The Vale & Ward Files

Detective Cassandra Vale has hyperthymesia—perfect autobiographical memory. She remembers every crime scene she's worked, every victim she's tried to help, and every case that went cold.

When she partners with Detective Ethan Ward to create a Cold Case Division, they take on the investigations nobody else wants: forgotten victims, buried evidence, and cases the system tried to forget.

Each book in The Vale & Ward Files features a complete mystery while developing the growing relationship between Cass and Ward as they build their division, solve impossible cases, and confront the darkest corners of law enforcement.

BOOK 1: THE ECHO MAN – A killer recreates famous cold cases, forcing Cass to confront a 22-year-old failure.

BOOK 2: Coming March 2026– When a pattern emerges in decades of missing persons cases, Cass and Ward discover that some disappearances weren't random.

BOOK 3: Coming April 2026 – The Cold Case Division's biggest success becomes their deadliest threat when a convicted killer they helped put away demands a retrial—with evidence that could destroy everything they've built.

Perfect for readers who love detective duos, complex mysteries, and stories about justice that transcend time.

The Echo Man: “She remembers everything. Including the case that could destroy her.” (The Vale & Ward Files Book 1)

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Detective Cassandra Vale never forgets. With hyperthymesia—perfect autobiographical memory—she recalls every detail of every case she’s worked in her twenty-two-year career. Every victim. Every failure. Every case that went cold.

When a woman is found murdered in an abandoned opera house, staged to match a 1999 serial killer’s signature, Cass...

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The Silent Room: She killed the Echo Man. But the real monster was the system that built him. (The Vale & Ward Files Book 2)

From the series: The Vale & Ward Files

She killed the Echo Man. But the real monster was the system that built him.
Detective Cassandra Vale thought the nightmare was over. Isaac Grey—the Echo Man—is dead, and the case that nearly destroyed her is closed. But when a woman declared legally dead fifteen years ago stumbles barefoot and bleeding onto the steps of St. Nicholas Church,...

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The Final Thread: They wrote her mind. They engineered her bond. Now she’s coming for the author. (The Vale & Ward Files Book 3)

From the series: The Vale & Ward Files

They wrote her mind. They engineered her bond. Now she’s coming for the author.

Detective Cassandra Vale has survived the Echo Man. She’s burned the Silent Room to the ground. But in the explosive finale of The Vale & Ward Files, Cass discovers the conspiracy didn’t end—it evolved. And the man who designed everything—her memories, her...

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