Another great book by Robert Dugoni! Homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite is back and this time she's multitasking. She has a current death she's investigating for work and takes on a 40 year old cold case at the request of a friend and county sheriff. The story of Kimi is told as Tracy learns more about the case, with strategically placed flashbacks showing what happened 40 years ago. I became quite emotionally involved in many of the characters.

I've enjoyed all of the Tracy Crosswhite series! I'm looking forward to the next one and I plan to branch out to Mr. Dugoni's other books because so far he hasn't disappointed.

like the 1st book, this kept me on my toes the entire time. the descriptions and character development was great, i followed the story the entire way. highly recommended it

I have enjoyed all of the Tracey Crosswhite books. I recommend them to my friends. Robert Dugoni cannot write them fast enough for me.

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Very good read ! Love the characters, Tracy is a real go getter . I'll be on the lookout for the next novel.

Wow! This book is amazing. I was completely set of guard in some parts in the book. Just didn't see them coming. Way to go for the author. Love his writing style.

I love cold cases. I love thrillers. This Tracy Crosswhite story was an exciting mix of both. I'm loving the Tracy Crosswhite character more with each installment I read. I particularly loved the forensic elements included in this book. I can't wait for more from the author and this series!

When friend asks tracy Crosswhite to review a 40-year-old cold case, she is in because she knows how hard it is not to have a closure. After all, her sister had been missing for 20 years before her body has been found. And this time it is a young girl, too - Kimi Kanasked called her parents to let them know she was on her way, but never arrived home. Her dead body was found in the river. Then-sheriff, Buzz Almond, tried his best, but the case was regarded as a suicide. After Buzz's recent passing the Kimi's file has been found on his desk - and his daughter Jenny, now the sheriff, wants to try to follow the case in the memory of her father.
Meanwhile, there is a murder case going on in Seattle in the present time, as well - a man was murdered and both the widow and the son are claiming they did that. Why?

Yay, the heart is back! I loved the first book in the series, but "just" liked the second one, as it was more about the "technicalities" of the case that the real involvement. But the heart, what is the deal breaker for me to love the book, is pumping well here again. Tracy has both the mind to see the hidden little hints and the compassion to see the big picture! And this is what makes this book a great read.

Kimi Kanasket's case is so sad! And not just the case, but the what went after. 40 years are not enough to find the peace of mind for the guilty ones and the ones who were in the wrong place on the wrong time. How destructive! And a good reminder to own up to one's faults.

And now I am off to read the fourth volume. Mr Dugoni, I hope you have a good dose of the trademark heart&mind in action for me!

The third in this series about a female homicide detective in Seattle. I have read these books in order and I can say they are all excellent novels and if anything, are getting better as Robert Dugoni becomes more at ease with his well-drawn characters.
There are cold cases which previous stories have shown Detective Tracy Crosswhite has a skill in re-visiting and there are others in cryogenic stasis. When her friend asks her to take a fresh look at the first investigation her Dad had in his career as a sheriff; after his death, she found this one case file dating back some 40 years. Tracy is interested initially as it resonates with her own experiences.
Taking lieu days, while the A team try to gather evidence in a family dispute where the husband lost his life, Tracy combines both rolls while using her contacts to re-visit the evidence 'Buzz' Almond had earlier gathered, mainly through sound detective work and use of photographic images of the potential crime scene.
Another excellent story that doesn't ever seem to stretch a reader's credibility and is told in a sensitive and thoughtful way. Sufficient that you can identify with nearly all characters and often empathise with their actions at the time and in subsequent years following the suicide/murder of 17-year-old Native American girl, Kimi Kanasket.
Some books and in the cases of a successful series stall and after the first 100 or so pages feel like you've read this before and the author, bless them, is just milking their goose that lays those golden eggs. Robert Dugoni even side-lines his most dynamic force against Tracy here; he is still licking his wounds after his ignominy in book 2. Her captain, Johnny Nolasco.
No with these novels there is no inertia built. Once the story is laid down and you pass a third of the way into the book the potential energy propels the story along, as I reader you can barely keep pace as you devour the pages. A Dugoni book has sufficient kinetic energy to power Seattle for a week.
I love his writing, his sense of place. He is thorough in his preparation and research and generous with his praise for the help others bring to his art.
The good news is I have the fourth episode to read and the fifth instalment is due out later this year.
If you haven't found this series yet, start at the beginning it is an incredible journey and it is how thrillers should be written and enjoyed.

I love this series, so I of course also loved this book. The writing is concise, the story is always enough to keep you hooked. I look forward to the next!

For 40 years Kimi Kanakset's death was labelled suicide. But when her father dies, Jenny discovers amongst his possessions the original file on the case. A file classed in the system as having been destroyed.

Jenny asks her friend and police academy classmate Tracy Crosswhite for help as what she has read has perturbed her. After reading the file Tracy agrees and sets about uncovering a long buried truth.

This is my first Robert Dugoni. I found the plot interesting, but not gripping in an 'omg I just can't put this down' way. The writing style is good, easy to read, but the story lacked any real suspense - there was no nail-biting, breath taking, page turning spurts. There was nothing obvious in the solution - I didn't crack it. in fact my mind was moving in a very different direction.

I like Robert Dugoni's writing. I don't love it. 3.5 stars from me, upgraded to 4 as I am going right on to read the next in the series, The Trapped Girl.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for providing a digital ARC for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

Detective Tracy Crosswhite knows how it feels to lose a sibling -- after all, her sister was kidnapped and murdered years ago and she still has no closure. So, when a friend asks her to look into a cold case that involved the supposed suicide of a Native American girl, Kimi, way back in 1976 when the friend's father was just a new police officer, Tracy can't say no.

I am enjoying this police procedural series. The author does a meticulous job of plotting that keeps the reader's attention. The setting is Seattle and though this book has time shifts and different points of view, the narrative is engaging and moves along smoothly. This is the third in the series and I personally feel that the books should be read in order as there are a lot of details, references, etc. to events in the previous books that further explain the complex character that is Tracy. I like all of the characters who add interesting dimensions to the investigative procedures. Now on to #4, the next one due out in 2017.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the e-book ARC to review.