The Ghosts That Haunt Me, Steve Ryan
The Ghosts That Haunt Me, Steve Ryan
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The Ghosts That Haunt Me

Author: Steve Ryan

Narrator: Miles Meili

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2023


Synopsis

After years working in homicide, retired Toronto detective Steve Ryan reflects on six cases he will never forget.

Retired detective Steve Ryan worked in Toronto’s homicide squad for over a decade. For Ryan, the stories of Toronto’s most infamous crimes were more than just a headline read over morning coffee — they were his everyday life.

After investigating over one hundred homicides, Ryan can never forget the tragedies and the victims, even after his retirement from the police force. In The Ghosts That Haunt Me, he reflects on six of the many cases that greatly impacted him — seven people whose lives were senselessly taken — and that he still thinks about nearly every day. While the stories are hard to tell for Ryan, they were harder to live through. Yet somewhere between the crimes and the heartache is a glimmer of hope that good eventually does prevail and that healing can come after grief.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nina (ninjasbooks) on November 04, 2023

For some strange reason I haven’t read a lot of true crime literature. Ironic when I devour fiction, so I should read more of the ‘real thing’. No matter, I’m so glad I found this book, because it was excellent. There was no dry retelling of crimes, but a very vivid and heartfelt description of trag......more

Goodreads review by Pooja on June 03, 2022

Steve Ryan, a veteran of the Toronto homicide squad, tells the tales of six murder investigations among the many that have stuck with him from his time on the force. I enjoy true crime, and morbid as it is, I really enjoy true crime memoirs – there’s something very visceral about it, when the writer......more

Goodreads review by Jonann loves book talk❤♥️❤ on October 11, 2022

Steve Ryan's The Ghosts That Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective, is a collection of true crime cases he witnessed as a detective. My five star review is not me "taking pleasure" in the crimes or the graphic nature of the stories, but rather that the book is well-written and honest. Truthfull......more

Goodreads review by Erin on October 17, 2022

Steve Ryan worked for more than thirty years as a police officer (and detective)for the Toronto Police Service (although now he is a crime reporter for a local news outlet). “The Ghosts That Haunt Me” is a real-life tale of six terrifying crimes he investigated while working as a detective for the......more

Goodreads review by Maria on April 18, 2025

Compulsively readable, I binge read this. If you lived in Toronto during the early 2000s up to 2016, you’ll probably recognize most, if not all of these cases. Such a unique take on a true crime book, where Steve Ryan puts a lot of focus on how a crime can have such an affect on so many people, and......more