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AudioBook information:
Author: Laurie R. King
Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny, Luis Moreno
Release date: December 7, 2026
Audiobook Duration: 11 h 19 min
Summary: Cold-case detective Raquel Laing faces new threats and long-buried secrets in this gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series.
SFPD Homicide Inspector Raquel Laing had what might politely be termed a “difficult childhood,” until she was taken in by a loving family at the age of nine. She still lives with her adoptive sister, Dee, an online investigator for organizations all over the world. 
Trouble arrives with an all-too-common case for Inspector Laing: the homicide of a drug dealer in a deserted corner of San Francisco. But the everyday rapidly spirals into complications—just as a simple search into the family’s ancestry is throwing Dee into her own world of turmoil.
Raquel’s case blows up far too close to home, thanks in part to the illicit shortcuts she took in the investigation, and while her unique skills are too valuable for the SFPD to suspend her entirely, she is removed from Homicide and put onto the Cold Case Unit.
On the one hand, Cold Case lets her work with her friend and mentor, Al Hawkin. On the other, it leaves her free to look at some disturbing facts about her past—and at the devastating news that Dee has uncovered in her own search for the truth.
Cold cases heat up, the distant past intrudes, and two sisters begin to suspect that they are tied together in ways they never imagined—ways that threaten attention from a powerful and vicious international cartel.
Because the truth is, those who are gone … have never truly left.
Reviews:
Praise for Back to the Garden
“Superb . . . starts strong and never loses momentum as it accelerates to an intense ending . . . Back to the Garden is storytelling at its best.”—South Florida Sun Sentinel
“[Laurie R.] King is back with a riveting new novel.”—CrimeReads
“Introduces a fresh new detective in [an] unpredictable mystery.”—PopSugar
“Laing’s investigation keeps the reader on the edge of their seat until the very last sentence. . . . Back to the Garden is the definition of a page-turner.”—Criminal Element
“King skillfully misdirects the reader as the action builds to a surprising resolution. [Laing] is a welcome addition to the ranks of contemporary female detectives.”—Publishers Weekly
About the Author:
Laurie R. King is the award-winning, bestselling author of both historical and contemporary mysteries. SFPD cold-case Inspector Raquel Laing joins the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes mysteries, the contemporary Kate Martinelli series, the historical Stuyvesant and Grey stories, and five acclaimed standalone novels. She lives in Northern California, where she is at work on her next Russell and Holmes mystery.