The Color of Death - Trey Gowdy & Christopher Greyson

The Color of Death

By Trey Gowdy & Christopher Greyson

  • Release Date: 2025-08-26
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 354 Ratings

Description

From the number-one New York Times bestselling author and FOX News host Trey Gowdy comes a dark mystery debut about a murder in a small South Carolina town. Assistant DA Colm Truesdale must pick up the pieces of his own life in order to solve the case.

Following the death of his wife and daughter, Colm Truesdale is left mentally scarred. After time off, and with no desire to return to the courtroom, Truesdale is brought back into the investigation of the murder of a young woman who ran a beauty salon outside of town. When a page from her appointment book goes missing, and then the crime scene burns down, it’s up to Colm to untangle the web of deception that implicates a powerful judge and his family.

Taking readers inside the cat-and-mouse psychology of a killer and the assistant district attorney who must catch him, this thrilling fiction debut from bestselling author Trey Gowdy and celebrated author Christopher Greyson will keep you guessing until the very last page.

Reviews

  • Page turner

    5
    By frjohnd
    Couldn’t stop turning the pages. The ending was not a total shock, but abrupt and jarring. Absolutely nothing bad better happen to the belle of the ball. Can’t wait for the next one!
  • The color of death

    4
    By thomas.frase
    I liked the book, until the very end. I assume this bizarre and cryptic end was intended to be a cliff hanger to set up a sequel. But I was left wondering who was hanging off the cliff and why. If Mr. Gowdy could rewrite the last two chapters, I’d give it an extra star.
  • Great read

    5
    By no teleporting
    I hope there are more books to come. It’s hard to keep me reading these days and 5is one did. It was paced just right, just the right amount of dialogue. And good story. Whatever it was, I hope he writes more!
  • Ending

    3
    By prochzka
    Please don’t write a book and not complete the storyline. The ending was confusing and never finished through plot
  • Different

    3
    By G&W Hahns
    Very difficult to follow and way to many twists and turns .
  • Worth a read

    4
    By RZelnio
    One of the previous reviewers said it well. I agree that this is a great story and it is well written. I also agree that the ending is frustrating. The characters are nicely developed and it would be good to get closure by learning what happened to them all after the trial. Maybe Gowdy is trying to set us up for a sequel.
  • The Color of Death

    5
    By Heymaw04
    Great book. So good it was difficult to put it down and was sad when it ended.
  • Great read!

    5
    By Lisa Tennessee
    I could not put this book down!
  • The color of death

    4
    By Policc Fan
    Did not like the ending. Otherwise, very good.
  • Wonderful read.

    5
    By Carol Pruchnic
    Trey, this was a really good book. I think that you are an intelligent and fascinating person.