Dead Ends: Cold Case Files of America’s Most Elusive Serial Killers: Fifteen True Crime Stories of Unsolved Serial Murders Across the U.S. Paperback – August 1, 2025

Some killers vanish without a trace. Their crimes leave scars—but no answers.In Dead Ends: Cold Case Files of America’s Most Elusive Serial Killers, author J.M. North takes readers inside fifteen chilling, unsolved cases where a serial killer is suspected—but justice remains out of reach.From the shadowy streets of Washington D.C. to the sun-drenched isolation of Hawaii, these true crime stories uncover patterns of murder hiding in plain sight. Each chapter explores a different cold case: the evidence, the victims, the investigation—and the haunting questions that remain.Who was the Freeway Phantom targeting schoolgirls in the nation’s capital?Why were several women found near the highways of New Jersey—left to be forgotten?What clues were buried with the West Mesa Bone Collector’s victims in New Mexico?And why do so many of these cases remain unsolved, even decades later?With a careful, investigative tone, Dead Ends exposes the human cost of silence, missed leads, and systemic neglect. For fans of true crime podcasts and cold case documentaries, this book offers a gripping, respectful, and unflinching look at America’s forgotten victims—and the killers who may still walk free.Fifteen victims. Fifteen killers. Zero justice.Until the truth is found, the stories remain unfinished. Read more