All We Hide

A trans detective working for the District Attorney’s Office takes on the twisty, poignant cold case murder of a local trans woman—and her investigation unravels the threads of a county-wide conspiracy as well as a personal mystery that’s haunted her since childhood.

When Lieutenant Lauren Kelly is exiled to the Homicide Cold Case Unit at the DA’s office, she knows her superiors are sticking her there as punishment until she can quietly retire. That way, no one can claim they discriminated against the only trans detective in Donn County.

Even though Lauren has enough on her plate already—a teenage daughter struggling with Lauren’s transition, an ex-wife Lauren hasn’t gotten over, a former detective father with Alzheimer’s—she starts looking into the murder of Sherry Darling, a trans sex worker and Lauren’s former high school classmate. As Lauren looks deeper into Sherry’s case, she finds evidence of a cover-up with far-reaching implications that may or may not be tied to the reason her mother left.Praise for All We Hide

“What a wonder! All We Hide is a riveting police procedural with a massive, beating heart. Robyn Gigl introduces the terrific trans detective Lauren Kelly, a forensic force whose investigations are always personal, and who is dedicated to healing old wounds. If cold-case podcasts dominate your feed and you can hum the Law & Order theme song, get this superb thriller immediately. It will change the way you think about whose voices need to be heard. All We Hide is a gift for all of us, a procedural that feels as intimately tender and hopeful as it is intricately plotted. Your fingers will burn from turning the pages so fast.”
—Margot Douaihy, bestselling author of Scorched Grace

“Brilliant. Groundbreaking. Emotionally intense.’’
—First Clue Reviews

Praise for Robyn Gigl

“So good that it may end up counting among this year’s standouts . . . A groundbreaking series is poised to become a definitive one.”
—The New York Times Book Review

"Engrossing originality—and a brilliant point in a larger argument for the benefits of greater representation in our beloved genre."
—The Lambda Literary Review

"Stunning . . . [Gigl's] takes on big questions of justice, revenge, and the nature of victimhood will resonate with many."
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“A compulsively riveting page-turner with a complex heroine, a captivating plot, and no easy answers. It’s one of the best thrillers of the year.”
—Mystery Scene
Robyn Gigl is the author of the critically acclaimed Erin McCabe Legal Thrillers, which include: Survivor’s Guilt, named one of the 100 Best Mystery/Thriller Books of All Time by TIME magazine and winner of the Joseph Hansen Award for LGBTQ+ Crime Writing; By Way of Sorrow, a CrimeReads Best Novel of the Year; Remain Silent, a Joseph Hansen Award nominee; and Nothing but the Truth, selected as one of the best crime novels of 2024 by The New York Times. Robyn practices law by day and writes novels at night. Fortunately, she has a very boring social life.