RUTH ROGERSTRUE CRIME & MYSTERIES

FOR THE CURIOUS MIND

EVERY CRIME
LEAVES A
STORY.

A missing fortune. An overlooked clue. The people and evidence behind extraordinary crimes.

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True stories and mysteries by Ruth Rogers.

One Strange Clue by Ruth Rogers, with a red fingerprint on a black coverThe Missing Millions by Ruth Rogers, with red Bitcoin and banknotes on a black coverSMALL DETAILS. EXTRAORDINARY STORIES.

THE TRUE-CRIME COLLECTIONS

Follow what happened.
Look closer at why.

Real cases, told through the lives they changed and the evidence they left behind.

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18 TRUE CRIME STORIES

One Strange Clue

Lesser-Known Crimes and the Evidence That Changed the Investigation

A mark on a cash box. A cassette left unheard. A detail that changes everything.

Follow eighteen researched cases through the people, timelines, testimony, and forensic findings behind them. Discover how a small clue can change an investigation—and how the evidence can leave questions unanswered.

  • Illustrations and chapter source notes
  • Non-graphic forensic details
  • Written with older teens and adults in mind
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10 HEISTS. TEN TRAILS TO FOLLOW.

The Missing Millions

Ten Heists and the Trails They Left Behind

A wooden box in a Florence hotel. Water inside a barrel of maple syrup. A fortune in bitcoin that left a trail its thieves could not erase.

Stolen paintings, rare maps, jewels, and gold move through lives changed by what vanished—and by what came back. Follow the plans, discoveries, and evidence behind ten extraordinary heists.

  • Ten original diagrams
  • Chapter source notes
  • People, evidence, and the fate of the stolen fortunes
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TAKE A TURN AT SOLVING THE MYSTERY

You’re on the Case.

Ready to reach your own conclusion? Discover Ruth Rogers’s solve-the-case mystery collections.

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01Volume OneA Solve-the-Case Mystery Collection02Volume TwoA Solve-the-Case Mystery Collection

MEET THE AUTHOR

A fascination
with the details.

Ruth Rogers writes for readers who love a story that makes them look closer.

In One Strange Clue and The Missing Millions, extraordinary crimes unfold through the people caught up in them, the evidence left behind, and the discoveries that change the course of a case.

Narrative storytelling, illustrations, and source notes give curious readers a way into the details without losing the thread of the story. The You’re on the Case collections invite readers to follow the clues and reach their own conclusions.

Written with older teens and adults in mind, these books share a fascination with a simple question: what does one small detail reveal about the larger story?

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