This is book 7 in the Tracey Crosswhite series and you definitely need to read the previous books in the series in order to fully understand the characters and the back story.
‘A Cold Trail’ picks up around 7 months after the ending of the previous book ‘A Steep Price’. Tracey and her husband Dan are now new parents to a baby girl and back living in their home town of Cedar Grove, while their farmhouse is being renovated.
Both Tracey and Dan are kept busy while back in Cedar Grove. Tracey is asked by the local police chief to help him investigate a recent arson and a cold case murder and Dan is representing a local business trader in his fight against the local council. When their two cases begin to crisscross Dan and Tracey realise their home town still holds many secrets worth killing for.
It seemed a bit odd to be back in Cedar Grove with Tracey solving another cold case murder, it felt a bit redundant to me. I also thought the book might focus a bit more on the struggle of Tracey being a cop and a mum. This was only touched on briefly and when it did it was about Dan mum shaming Tracey for thinking she could have a job and be a mother at the same time.
I was disappointed with ‘A Cold Trail’. I didn’t feel it was up to par with previous books in the series. While I liked Dan a lot in previous books I couldn’t stand him in this one. It was like he’d done a complete 180, going from a supportive partner to a man who thinks a women’s place is in the home. I’m not sure why his character got more of a storyline in this book. I think it was a wasted opportunity not to delve more into how Tracey was coping being a new mother and all that entails.
Overall I found this to be just an ok read. Maybe it’s time to wrap up the Tracey Crosswhite series, especially as Tracey seems to be sharing her storyline’s with various other characters lately.

A COLD TRAIL....Robert Dugoni
Tracy is a homicide detective, with her husband and a new baby they come to Cedar Grove. Soon she has a case involving the murder of a local journalist.. This goes from the past to the present. Things turn risky for all the people that Tracie loves in trying to solve the case. His books are always good. Given ARC for my voluntary review and my honest opinion by Net Galley and Thomas & Mercer

I have read all the Tracy Crosswhite novels so was thrilled to be able to read this one.it did not disappoint although little too much law in it. I can really recommend this.

A Cold Trail is a hot read! Another well paced and written thriller from Robert Dugoni. Tracy Crosswhite, a detective and her husband Dan, an attorney are staying in their old stomping grounds, Cedar Grove, while their house is being updated. They both ultimately get involved in solving the same case. Tracy embodies the “modern mother” so well, trying to achieve that illusory balance between raising a family and continuing with a career, all while keeping the romance in her marriage. Loved getting to know more about each character without getting bogged down with irrelevant details that detract from a readers enjoyment of the plot.
Many many thanks to Robert Dugoni, Thomas & Mercer, and NetGalley for affording me the opportunity to read the arc of this fast paced thriller.

Tracy Crosswhite is a homicide detective who comes home with her husband and new daughter and is caught up in a new case. An old friend gets her involved in the case.

This was my first read of the authors but I would certainly read more. The writing was well thought out and the twists and turns of the crime world were exciting and engaging. I’d recommend this book to people who love good mysteries and crime fiction!

Things I don't want to read in any genre: Overly long sentences with too much detail in them; fat-shaming; sexism; ageism; stereotyping; dialect; rushing characterization; poorly organized paragraphs. This book has them all.

I really enjoyed this read. Thanks to NetGalley for the eARC. I took to Tracy immediately. She is a smart, tenacious new mom, who lands back in her home town while her house in Seattle is remodeled. The suspense starts almost immediately. All I could do was hold on and enjoy the ride!

Robert Dugoni really outdid himself. This book keeps getting better and better as you get further into it! Location in a small mountain town in Washington was delightful. So many unexpected twists and turns in the plot kept me turning pages long after I should have gone to bed!

I thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book. This author was new to me and I was not let down. It was a great story and very well written. The characters were easy to relate to and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I highly recommend this to everyone!!

As this is one of my favorite series, I am very grateful to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for allowing me the ARC to read and review; thanks so much! This is #7 in the Tracy Crosswhite series. I have enjoyed this series immensely, and was a bit worried about - gasp - CHANGE, because now Tracy is the mother of a new baby and is on maternity leave. She and Dan are back in their old town, Cedar Grove, while their home in Seattle is being renovated. I enjoyed this outing, but it is a bit different from the others. Dan is an attorney and his local case takes the reader to court a few times, including some terrific courtroom battle scenes towards the end. Other Tracy Crosswhite books are also part legal thriller, especially My Sister's Grave and Close to Home. Here, the likable local sheriff asks Tracy to look into a Cedar Grove murder that seems to be tied into others. Traci agrees, but hires an Irish Nannie so she can investigate between baby care and feeds. Some readers seemed to think this made the plot go a bit too slowly, but I was a happy camper, turning the pages as quickly as ever. It was also lots of fun to have Faz, Tracy's buddy homicide investigator from Seattle come down to Cedar Grove and help out while he was on leave recovering from injuries he received during the last book. The denouement was exciting, if a bit predictable (for me, anyway). The loose ends are all tied up, and Tracy and Dan go home to Seattle in the end. Never a cliffhanger from Robert Dugoni, I'm happy to say.

Robert Dugoni delivers again in his seventh installment of the Tracy Crosswhite series. A Cold Trail continues the story of Tracy Crosswhite and her life as a homicide detective. In this book, Tracy and her husband Dan are figuring out life with their new baby Daniella. They have temporarily moved back to their hometown of Cedar Grove while their home is being renovated. The story of course includes a new investigation that Tracy becomes involved with, but this time Dan plays a very important role. As with all the books in this series, I tried to figure out who committed the crime, and fell short. Robert Dugoni does a great job with weaving a story that you think you have all figured out, but leaves you pleasantly surprised by the ending. I could not stop reading this book once I started and now I am ready for more from this series! A Cold Trail is a 4.5/5 star read and I can’t wait for others to experience it once it is released.

I enjoyed digging into this most recent installment of the series--I enjoyed getting to know the new family unit with little Daniella, and Tracy's struggle to figure out what role her career is going to play in her future. The dual tug of family and career is a very relatable one, as is Dan's difficulty seeing that his passion for his work is no different from hers for her work. The mysteries themselves fit together well and kept me guessing until the end. I'm looking forward to the next one!

Rober Dugoni's A Cold Trail is part of his Tracy Crosswhite series, and it is a book that every reader should have on his or her list. On maternity leave and in her home town, Tracy is enlisted to help the acting sheriff with a case... she just can't help herself. It's a solid mystery filled with favorite characters from previous books: Faz and Vera! I think everyone needs a Faz! Highly suspenseful mystery while keeping the Tracy and Dan's developing relationship on the forefront, A Cold Trail is a fabulous read!! Highly recommended.

I have loved the Tracy Crosswhite series since I discovered it years ago and I get excited when a new release is announced. I was super excited to receive an advanced copy, so thank you netgalley!! The characters in this series are well rounded and dynamic. The character driven plot in this series holds my interest. A word of caution: It is necessary to read the series from the beginning. There are MANY references to past events infused throughout the book. Additionally, the layers upon layers of questionable police findings in the old cold cases that Tracey peels away are somewhat tedious, and pacing is adversely effected. But, the pacing picks up again for the explosive climax! The denouement is satisfying.

One of the nice things about reading a series is character, storyline familiarity. Its comfortable, like spending time with family and friends.

One of the downsides to a series is it's all so comfortable, lol. And I feel compelled to read the next one to check in with my "friends" This is why I try to refrain from starting a series

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC.

Thanks to #NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this Uncorrected Proof of "A Cold Trail", the 7th book in Robert Dugoni's Tracy Crosswhite series of mysteries. I have to admit that I haven't read the previous installations in the series - but I certainly plan to after this one (I don't mind going back to the beginning).

Tracy Crosswhite, her husband, Dan O'Leary and their tw0 month-old baby are back in Cedar Grove, where they grew up, while waiting for their house to be remodeled. And of course, while there Tracy becomes involved in three - count them, three - cased: one very cold, one a little less cold and one that's hot, literally; simultaneously, Dan is involved in a case involving the revitalization of Cedar Grove. Between them, what they find in Cedar Grove is greed, envy, jealousy, treachery and murder in a town that has been slowly disappearing.

Throughout the book, we get insights into Tracy's life, growing up in Cedar Grove and her continued regrets as to what happened to her sister and how it affected her family.

Piece by piece, the cases begin to fit together.

This version may have been an Uncorrected Proof, but I did not see any areas that could stand improvement.

Highly recommended for those fans of the previous books, and could even be read as a standalone.

I know some people don't care for a series, however when I 'meet' characters and like them, I have to continue.
This is how I feel about the Tracy Crosswhite series. I assume you could read this as a stand alone but seriously think you'll want to read the others. 1. Love the characters, they feel real 2. Enjoy the mystery (love a great mystery) 3. Amazed by the direction the author takes...always surprises. Robert Dugoni writes a great mystery! Thank you NetGalley for the privilege of reading this before it hits the shelves.

A Cold Trail – Robert Dugoni

I was fortunate to receive this book as an Advance Reader Copy from Netgalley, in exchange for an objective review. This review will also publish to my blog, tropicaldelusions.blog, on 4 Feb 2020.

Tracy Crosswhite & husband Dan O’Leary have returned to Cedar Grove for a short stay while their Seattle home is renovated, with their two-month-old daughter, Daniella, in tow. While difficult for Tracy after the death of her sister, she and Dan do want their child to know her parent’s roots. With nanny, Therese, present as well, Tracy is still trying to decide if she wants to return to detective work or become a stay-at-home Mom. While police work is in her blood, she worries of the inherent danger of the job. Dan, meanwhile, is assisting a client with some legal issues pertaining to his business in Cedar Grove.

While out on a date night, Tracy runs into retired Cedar Grove police chief, Roy Calloway, who appears to be back in uniform. Puzzled, Tracy stops into to see him the next day and learns that active chief Finlay Armstrong has been sidelined after the house fire that had killed his wife, Kimberly. The fire has been ruled arson. An autopsy has revealed that Finlay’s wife died of blunt force trauma to the head. She also learns that Kimberly had been writing a book about the murder of teen-ager Heather Johansen, which had been attributed to the murderer that had killed Tracy’s sister Sarah all those years ago. This is complicated by the fact that Finlay Armstrong had dated Heather all those years ago. After a discussion about the case, Roy asks Tracy for her assistance with the murder investigation.

Torn between mothering and assisting, Tracy finds herself interested in the case, and agrees to assist, much to her husband’s dismay. It’s in reviewing her sisters old high school diaries that Tracy inadvertently finds her first clue. As Tracy begins her present day investigation, another murder is linked to the case – but how do these pieces fit together – and why? Meanwhile Dan’s case uncovers some pretty interesting information that may somehow tie his case into Tracy’s investigation. But the deeper Tracy digs, the more unsettled a killer gets – and that killer will do anything to keep his 25-year secret safe…

I have loved this series since I first discovered it, and this latest addition is no exception! Reminiscent of JT Ellison’s Taylor Jackson series, this series delivers with great characters, a believable mystery, plenty of suspense and a fabulous heroine in Tracy! I couldn’t put it down! Robert Dugoni has been added to my ‘must read’ author’s list!!

I have been a fan of the Tracy Crosswhite series since the first book and have enjoyed all the books in this series. This book did not disappoint. I love that the story took you back to Tracy's hometown. I also love that it gave a deeper look into Dan's life which he has been a character in the series for awhile but haven't focused on him. This book was great and continues to make me excited about to books to come in this series.

A Cold Trail is the most complicated of the first six Tracy Crosswhite stories. I listened to all the earlier stories on Audible and wonder if that colors my perceptions of the stories. But looking at the stories, individually, it is clear that the Tracy Crosswhite story has become that much more complicated, It ALWAYS involves her sister, Sarah Crosswhite and her connection to this story is not even one she knew at the time.

So this book was not the cozy sitting on the boat, tanning, lightweight story, I expected. It was all of the past stories. It isn't that it couldn't stand alone, just that it is much richer for not being a stand alone story.

This series gets better and better.