Volume 1: United States

508 pages. Five unsolved cases. Questions that refuse to disappear.

A killer leaves dismembered victims across Cleveland. A man is shot in a town filled with witnesses, yet no one is convicted. An axeman terrorizes New Orleans. A Hollywood director is found dead. A hotel room becomes the setting for a baffling murder.

In Unfinished Justice: United States, Nicolas De Lacroix examines five cases whose unanswered questions continue to draw readers back to the evidence:

1. The Cleveland Torso Murders
2. The killing of Ken Rex McElroy
3. The Axeman of New Orleans
4. The death of William Desmond Taylor
5. The murder in Room 1046

This substantial, 508-page illustrated volume gives each case room to unfold: the victims' lives, the circumstances surrounding their deaths, the investigations, the competing explanations and the gaps that remain.

Atmospheric illustrations accompany the narratives, while case-specific source notes and research records help readers explore the foundations of each account. Throughout, the distinction between documented evidence and speculation remains central.

For readers drawn to cold cases, historical investigations and unresolved mysteries, Unfinished Justice offers an extended journey into five American cases?and the human lives behind their enduring headlines.