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A Cold Trail
by Robert Dugoni
Series: Tracy Crosswhite #7
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Published by Thomas & Mercer on February 4, 2020
Genres: Police Procedurals Mystery
Pages: 358
Format: Paperback
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In New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni’s riveting series, Seattle homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite returns home to a brutal murder and her haunted past.
The last time homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite was in Cedar Grove, it was to see her sister’s killer put behind bars. Now she’s returned for a respite and the chance to put her life back in order for herself, her attorney husband, Dan, and their new daughter. But tragic memories soon prove impossible to escape.
Dan is drawn into representing a local merchant whose business is jeopardized by the town’s revitalization. And Tracy is urged by the local PD to put her own skills to work on a new case: the brutal murder of a police officer’s wife and local reporter who was investigating a cold-case slaying of a young woman. As Tracy’s and Dan’s cases crisscross, Tracy’s trail becomes dangerous. It’s stirring up her own haunted past and a decades-old conspiracy in Cedar Grove that has erupted in murder. Getting to the truth is all that matters. But what’s Tracy willing to risk as a killer gets closer to her and threatens everyone she loves?
A Cold Trail by Robert Dugoni is a diabolical story of deceit, jealous, and small-town politics. I loved it.
Will Tracy figure out who what happened to her home town?
Tracy Crosswhite
Tracy is a new mother, but the homicide detective in her can’t rest. She wants to be with her daughter, but Tracy also wants the world to be a better place. Mother’s guilt is what Tracy is feeling with Daniella. Tracy’s husband, Dan, has his own troubles with the case that he is also working in their hometown of Cedar Grove.
She is also going stir crazy being cooped up in her home town. Well, until the acting/former Police Chief ask for her assistance in three unsolved deaths. Chief Roy knows something is off with each of the cases, but he isn’t sure if they are connected or how they could be. Yet, he thinks that Tracy could figure it out. Tracy agrees and starts talking to people in town about each of the victims. This act sets the story in motion.
The character of Tracy Crosswhite is so realistic. She is going through what most women go through after having a baby and deciding to go back to work. Tracy is also smart as a whip; she picks up on the smallest things. However, she doesn’t seem to judge people negatively, as some in her profession would do. The relationship she has with her husband is also true for many new parents, trying to insert parenthood into their already busy lives.
The Mystery
Tracy is investigating three murders spread apart over the years. The first in 1993, a teenage girl, the second a lawyer new to town in 2013, and most recently, the Police Chief Finlay’s wife, Kimberly. Are these murders connected?
Dan is investigating the city of Cedar Grove buying the current businesses in town and selling them cheap to new owners set on making a go of the previously dead village. He also seems to have found a conspiracy regarding some property outside of town. But is it a group of people or just one person?
OMG! What a convoluted mess. There are so many moving parts and twists throughout the story. And who would have expected the motive of the culprit? It was all such a well-played mysterious web of deceit and lies. Yes! I loved it.
Five Stars
I love the way that Mr. Dugoni mixes the investigation with courtroom drama. His books are always entertaining and keep me on the edge of my seat. A Cold Trail is no different, and therefore I am giving it a rating of five stars.
If you like a thrilling mystery with lots of twists and turns, then I highly recommend this one.
Other Books in the Series
Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of A Cold Trail by Robert Dugoni.
Until the next time,
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About Robert Dugoni
Robert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Best Selling Author of The Tracy Crosswhite series, My Sister’s Grave, Her Final Breath, In the Clearing, and The Trapped Girl. The Crosswhite Series has sold more than 2,000,000 books and My Sister’s Grave has been option for television series development. He is also the author of the best-selling David Sloane series, The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm Murder One and The Conviction, and the stand-alone novels The 7th Canon, a 2017 finalist for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for best novel, The Cyanide Canary, A Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and several short stories. He is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction, and the Friends of Mystery, Spotted Owl Award for the best novel in the Pacific Northwest. He is a two time finalist for the International Thriller Writers award and the Mystery Writers of America Award for best novel. His David Sloane novels have twice been nominated for the Harper Lee Award for legal fiction. His books are sold world-wide in more than 25 countries and have been translated into more than two dozen languages including French, German, Italian and Spanish.
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