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Great read

Reviewed in Australia on 2 September 2017

Tracey Crosswhite is trying to solve the murder of a husband, shot in his old home as he was picking up his son. His wife has confessed to the murder and so has his son. Only one of them is guilty it's up to Tracey and her team to unravel the evidence and find the guilty party. An old friend has contacted her about a cold case of a young girl who died 40 years ago it was ruled a suicide but why would the sheriff who died have the file in his home?

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Annie

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Reviewed in Australia on 1 October 2017

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manny rothman

In the Clearing

Reviewed in Australia on 14 April 2019

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Was a excellent book with great characters and great action with a great story and a great ending
Looking forward to the next book thanks

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gumster

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Reviewed in Australia on 10 August 2016

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A really good novel, my second Robert Dugoni book and I will certainly be reading more. He has a talent for setting the scene and getting to the point which maintains the reader's interest from start to finish.

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Patricia

In the Clearing

Reviewed in Australia on 30 January 2017

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Excellent, enjoyed book as I have with his other books in particular my favourite My Sister's grave & Her Final Breath

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In the clearing

Reviewed in Australia on 11 October 2016

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The trilogy I have just read if Robert Dugoni's books makes me want more. I love the Tracy Crosswhite books.

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Sandra E. Norris

IN THE CLEARING, ROBERT DUGONI.

Reviewed in Australia on 11 July 2016

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I have read the books 1 and 2 of the Tracey Cross white mysteries and can't speak more highly of both of them.

It appears you lost the plot with book 3 "In The Clearing."

This book has to be one of the worst books I have read, it is as slow as a wet week, there is more filler in it than the Empire State Building. It appears you were committed to a book you had no idea how to put the story line together. It was totally crap.

We have pre ordered book 4, I hope it is much better than book 3, if not I suggest you go back to the start and rewrite it again. You can't be that silly to write two dud books one after the other. It's your reputation you have to maintain.

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Paul Norris

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Another great crime novel from Robert Dugoni with two separate story lines for you to enjoy.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2019

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I really enjoy these Tracy Crosswhite crime stories by Robert Dugoni, especially as one can read them as 'stand alone' novels. 'In the Clearing' has a terrific plot; we follow Tracy Crosswhite & her colleagues as they investigate two crimes, one of which occurred 40 years ago. I hadn't expected two separate story lines from reading the description about the book on Amazon, but as far as I am concerned, this was a bonus ... two separate story lines, running concurrently through the novel, all for the price of one.
I particularly enjoyed the 'cold case' story-line. I won't spoil your enjoyment by revealing too much about the plot but Robert Dugoni's style of writing is so effective that as I read it I found myself reminiscing about my high school days in Canada in the late 1960s (even though this story is set in northern USA and the mid 1970s)! The cold case story features more prominently in the book than the case set in the modern day and I think the book is the better for this. I found the cold case far more interesting to follow as Tracy Crosswhite and her colleagues use current developments in forensic science to uncover new evidence that would not have been available forty years earlier. The only (minor) criticism I would have is the convenience of having so much evidence available to work with 40 years on. The second case takes a different angle as Tracy and her colleagues attempt to discover if the person who has admitted to a murder actually committed it or if they were covering up for the actions of someone else. Sorry, but you'll have to read the story to find out.
So overall, another terrific book from Robert Dugoni that I hope you will find as enjoyable to read as I did.

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Back To First Class

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 September 2017

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Yayyyyyy, back to the class of My Sister's Grave. I'm so relieved. I bought books 2 and 3 on the back of how much I enjoyed that yet I really didn't get along with Her Final Breath. So I've just gone ahead and bought book 4 now I know we're back to business as usual.
Now I know book 1 was set around Tracy's sister Sarah's murder case but I did find in this one it got a little tiresome that it was mentioned so often and I just saw in the synopsis of book 4 that it's a theme once more. Too many people Tracy happened upon had grey hair, too, I found. At the beginning we're told Kimi had been dating for six months, going back to the end of the last year but we were already in November so that's closer to a year by my maths. I've no idea what a grounder is and even Google was no help !! There were mentions of Angela making 2 phonecalls to different people at the same time. That was written correctly later in the story but not the first time so that was a little confusing. And Americans love their acronyms, don't they ? I had to keep looking them up-REI, USGS, etc....I did have a mumble under my breath about those. Another baffling moment was after she found the clinic a chap had visited and refers to psychotherapy and mental health but it hadn't been mentioned at all what type of facility it was so I wondered how SHE knew. He does it again when she visits Sam for the second time and he goes straight to a box of archived newspapers without her telling him the date she'd wanted to see....and yet again I was lost by "When UW (I figured this acronym) came knocking, that was all she wrote".....huh ?? Someone had been sick in the clearing yet Buzz hadn't spotted that or mentioned it and he was no slouch.
I chuckled to myself at Jenny knowing what her son's crying in the garden was all about. I don't have kids but CAN relate with my dogs as they have differing barks so I know when they really mean it !! I really liked the characters of Sam and Adele. They were lovely folks. I also enjoyed how we saw November 1976 through differing eyes and points of view. I liked the way that was done.
Once again I loved the dedication for Joe and also the way Catherine's described in the Acknowledgements-she sounds a gem. I'm pleased I get to stick with this series.

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Laura Dunlop

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2021

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Robert Dugoni is back to 5* status!
I adored the first book, second book was just eh. He’s completely redeemed himself in my view with book number 3, “The Clearing”.
I’m jumping start into book 4, “The Trapped Girl”.
Robert Dugoni is 100% my new addiction.

ru-Devon

In the Clearing.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2017

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I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys detective stories or who likes to be transported to a different world. The detective family makes for a humane tilt to the story.
I found it interesting, exciting and the human side, touching.
This is the second of the Tracy Crosswhite series I have read and I couldn't put it down, really enjoyed it. On to another I think!

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In the Clearing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 June 2017

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I loved this book, l couldn't put it down. From the very start it kept me gripped. The writer is excellent at keeping you enthralled in the story it is a real page turner. Anyone who enjoys a good thriller will enjoy this series. I cannot wait for the next book in the series

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