The gripping third book in the internationally acclaimed series by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.Detective Tracy Crosswhite has a skill, and a soft spot, for tackling unsolved crimes. Having lost her own sister to murder at a young age, Tracy has dedicated her career to bringing justice and closure to the families and friends of victims of crime.So when Jenny, a former police … when Jenny, a former police academy classmate and protégé, asks Tracy to help solve a cold case that involves the suspicious suicide of a Native American high school girl forty years earlier, Tracy agrees. Following up on evidence Jenny’s detective father collected when he was the investigating deputy, Tracy probes one small town’s memory and finds dark, well-concealed secrets hidden within the community’s fabric. Can Tracy uphold the promise she’s made to the dead girl’s family and deliver the truth of what happened to their daughter? Or will she become the next victim?
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A real page turning rollercoaster ride!! I was hooked by the end of the prologue and found it impossible to put down. And with this one you get a double header. Not only is Detective Crosswhite and her team trying to solve what appears to be be a domestic dispute shooting, but as a favor to a friend the Detective is also looking into a 40 year old case involving a 17 year old Native American girl whose death was initially ruled a suicide. And finding out what happened 40 years ago just might help them with the new case.
This is the first book with Detective Tracy Crosswhite as a character I have read. But it won’t be the last.
Tracy has a skill, and a soft spot, for tackling unsolved crimes. Having lost her own sister to murder at a young age, Tracy has dedicated her career to bringing justice and closure to the families and friends of victims of crime.
So when Jenny, a former police academy classmate and protégé, asks Tracy to help solve a cold case that involves the suspicious suicide of a Native American high school girl forty years earlier, Tracy agrees. Following up on evidence Jenny’s detective father collected when he was the investigating deputy, Tracy probes one small town’s memory and finds dark, well-concealed secrets hidden within the community’s fabric.
In the Clearing (Tracy Crosswhite, #3), my fifth read from author Robert Dugoni. Outstanding police fiction. 10-hours 2-minute/479-pages. I’m voluntarily reading & reviewing it because every book needs reviews. Narrator Emily Sutton-Smith’s outstanding narration adds to the book’s enjoyment. I look forward to reading more from this author. Now I’m going out to buy and read In The Trapped Girl (Tracy Crosswhite, #4). (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 – July 24, 2018).
Now I’m definitely hooked on Tracy Crosswhite’s cases and how her relationship with Dan develops! Thank goodness there are quite a few more books in this series!
If you’re a fan of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Malone, or the ladies in James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club, then you will love Tracy Crosswhite.
Wow! Loved how the two cases paralleled in some ways. The transitions backwards and forwards in time were done very well. Sometimes when writers try this it doesn’t always work out so well.
Mr. Dugoni grabbed me from the first page!! Enjoyed another Crosswhite investigation along with the second story within the story. I look forward to catching up wit Det. Crosswhite in the future.
I’ve read almost all of Robert Dugoni’s books. I find myself staying up until 3:00 am to finish them!! Great plots & characters that I find myself waiting with bated breath to finish!! I really enjoyed his Tracy Crosswhite books, as well as the Robert Sloan series! You can’t miss if like action and a great storyline!!
Tracy Crosswhite At Her Best
This is the third novel in the Tracy Crosswhite Series. I had just finished the sixth novel in this series, and I knew that I needed to go back and read the only novel in the series that I had not read.
The novel opens in southern Washington state with the death of a young Native American woman in 1976. The death is ruled a suicide, but a brand new deputy sheriff, Buzz Almond, doesn’t believe so. He does a thorough investigation. He has his suspicions but the investigation turns cold.
The storylines jumps to modern day — 2016 in this case. Tracy receives a call of a shooting in an upper-class community. It was domestic violence where the husband was shot by the wife. The wife’s father is a prominent and contentious defense attorney. It looks like an open and shut case, but all isn’t as it seems and becomes quite complex very quickly.
The storyline moves to southern Washington with the funeral of Buzz Almond. Tracy and her boyfriend, Dan, are invited to the funeral by Jenny Almond, Buzz’s daughter. Jenny was a classmate of Tracy’s at the Police Academy. She became homesick and returned home to follow in her father’s footsteps. She asks Tracy to review the case file that her father had kept all those years of the young Native American woman’s death to see if there was something there. While the death did not occur within her jurisdiction, she would grease the skids with the local police for Tracy. Tracy accepts but must clear it with her captain and longtime nemesis. Both storylines proceed with interesting twists and turns that captured and maintained my attention throughout the entire novel.
The B-storyline is rich. The relationship between Tracy and her boyfriend, Dan, is maturing with significant steps occurring in this book. The major B-storyline concerns Tracy’s partner, Kins, and his marriage. These B-storylines are woven into the main storylines very naturally and enrichens the enjoyment of the novel for me.
This novel uses only four f-bomb and a few more minor uses of vulgar language. All of it was consistent with the characters and situation. There wasn’t any graphic sex. Therefore, these two areas should not stop anyone from reading this novel. The author provides adequate backfill for any points from the previous novels that pertain to this novel.
As I wrote at the start of this review, I recently completed the sixth novel in this series. I enjoyed that novel so much that I just needed to go back read the one novel that I had skipped. I really enjoyed reading this novel. I give it five stars and strongly recommend it to all to read.
Is it wrong to say I’m having the best time binging this series of murders? No? Right! I’m binging these in audio and loving it! This one has Tracy looking into a 40 year old cold case of a native American teenage girl who was thought to have jumped to her death but the sheriff never thought so and did all the leg work. Now Tracy has all the clues upon the Sheriff’s death and his daughter, who went through the academy with Tracy, has asked her to take a look at the file. Tracy is not only intrigued she agrees with him. Along with that she and her partner, Kenz, have a case back in Seattle that is not all it appears. Mom and son are the only ones home when the soon to be ex-husband is shot in the back. Who did it? Oh, and the lawyer for them is the wife’s father. So many conflicting clues until it all plays out. This one was just sad but it was well-written and I was thoroughly entertained and didn’t come to any conclusion until close to the end.
THIS REVIEW IS FOR BOTH THE AUDIOBOOK AND EBOOK VERSIONS
Very well written. I loved this book, couldn’t put it down. Intense and interesting. Great action and very suspenseful. Admittedly I cried some it had some very emotional scenes. Great characters and the narrator did a great job with all the characters. I recommend this book.
In The Clearing is book 3 in the Tracy Crosswhite series. Tracy, a Seattle homicide detective, is asked by a friend to take a look at one of her father’s police files, a case he worked 40 years earlier in a small town in Washington state. In the file were descriptions, observations, photographs, and other evidence of the death of a high school senior, Kimi Kanosket. Tracy agrees to research the case, and uncovers secrets about a town that valued their football championship more than they felt concern over the death of a Native American teen. As Tracy digs deeper into the case, she discovers similarities to the case she and her partner, Kins, are working on in Seattle.
I like how Robert Dugoni makes his characters come alive. None of them are perfect, they all have their flaws, including his heroine. The amount of research he does to tell a story is also evident. I look forward to the next book in the series!
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Book 3 in the Tracy Crosswhite series was another good read, and I enjoyed watching Tracy work things out and discover the truth behind another cold case. This book seemed to be lacking a bit of the usual ZING I expect with Robert Dugoni books, but I enjoyed it anyway and am looking forward to book 3, which I am starting NOW…
Love the Tracy Crosswhite series! The first sets the background for why she’s a great cop and has an awesome twist towards the end. Can’t wait to read the whole series!
I am so enjoying the Tracy Crosswhite series, and this one is no exception! Each plot is very different and the characters are subtly evolving. Each ending is a real ending and the loose ends are tied up. No cliffhangers here! This is what I mean when I say a GOOD author does not need cliffhangers to write an engaging thriller/mystery/whodunit series and keep the readers reaching for the next one. The ending here surprised me, and in a good way. The signs were all there but Tracy missed them and so did I! I’ve already downloaded the next one, The Trapped Girl, onto my Kindle. Robert Dugoni is becoming one of my go-to authors. Thanks for a great read!
The third book in the series Detective Sergeant Tracy Crosswhite may be the best one yet. The cold case: 40-year-old murder or suicide while still working on a current case. Dugoni pinpoints the advances in forensic science bringing readers into the investigation. He excels on character development. This is a definitely recommended read.
Really liked this one. It went beyond your usual stories. Two cases with almost identical solving of cases. I really enjoyed the big story relaying 40 years ago. You never hear anything about a case like that being solved.
All the books in his Tracy Crosswhite series are terrific. Now I have to start reading his other series
A good read, with enough plot to keep one turning the pages. I find Dugoni’s work on this series to be a little formulaic in that he reuses the same plot elements book to book. He’s original enough in his plotting, and writes characters one can care about to get by with that, but his subplots have a mechanical similarity. His background and ability to capture the geography and culture of the Pacific Northwest contribute to the books’ readability.
A good read. Well written with well developed story and characters.
I like all of Robert Dugoni’s books. I am waiting for the next book in this series.