determined detectives who refuse to let the dead remain unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Ludwig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798189673139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Gary Ludwig","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48998544703743,"sku":"9798189673139","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-girl-without-a-name-gary-ludwig-9798189673139","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}