Robin M. (robinmy) -
Detective Tracy Crosswhite is busy these days. She and her partner are called out to investigate a domestic abuse case. Angela Collins claims that her estranged husband entered her house and attacked her. She fought back and shot him. What looks like an easy case goes south when someone else confesses. Meanwhile, Tracy is working on a forty-year-old cold case. A young Native American woman was reported missing by her family. Her body washed up in the river the next day. The medical examiner says it was a suicide, but the investigating officer, Deputy Buzz Almond, didn't believe that was true. Almond has passed away recently, leaving the open case file locked away in his home. Now it is up to Tracy to discover what exactly happened.
In this book we have two cases. The cold case takes up most of the book. Investigating a cold case is usually very hard because many of the witnesses are no longer around. Memories are not as clear after so much time. Lucky for Tracy, Buzz Almond kept all of the information including a series of pictures that helps her work through the case. This case was interesting, although it was easy to guess the circumstances of the murder.
The domestic abuse case took a backseat to the other murder. Tracy's partner took the lead on this case. We didn't spend a lot of time on this one, but I enjoyed it. My rating: 4 Stars.
In this book we have two cases. The cold case takes up most of the book. Investigating a cold case is usually very hard because many of the witnesses are no longer around. Memories are not as clear after so much time. Lucky for Tracy, Buzz Almond kept all of the information including a series of pictures that helps her work through the case. This case was interesting, although it was easy to guess the circumstances of the murder.
The domestic abuse case took a backseat to the other murder. Tracy's partner took the lead on this case. We didn't spend a lot of time on this one, but I enjoyed it. My rating: 4 Stars.
Good read,held my interest throughout.
Robert Dugoni brings back Tracy Crosswhite to help solve a case that has been cold for 40 years.
A former police academy classmate and friend, Jenny, reaches out to Tracy to help solve the possible murder of a Native American high school student. It was officially ruled as suicide. Jenny's dad was a new deputy when he investigated. When he passed away, Jenny found the file locked away in his desk. And she would like Tracy to take a look ... Jenny would like closure for her father ...and for the girl's family.
As Tracy investigates, she follows the deputy's footsteps .. and what she finds is a small town's deep, dark secrets ... and someone doesn't want them to see the light of day. If Tracy must be silenced, then so be it.
This has been a really good series.... very well written, with many believable characters both good and evil. There is plenty of mystery and suspense to keep the reader entertained from page one until the very last sentence of the very last page.
I do hope the author brings Tracy Crosswhite and her team back again ... and again ...
Many thanks to the author / Thomas & Mercer / NetGalley who provided a digital copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
A former police academy classmate and friend, Jenny, reaches out to Tracy to help solve the possible murder of a Native American high school student. It was officially ruled as suicide. Jenny's dad was a new deputy when he investigated. When he passed away, Jenny found the file locked away in his desk. And she would like Tracy to take a look ... Jenny would like closure for her father ...and for the girl's family.
As Tracy investigates, she follows the deputy's footsteps .. and what she finds is a small town's deep, dark secrets ... and someone doesn't want them to see the light of day. If Tracy must be silenced, then so be it.
This has been a really good series.... very well written, with many believable characters both good and evil. There is plenty of mystery and suspense to keep the reader entertained from page one until the very last sentence of the very last page.
I do hope the author brings Tracy Crosswhite and her team back again ... and again ...
Many thanks to the author / Thomas & Mercer / NetGalley who provided a digital copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
Cathy C. (cathyskye) -
In the Clearing is a two-investigation, two-timeline mystery that held my interest from beginning to end. One investigation involves the death of a man in Seattle. Most of the police officers believe that the man's wife killed him and that her father's high-powered, expensive lawyer is going to get her off scotfree. The second investigation involves the forty-year-old cold case in southern Washington, and it takes center stage.
Throughout Tracy's investigation of the cold case, it is shown how difficult it is to prosecute cases in which so much time has passed. Flashbacks to 1976 give readers insight into the characters. And as far as difficulties go, Tracy shows once again how hard it is for someone as dedicated as she is to have any sort of personal life.
For me, the character of Tracy Crosswhite makes this series. I really enjoy watching her work. Her dedication to both the person lost and to those left behind. Her unwillingness to stop until justice is done. The special insight she has into the mindset of victims' families because of her own history. No one can endure the disappearance of a sibling and not knowing what happened for almost twenty years without being changed. Since this is a road Tracy has been down, she's especially suited to talking to the bereaved and often getting information from them that no one else has.
Yes, In the Clearing has Tracy saving the day once again. It's a strong performance even though I found the solution to both cold case and new rather easy to deduce. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series.
Throughout Tracy's investigation of the cold case, it is shown how difficult it is to prosecute cases in which so much time has passed. Flashbacks to 1976 give readers insight into the characters. And as far as difficulties go, Tracy shows once again how hard it is for someone as dedicated as she is to have any sort of personal life.
For me, the character of Tracy Crosswhite makes this series. I really enjoy watching her work. Her dedication to both the person lost and to those left behind. Her unwillingness to stop until justice is done. The special insight she has into the mindset of victims' families because of her own history. No one can endure the disappearance of a sibling and not knowing what happened for almost twenty years without being changed. Since this is a road Tracy has been down, she's especially suited to talking to the bereaved and often getting information from them that no one else has.
Yes, In the Clearing has Tracy saving the day once again. It's a strong performance even though I found the solution to both cold case and new rather easy to deduce. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series.
I wasn't thrilled with this book, it is draggy all the way through with too much descriptions that just aren't needed, I don't need to know what a building looks like--really?
There are 2 stories going on here and it just flips back and forth between the two and I found that irritating, the first story is very predictable so it's skip and skim, the second story for me just wasn't that interesting.
I'll try the next book and have hopes that Dugoni can write a more suspenseful and thriller type story.
There are 2 stories going on here and it just flips back and forth between the two and I found that irritating, the first story is very predictable so it's skip and skim, the second story for me just wasn't that interesting.
I'll try the next book and have hopes that Dugoni can write a more suspenseful and thriller type story.
