Robert Dugoni does it again. Another great book in the Tracy Crosswhite series that kept my attention from beginning to end. I loved catch up on Tracy's life and the tasks that are presented for you. I have loved this series since the first book and still love it to this day.

When Tracey Crosswhite comes back from maternity leave, expecting to return to the A-team, she is in for a surprise. Nolasco has a new position for her on the force. This fantastic addition to the Tracy Crosswhite series follows her new job. This may be one of my favorite books in the series. It has a gripping plot, twisted villains, and hooks you from the start. I read this in one sitting, unable to put it down. Highly recommend this book, and any of Robert Dugoni’s novels.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley.
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I find that I enjoy this series more as I read more books in the series. Tracy Crosswhite is a tough, strong, intelligent detective with the Seattle police department. After her maternity leave, Tracy is put in charge of the cold case files, although her old partner asks her to also assist on a missing persons case. Tracy is the main character in the book, although I love all the 'supporting' characters - Kins, Faz, Dan, Therese, and the crazy Sprague brothers. Although we know who is responsible for the missing girl up front, there are a lot of twists that you don't see coming.

The author does a great job weaving the main story and the sub-plots together by the end, always leaving a little bit open ended for the next book to come. These books are also easy to jump into at any point in the series and not get lost, although I have enjoyed the build from the first book to the last.

I always find these books slow going to begin with then the 2nd half is so full of action you can't read fast enough. This was no exception, I gave up after 30% and read something else before returning to it. I'd like to give it more stars but it's a solid 3 from me.

The latest installment which is the 8th book in this series is an excellent read. You can enjoy this as a stand alone, but of course it would be better to read the earlier ones. This is fast paced and there are many twists and turns as the pages are read. I hope that this series continues and I look forward to them.

I have to admit that I was reluctant to begin reading Robert Dugoni’s In Her Tracks after I noticed that the book is Dugoni’s eighth Tracy Crosswhite novel. I wondered how much not having more of the detective’s backstory in-hand would detract from my enjoyment of this new one, and feared it was probably too late a book for me to jump into the series as a first-time reader. That seemed fair neither to Dugoni nor to me. Happily, as it turns out, I needn’t have worried.

Dugoni handles late-starters like me by seamlessly inserting the skeleton of Crosswhite’s backstory throughout the first few chapters of In Her Tracks. Tracy Crosswhite, who has a tenth-month-old daughter, extended her maternity leaver in order to deal with the psychological damage she suffered the previous winter. She has, in fact, been diagnosed with “situational PTSD” and is seeing a counselor. But now, Crosswhite believes that she is ready to return to her job as a Violent Crimes detective in the Seattle Police Department. She has been working there with the same team of detectives for over ten years, and she’s missed them. Departmental Captain Johnny Nolasco, though, hasn’t been particularly looking forward to her return and has, in fact, assigned her old desk to a new female detective. The “mutual animosity” Nolasco and Crosswhite share is nothing new; it goes all the way back to their days at the police academy. Now, they tolerate each other only because it is to their mutual benefit.

The good captain can hardly wait to tell Crosswhite that the only empty desk he has in the Violent Crimes group is the one working cold cases — and that he only even has that desk available because the detective on it is retiring. For Tracy Crosswhite, it’s either work cold cases or quit, and both of them know that Nolasco is really hoping that she takes the second option. Which is exactly why she won’t quit.

Crosswhite has long been one of the best detectives the SPD has, and when her old partner asks for her help on a case involving a female jogger who has just gone missing, she jumps in with both feet despite already having begun work on her own cold case involving a little girl who disappeared five years earlier. Captain Nolasco, to say the least, is not happy when he learns that Crosswhite has so quickly strayed from her cold case work, and he pulls her from the new case. Crosswhite, however, soon figures a way to link other cold cases with the current missing-jogger investigation closely enough to use the older cases as a backdoor into the jogger case, at the same time figuring that what Captain Nolasco doesn’t know can’t hurt her.

Bottom Line: If In Her Tracks is any indication, the Tracy Crosswhite novels are largely the type of character-driven ones that most appeal to readers who enjoy immersing themselves in long series. Half the fun in a detective series comes from watching the main characters evolve over time into people readers eventually come to love and respect. The other half, of course, comes from reading about cleverly constructed cases the fictional detectives must solve over the course of a number of years. It gets even better when two or three cases are simultaneously explored in the same novel, but not all writers can pull off that trick. Robert Dugoni is one of those who can, and he does it without all of the confusion that often accompanies trying to follow more than one plot line at a time. The last thing I need right now, as a reader, is another long detective series to keep up with, but I’ve gladly added the Tracy Crosswhite series to my reading list.

Robert Dugoni's Tracy Crosswhite series remains among his best work. In this novel, Detective Crosswhite explores a topic close to her heart and prior experiences, the disappearances of a young girl and a young woman.

While her chauvinistic supervisor in the detective bureau is clearly unsettled by both her skills and work ethic and as a result looks to isolate and punish her by assigning her to cold case investigations, he has no idea that he has in fact placed her in a position where her attributes and commitment are a perfect fit.

Detective Crosswhite is ultimately able to track down a family with a heritage of sexual abuse and murder who have preyed on women for many years and who, if not stopped, will continue that conduct for many more years.

This Dugoni series features the dedication of a law enforcement officer whose own experiences, namely the loss of her sister, makes her the worst nightmare for those who believe that they are and will be able to commit crimes without being caught and punished. This story has many surprises, twists and turns and is truly another of Dugoni's can't put it down until you know what happens books.

Early in 2020, I reviewed A Cold Trail, #7 in Robert Dugoni’s Tracy Crosswhite series. As I noted them, I first “met” Seattle Homicide Detective Tracy Crosswhite in My Sister’s Grave and I loved her, so I then eagerly read Her Final Breath. Following along in short order (he definitely can crank out books at a fast clip) were In the Clearing, The Trapped Girl, Close to Home and A Steep Price (all of which I reviewed on littorallibrarian.org). I enjoyed them all, particularly the way Dugoni makes his characters REAL, somehow writing a female perspective incredibly well. So I was pleased to receive a copy of #8 in the Tracy Crosswhite series, In Her Tracks, from Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

One thing to know about the books in this series: any one of them can be read as a standalone, and not knowing all the back story doesn’t detract from the excellent plotting and character development. However, as noted above, the characters (particularly Tracy) are so REAL and their lives and situations evolve, so reading them in order is perhaps more satisfying. Tracy has become a wife and mother as the series moves along — but she is still a Seattle Homicide Detective. Or is she? As this latest book opens, Tracy is just returning from an extended leave in her old hometown of Cedar Grove, and she finds her old spot in the squad is being occupied by someone else, and she is being reassigned to the cold case squad. Her first case is that of a five-year-old girl, the daughter of a fellow police officer, who was apparently abducted five years earlier.

At the same time that she is investigating the days leading up to the girl’s disappearance, Tracy is also brought into an active investigation of the disappearance of a young woman who vanished while on an isolated jogging trail. As she and her former partner, Kinsington Rowe, pursue this case, Tracy finds herself working two cases of mysterious disappearances, both of which include secrets and lies — in one case, in a broken marriage, and the other in what appears to be a quiet middle-class neighborhood.

This book is classic Dugoni (and Tracy). It’s a great read, with strong characters and interesting plotlines. Tracy is a strong woman who isn’t hesitant to speak up, while at the same time becoming more comfortably settled with her life choices. Recommended for both fans of this series as well as newcomers. A great way to pass the day while sheltering in place. Four stars.

Very close to perfection for a police procedural, with excellent plot, pace and characters. The storytelling is first rate, and the book is very easy and entertaining to read.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to review this.
I was thrilled that the author wrote the book while hunkered down during covid and chose to avoid the topic completely. Thank you @Robert Dugoni for that break.
It was a good story, a quick easy read. I can't say I was rivetted, likely because I felt a lot of the story was revealed early on (and the balance could be guessed) but I would still recommend. Especially with the upcoming holidays where easy reads are the theme of this holiday season.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an eARC of this book. Pretty typical Tracy Crosswhite. Moves right along. I like the characters a lot. Getting tired of plots involving women being abducted and tortured but that seems to be what we have these days.

In the 8th installment of the Tracy Crosswhite series, she is no longer working with her old team. Coming back from maternity leave, she is now reassigned to the cold case unit. That doesn't stop her from connecting with fellow detective Kensington Rowe when a young woman goes missing. This also happens to coincide with the cold case she decides to investigate, the abduction of a 5 year old girl.

I really enjoyed having Tracy back and working alongside Kins. I preferred the investigation of the young women rather than the cold case. You know who's "done it", but the satisfaction comes from watching Tracy and Kins working the case out. You also see Tracy coming to terms with the balance of work and new motherhood. I'll continue reading this series if Dugoni keeps writing them!

I just adore this series and whenever I get my hands on the newest book, I drop everything and dive into it. Book 8 was no exception! I loved being reunited with these beloved characters and watching their story play out. As always, the mystery was perplexing and I enjoyed following along with Tracey as she unraveled the pieces. The writing is always excellent and I look forward to the next in this series featuring one of my favorite female detectives! My thanks to the publisher for the advance reader in exchange for my honest review.

In Her Tracks is the most recent novel following Seattle police detective Tracy Crosswhite. We pick up just after the events of the previous novel with Tracy finishing her up her leave and going back to work in the homicide unit of the Seattle PD. The supervisor that she has a contentious relationship with has other plans though and decides to shunt her over to the cold case unit (consisting of one retiring officer). As Tracy works through a few cold cases she's brought on to a current homicide with her old partner Kins and they find that these cases have a considerable amount in common. While a reader (like me) thinks that the killer or killers is obvious there is a bit of a twist that was surprising. I have loved all the Crosswhite books and am enjoying the way that the author is seemingly transitioning Tracy's priorities with the department and her new husband and daughter.

I’ve been a little disappointed in the last few books in the series. I liked them, they helped to pass time, but I didn’t really love them like the early books in the series. But ‘In Her Tracks’ is the Tracey Crosswhite books I remembered from the beginning of the series. I devoured this book in a couple of days.
Tracey is back from maturity leave and encounters office politics on her first day back at Seattle PD. Her boss (and nemeses) is on an ego trip and reassigns Tracey to the cold case unit. There she is overwhelmed by the number of cases she faces being the only detective in the unit. Tracey settles on two different cases to start with: the abduction of a 5 year old girl who’s parents are going through a messy divorce and two vulnerable women missing from the same street in town.
But at the same time, Tracey gets pulled into a current active investigation by her partner Kinsington Rowe, where a young women out jogging goes missing. As Tracey helps investigate the joggers disappearance she begins to suspect it may be related to her own cold case of two missing women.
Torn between cold cases and current cases Tracey needs to rely on her 20 years of police experience and her own personal experiences of cold cases to try and solve all these investigations.
This was a great suspense/mystery/police procedural book that had a few twists and turns. Great addition to the Trace Crosswhite series.

Tracy Crosswhite is back in the eight installment of the Tracy Crosswhite series, In Her Tracks by bestselling author Robert Dugoni. Tracy is just back to work from having taken maternity leave and is disappointed to find that her boss, who doesn’t like her and holds a grudge from the academy when Tracy beat him with her skills, has demoted her to Seattle PD cold cases. Tracy makes the best of it and works on the case of a 5 year old who was abducted from a Halloween corn maze several years ago. However, while working on that cold case, she also helps one of her former colleagues in her previous department investigate the disappearance of a young girl who was a die-hard runner and was most likely running in a place that wasn’t familiar.

Tracy is a likeable character, and Dugoni adds to her validity as a main character with each installment in the series. Tracy seems like a real person, and has flaws and challenges that most readers can relate to. Her character gets more well-developed with each novel. Dugoni is also a very skilled storyteller and makes the story flow so that it’s difficult to put the novel down. There are twists and turns, and while readers can surmise what happened to the missing girl, Tracy and her fellow detectives have not, and it’s interesting how Dugoni inserts the clues so that the case can be solved.

Once again, Dugoni has written a winner; fans of Tracy Crosswhite will want to rush to pick up this excellent installment. Because of all of the previous happenings in Tracy’s life, it is suggested that readers pick up the previous books, which will introduce Tracy, et al and give information about what has happened up to the start of this novel.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

Once a detective always a detective. While on maternity leave Kate gets involved in the case of a missing jogger. No one could foresee the evil that is uncovered and the women that are saved.

Seattle Violent Crimes detective Tracy Crosswhite returns from an extended maternity leave to find that she's been taken out of the A Team bullpen and banished to the backwater of cold cases by a chief who, makes no secret of his dislike for her despite, or maybe because of, her previous successes in solving high profile homicides, She's working the still unsolved disappearance of a young girl from a corn maze in the country when she's drawn into an active investigation into the disappearance of a young woman in an area where several other women have also gone missing, not that far from a quiet middle class neighborhood where Tracy begins retracing the missing woman's steps.
Dugoni is a skillful story teller but his series heroine doesn't seem to get more complex or interesting from one book to the next : at least, not enough to make this reader clamor for more.. It may be time to leave Tracy to her own devices and introduce a new protagonist.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for an advance copy of In Her Tracks, the eighth novel to feature Detective Tracy Crosswhite of the Seattle PD Violent Crimes Unit.

On her return from extended leave Tracy is transferred to the Cold Case Unit where the case of five year old Elle Chin who disappeared five years ago catches her attention. Before she can get really started on that investigation her former partner Detective Kinsington Rowe asks for her help on a current case, the disappearance of nineteen year old Stephanie Cole, which reminds her of a couple of cold cases she is also interested in.

I thoroughly enjoyed In Her Tracks which is a straightforward(ish) police procedural with a couple of big twists in the resolution, one more surprising than the other, which is fairly well signposted, but still a surprise in how it is resolved. The novel is mostly told from Tracy’s point of view but there are plenty of scenes from the events surrounding Stephanie’s disappearance. These are particularly well done as they lead the reader down one path while covering up a completely different story. It’s clever and effective. The Elle Chin disappearance gets less airplay, despite the more attention grabbing set up, and is more mundane in its solution.

I really like this series with its very likeable and relatable characters and clever, exciting plot lines. This is, perhaps, not as action packed and dangerous as some but still has its moments. I enjoyed the way it starts with one big and one more pedestrian disappearance and that the more regular one, Stephanie’s, morphs into something much bigger while the initial attention grabbing one, Elle’s, fizzles into the pedestrian. It’s a lesson in not judging by appearance, or, in my case, not being taken in by the author’s presentation. Do I mind being gullible? Not at all, as the novel held my attention from start to finish.

Throughout the novel Tracy is on her own journey. Her therapist is worried that working cold cases will upset her as they are mostly crimes against women and bring back memories of her 20 year quest to solve her sister’s disappearance. I’m not sure I buy that argument or how effective it is in the novel, a bit too publicly touchy-feely for me, but the old Tracy is in there somewhere. Her revenge for the transfer from her old job to cold cases is epic.

In Her Tracks is a good read that I have no hesitation in recommending.

This is another series I like very much and was so pleased to be given an ARC of the upcoming newest entry by NetGalley.

Tracy is returning to work after her last, explosive entry, and hopes she will take up where she left off with her squad. But of course her jackass of a boss has other ideas and puts her in charge of Cold Cases after the retirement of its officer. Little does he know that he has set in motion a chain of events that will test the limits of Tracy Crosswhite’s mental endurance and lead to a thriller of an ending and maybe a new road to take for Tracy.

By the way, did I mention the little surprise that pops up near the end? Well, put this one on your Spring to-read list for 2021. Well worth the wait.