The Cold Room by J. T. Ellison

This selection presents a portion of a novel that follows Detective Taylor Jackson as she investigates a series of seemingly connected murders. The discovery of a body posed similarly to a Picasso painting and another echoing Ophelia from Hamlet points towards an artistically inclined killer. The narrative expands to reveal potential links to murders overseas in London and Florence, suggesting a transnational serial killer. As Taylor and her team, including her potential love interest FBI profiler Baldwin, pursue the case, they uncover a possible connection to identical twin brothers who were separated after their parents' deaths, suggesting a complex and disturbing motive tied to their past. The text highlights the procedural aspects of the investigation, the development of the characters, and the growing urgency to apprehend the killer, or killers, before they strike again.