A Trace of Death by Blake Pierce
Product description:
Keri Locke, Missing Persons Detective in the Homicide division of the LAPD, remains haunted by the abduction of her own daughter, years before, never found. Still obsessed with finding her, Keri buries her grief the only way she knows how: by throwing herself into the cases of missing persons in Los Angeles.
A routine phone call from a worried mother of a high-schooler, only two hours missing, should be ignored. Yet something about the mother’s voice strikes a chord, and Keri decides to investigate.
What she finds shocks her. The missing daughter of a prominent senator was hiding secrets no one knew. When all evidence points to a runaway, Keri is ordered off the case. And yet, despite pressure from her superiors, from the media, despite all trails going cold, the brilliant and obsessed Keri refuses to let it go. She knows she has but 48 hours if she has any chance of bringing this girl back alive.
A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, A TRACE OF DEATH marks the debut of a riveting new series—and a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night.
My Review
Grabbed my attention right from the start.
The skilful abduction of Ashley, even before the first chapter started, grabbed my attention. It has a well-developed plot, with twists and false trails
that had me rethinking the assumptions I’d made earlier.
Keri Locke is an excellent detective, working on intuition, equally with skill and science. Her dogged determination drives her to solve this case, while she is still trying to deal with the abduction of her own daughter 5 years before.
I would recommend A Trace of Death to anyone who loves a mystery crime thriller.
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