Beside The Road

Dead men do tell tales. An unidentified and decomposing body found dumped down a secluded bank beside a rural Vancouver Island road becomes the most baffling and bizarre homicide case of a detective’s long career.

"Beside The Road” becomes the file name for the rotting John Doe as the Serious Crimes investigation team uses nearly every available tool to figure out who this person was… and what happened to him. This based-on-true-crime story shows you how real police procedures and leading-edge forensic techniques slowly develop a subject profile. Informants, paid agents, wiretaps, digital re-creations, major media involvement and creative stimulations that manipulate suspects finally pay off. So does good old fashioned detective work like skilled interviews, acting on tiny details and operating with effective teamwork.

This dead man does tell a tale—a forensic tale of his true identity and why he was killed. It’s a tragic tale, and one filled with can’t-put-down suspense that ends with a baffling twist you’ll never see coming. It’s just that bizarre.

Beside The Road is the fourth book in retired homicide detective and forensic coroner Garry Rodgers’s based-on-true-crime series. It follows the highly-acclaimed stories In The Attic, Under The Ground and From The Shadows. If you like crime writing with Louise Penny authenticity, Joseph Wambaugh characterization, and James Patterson pace, then Beside The Road is for you. Here’s what readers say about Garry Rodgers’s work:

~ I think Garry Rodgers is destined to be one of Canada’s best true crime writers.

~ I was blown away by the first books in this series. The fourth is even better.

~ It was like I was right there with the Serious Crimes investigation team.

~ Like watching a movie in my head and hearing it, too. Outstanding!

~ I could not put these books down—could NOT put them down!

Go ahead and check out Beside The Road.