The Ghosts That Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective - Steve Ryan

Category: Adults, Autobiography & Biographies, True Crime, Violence
Language: English
Keywords: Homicide Detective Toronto Police

Written by Steve Ryan
Read by Miles Meili
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

Publisher: Scribd Audio
Release date: Apr 4, 2023
Length: about 7hrs

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.

“All but one of the cases Ryan recounts revolve around a girl or woman; most involve those closest to them. While some of the book’s most interesting parts focus on Ryan and his fellow detectives building a case after an arrest is made, these parts also tend to include gory specifics. It helps that Ryan carefully centers victims and their grieving families in each story, which also takes a toll on the author and makes the act of forgetting impossible. This reading experience is not for the faint of heart, but true-crime fans will appreciate Ryan’s sobering recollections.”—Booklist

STEVE RYAN began his career with the Toronto Police at the age of eighteen. After nearly thirty years of policing — most of which he spent working as a detective—Ryan retired and began a career with CP24 as a crime specialist. He lives in Toronto.