The Cold Way Home

In "The Cold Way Home," Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller invites listeners back to West Virginia, where a private investigator named Bell Elkins discovers a murder while searching for a missing teenager near the ruins of Wellwood, a defunct psychiatric institution with a dark past. Joined by former sheriff Nick Fogelsong and former deputy Jake Oakes, Bell must untangle the institution's haunting history while facing their own personal struggles. This gripping mystery explores themes of despair, hope, and the complexities of justice against the backdrop of a troubled past in mental health treatment.