The Carpool Detectives

“A gripping read … Chuck Hogan concocts a wacky but intriguing tale about a group of intelligent and resourceful moms who band together to tackle a cold case. Chaos ensues and tension builds as their surprising discoveries about an unsolved double murder quite literally put them on dangerous paths.”—Lise Olsen, author of The Scientist and the Serial Killer“In his acclaimed bestsellers, Chuck Hogan has demonstrated the skill of a master crime novelist. Now, in The Carpool Detectives, Hogan shows readers how much stranger fact can be than fiction. This page-turner tells the true story of four suburban California moms who become amateur sleuths, driven to solve a high-profile double homicide during the pandemic. Often at personal risk, they doggedly chase down the forensics of the fifteen-year-old cold case. The book is riveting, full of jaw-dropping twists, meticulously researched, and rendered in spare yet eloquent prose. Hogan reminds me of a confident prizefighter with his tricky slips and feints—and, yes, he scores a knockout. The Carpool Detectives is an instant true-crime classic.”—Douglas Century, author of The Last Boss of Brighton“I’ll never look at the carpool lane the same way again. Hogan ingeniously unravels the lives of four women who transformed themselves into a crack team of amateur sleuths in a tale of true crime that’s as unbelievable as it is relatable.”—Graham Moore, author of The Wealth of Shadows“Impossible to put down—this unbelievable true story is as riveting as any thriller. Each twist in the investigation pulled me in deeper, but it was the unbreakable bond between these four women, united by their relentless quest for the truth, that stayed with me long after the final page.”—Gregg Olsen, author of If You Tell

Chuck Hogan is the author of several acclaimed New York Times bestsellers, including Prince of Thieves, which was awarded the Hammett Prize and adapted into the hit feature film The Town starring Ben Affleck. His most recent novel, Gangland, was selected as one of The New York Times’s Ten Best Crime Novels of the year and nominated for an Edgar Award. The Carpool Detectives is his first work of nonfiction.