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40 years of sadness 😔

Reviewed in Australia on 19 April 2022

This book kept me hooked, finding out what happened to you a young women 40 years earlier was not going to be easy but with the right people and new technologies now available will Tracy find the truth and finally give peace to the family? I loved how all the pieces fit together. So many lives were effected by this tragedy, lies and secrets.

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Annie

Three Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 1 October 2017

Enjoyed reading it

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realmum

Great read

Reviewed in Australia on 2 September 2017

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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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Deb

Exciting

Reviewed in Australia on 26 March 2019

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What can I say?. More please I can't get enough of your Tracey Crosswhite stories. Thank you for keeping me in suspense.

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sakatchick

Loved it..

Reviewed in Australia on 7 October 2016

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Another great book in the Tracey Crosswhite series, twists and turns to keep you guessing right until the very end..

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Narelle M. Kay

Great read and well plotted

Reviewed in Australia on 5 June 2016

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Have only just started to read Dugoni and I will be reading more. He writes very well and I have found all the Tracey Crosswhite books gripping.

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Like being served milk pudding when you ordered chocolate gateaux

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 August 2019

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What a let down after the first two, brilliant Tracey Crosswhite books. I was so looking forward to reading this, but it just didn’t suck me in like the others. I was looking for electrifying action, thrilling pace, twists and turns, and instead got a run-of-the-mill, plodding police procedural with no pizazz whatsoever.

Dugoni’s mistake was trying to run two cases in tandem: one current and one cold. The aim was to show how solving one could trigger insight into the other. Fair enough, but there was a huge imbalance in their treatment. So much so that the recent murder actually seemed an irrelevance, a distraction even from the main narrative.

The real meat was in the reopening of a 20 year-old case involving the suicide of a young Native American woman. Fresh evidence has come to light and Tracey suspects a coverup for murder. While the mechanics of the investigation, in particular the forensics, are detailed and compelling, the actual rolling out of the plot is just plain dull. The story had great possibilities, but there were too many diversions and an inordinate number of characters who simply had no business being there.

Up until I read this book, I considered Tracey Crosswhite to be a brilliant detective heroine. Her back story - leaving teaching to join the police following the murder of her sister - gives her great motive and integrity. But Dugoni really missed an opportunity here to further develop the personal side of Tracey. I think most readers favor well-rounded characters with recognizable human emotions, foibles, strengths and weaknesses, but sadly Tracey hasn’t evolved at all from the person she was in the last book. For example, it would have been nice to explore more her relationship with boyfriend Dan, but he pretty much popped in at the beginning and the end, and that was it. He might as well not have been mentioned at all.

All in all, I think Dugoni dropped the ball big time with this one. I hope he picks it up again for Detective Crosswhite’s next big case.

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Marmar

Another great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 October 2017

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Book 3 , well they just get better each time. Love Tracey Crosswhite, she's a great detective. Will definitely continue on to book 4 .

Jean Williams

In the Clearing

Reviewed in Spain on 26 February 2020

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Once again the Tracey Crosswhite Detective from Seattle story from Robert Dugoni had me turning the pages. When a writer of his ilk gives you a book, he gives you an adventure. A 17 year old is walking home from the diner she works in, earning money to save for her schooling. She doesn't get home. A great book not to be missed. Highly recommended.

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As usual Dugoni is great

Reviewed in the United States on 11 October 2021

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Keeps you interested every moment. Wraps us perfectly. Can't wait to read another Tracey Crosswhite book. Highly recommend anything Dugoni writes.

Kate

Robert Dugoni and Tracy Crosswhite are a winning combination!

Reviewed in the United States on 21 July 2016

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I enjoy the Tracy Crosswhite series very much, and eagerly look forward to the next in line. The plots are well-balanced, the writing is tight and the story moves at a good pace. There are no unnecessary descriptions of violence or sex scenes, though the Tracey's relationship with Dan is a warm one. I liked the tie between the cold case and a current investigation- I felt I was getting 2-for-1, which I probably was! Now I just have to wait 6 months for the next one. Job well done.

Hadder

Tracey crosswhite book 3

Reviewed in the United States on 16 July 2020

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This series just gets better and better. Enjoyed the book thoroughly & didn't want to put it down. Kept me interested from the beginning to the end. Luv the way Dugoni wraps up a good ending. 5 stars me!

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