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The Cold Trail

An FBI Mystery Thriller
By J.C. Fields
Series: The Sean Kruger Series
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The past doesn't die. It waits. Sean Kruger thought teaching would be safer than the FBI. Then a student vanishes from his campus. The method matches a cold case that still haunts him—six women, four colleges, zero bodies. A case he couldn't solve. JR Diminski finds... Read More
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The past doesn't die. It waits.

Sean Kruger thought teaching would be safer than the FBI. Then a student vanishes from his campus. The method matches a cold case that still haunts him—six women, four colleges, zero bodies. A case he couldn't solve.

JR Diminski finds a fingerprint in the digital dark. A ghost from 1999 leaves traces in 2023. The kidnapper's back, and Kruger knows the clock is ticking. Each victim disappeared forever. This time might be different.

Money trails lead to mansions. Clues point to power players who collect more than art. Someone turns college campuses into hunting grounds. They've perfected their game for twenty years.

The Cold Trail forces Kruger to face his failures. One student's life hangs on solving six old mysteries. J.C. Fields delivers a Sean Kruger thriller where old wounds bleed fresh, and time is the deadliest enemy.

Praise for the Sean Kruger Series

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This series gets better and better with each book.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Loved the book; want to read more of this series. Action-packed, with lots of love and friendship. Loved it!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Another exciting Sean Kruger novel. Action, suspense, and thrills dominate this incredible novel.

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Series: The Sean Kruger Series

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  • The Fugitive's Trail
    The Fugitive's Trail
    A Wall Street murder, a suspect who doesn't exist, and a billion-dollar firm where truth is not company policy. FBI Special Agent Sean Kruger doesn't like any aspect of his new case. Witness accounts of the murder are suspiciously identical, and the suspect, now on the run, does not exist in any records. Kruger finds himself chasing a ghost, armed...
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  • The Assassin's Trail
    The Assassin's Trail
    A string of assassinations. A nation on edge. An FBI profiler racing to stop a deadly conspiracy. When a prominent businessman is gunned down, Homicide Detective Ryan Clark turns to FBI profiler Sean Kruger for help. Kruger, ready to retire, is reluctant to get involved—until the assassin strikes again in his own city. Defying orders, Kruger tracks the killer to...
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  • The Cold Trail
    The Cold Trail
    The past doesn't die. It waits. Sean Kruger thought teaching would be safer than the FBI. Then a student vanishes from his campus. The method matches a cold case that still haunts him—six women, four colleges, zero bodies. A case he couldn't solve. JR Diminski finds a fingerprint in the digital dark. A ghost from 1999 leaves traces in 2023....
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  • The Dark Trail
    The Dark Trail
    The dead can't retire. Sean Kruger will have to wait. FBI profiler Sean Kruger plans to retire. Then someone kills FBI Deputy Director Alan Seltzer on a bike trail. The murder matches others. All victims are black men in power. All deaths look like accidents. Kruger has two weeks until retirement. The killer knows this. Bodies pile up. Evidence disappears....
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  • The Imposter's Trail
    The Imposter's Trail
    Some killers leave bodies. The worst leave questions. A plane vanishes over the Indian Ocean. A woman dies in Illinois. Sean Kruger sees the pattern no one else can—Randolph Bishop's signature. The only killer who ever beat him is back. Six years ago, Kruger made a mistake. Bishop slipped away. Now he's returned, turning vengeance into an art form. Each...
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  • The Manchurian's Trail
    The Manchurian's Trail
    Some secrets are written in blood. Others in birth certificates. Mia Diminski grew up Texan, through and through. Then her husband, J.R., finds a file that rewrites her history. Her roots stretch across the Pacific, tangled in conspiracy. The truth about her father hides in classified documents. Now killers want those papers buried—along with anyone who's read them. Sean Kruger...
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  • The Ominous Trail
    Diamonds disappear. No alarms. No witnesses. No trace. Sean Kruger left the FBI, but the cases won't leave him. A Chicago museum's diamond collection vanishes overnight—$150 million gone like smoke. Private contractors want Kruger's instincts. Tech genius J.R. Diminski wants justice. The police want answers. The heist leads to blood. Each clue reveals a pattern beyond stealing gems. Someone plays...
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  • The Virtual Trail
    The Virtual Trail
    A dead student. A missing laptop. A President's desperate call. Sean Kruger thought retirement meant peace. Then a brilliant MIT student dies in a mysterious hit-and-run. The President needs answers, and Kruger is the only one he trusts to find them. The student's algorithm could predict every vote, control every election. Someone killed for it. Someone powerful enough to make...
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  • The Money Trail
    The Money Trail
    Some secrets kill. Money makes them vanish. Two bodies on a DC park bench tell a story in blood. An attorney and a reporter died for knowing too much. Sean Kruger reads crime scenes like others read books. These pages drip with conspiracy. JR Diminski follows digital breadcrumbs through offshore accounts. Russian oligarchs buy more than mansions; they purchase pieces...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781036706494

Publisher: Vinci Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vinci Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 430

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction J.C. Fields Police Procedural Series: The Sean Kruger Series Spy & Espionage Thriller

About the Author

J.C. Fields is a multi-award-winning and Amazon best-selling author. Many of his 12 published novels have been awarded numerous gold, silver and bronze medals in the Reader's Favorite International Book Awards contest. In March of 2020, his book, A Lone Wolf became a #1 Best Selling Audiobook. The second book in the series, The Last Insurgent, gained Amazon's #1 New Release status in January 2021.His novel, The Ominous Trail, is currently under review by Wind Dancer Films for a possible TV or Movie project. The ninth book in the Sean Kruger Series, The Manchurian's Trail, will be published Spring 2024 through Paperback-Press.He lives with his wife, Connie, in Southwest Missouri.

Also by J.C. Fields

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  • The Fugitive's Trail
    The Fugitive's Trail
    A Wall Street murder, a suspect who doesn't exist, and a billion-dollar firm where truth is not company policy. FBI Special Agent Sean Kruger doesn't like any aspect of his new case. Witness accounts of the murder are suspiciously identical, and the suspect, now on the run, does not exist in any records. Kruger finds himself chasing a ghost, armed...
    By J.C. Fields
    Paperback
    $2799
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  • The Assassin's Trail
    The Assassin's Trail
    A string of assassinations. A nation on edge. An FBI profiler racing to stop a deadly conspiracy. When a prominent businessman is gunned down, Homicide Detective Ryan Clark turns to FBI profiler Sean Kruger for help. Kruger, ready to retire, is reluctant to get involved—until the assassin strikes again in his own city. Defying orders, Kruger tracks the killer to...
    By J.C. Fields
    Paperback
    $2799
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Dark Trail
    The Dark Trail
    The dead can't retire. Sean Kruger will have to wait. FBI profiler Sean Kruger plans to retire. Then someone kills FBI Deputy Director Alan Seltzer on a bike trail. The murder matches others. All victims are black men in power. All deaths look like accidents. Kruger has two weeks until retirement. The killer knows this. Bodies pile up. Evidence disappears....
    By J.C. Fields
    Paperback
    $2799
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Imposter's Trail
    The Imposter's Trail
    Some killers leave bodies. The worst leave questions. A plane vanishes over the Indian Ocean. A woman dies in Illinois. Sean Kruger sees the pattern no one else can—Randolph Bishop's signature. The only killer who ever beat him is back. Six years ago, Kruger made a mistake. Bishop slipped away. Now he's returned, turning vengeance into an art form. Each...
    By J.C. Fields
    Paperback
    $2799
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    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Manchurian's Trail
    The Manchurian's Trail
    Some secrets are written in blood. Others in birth certificates. Mia Diminski grew up Texan, through and through. Then her husband, J.R., finds a file that rewrites her history. Her roots stretch across the Pacific, tangled in conspiracy. The truth about her father hides in classified documents. Now killers want those papers buried—along with anyone who's read them. Sean Kruger...
    By J.C. Fields
    Paperback
    $2799
    Available
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  • The Ominous Trail
    Diamonds disappear. No alarms. No witnesses. No trace. Sean Kruger left the FBI, but the cases won't leave him. A Chicago museum's diamond collection vanishes overnight—$150 million gone like smoke. Private contractors want Kruger's instincts. Tech genius J.R. Diminski wants justice. The police want answers. The heist leads to blood. Each clue reveals a pattern beyond stealing gems. Someone plays...
    By J.C. Fields
    Paperback
    $2799
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Virtual Trail
    The Virtual Trail
    A dead student. A missing laptop. A President's desperate call. Sean Kruger thought retirement meant peace. Then a brilliant MIT student dies in a mysterious hit-and-run. The President needs answers, and Kruger is the only one he trusts to find them. The student's algorithm could predict every vote, control every election. Someone killed for it. Someone powerful enough to make...
    By J.C. Fields
    Paperback
    $2799
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  • The Money Trail
    The Money Trail
    Some secrets kill. Money makes them vanish. Two bodies on a DC park bench tell a story in blood. An attorney and a reporter died for knowing too much. Sean Kruger reads crime scenes like others read books. These pages drip with conspiracy. JR Diminski follows digital breadcrumbs through offshore accounts. Russian oligarchs buy more than mansions; they purchase pieces...
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