Tracy Crosswhite and her husband Dan make the trip to their childhood home and are soon immersed into a tangled web of murder, betrayal, and conspiracies.

A series of brutal murder draws Tracy into investigating the cold case connections to a young woman’s death, along with that of Tracy’s sister, while Dan accepts a suspicious case against the city. When Tracy and Dan’s cases show a few too many coincidences, the danger ramps up.

As a killer draws close, Tracy fights not only her own parental instincts, but her husband’s disapproval. With more questions than answers, Tracy’s hunt leads to a surprise ending.

I love a good whodunit, and for the most part this story fit the bill. I did guess who the murderer was and would have liked to have felt a bit more tension throughout the book, but overall a good read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this advanced copy of A Cold Trail- 4 lovely kisses!

I have read all of Robert Dugoni's Tracy Crosswhite series and have enjoyed every one of them. I think this is the best one yet. There are three unsolved murders 26 years apart but all related. The who, the why, and the how are presented step-by-step, but even with this process I did come close to guessing the killer. I guessed everyone but the right one until the murderer shows up and overplays their hand. If anyone has read this series, you will love the latest book. If you have never read this series, start with the first book and discover an interesting cast of characters. One of the hardest things for a writer is developing their characters. Usually a man writer cannot have a woman as his main character nor can a woman writer do a man main character. But Robert Dugoni is one of the few exceptions who can write from a woman's point of view. Tracy Crosswhite is a tough character who has been through heart ache and heart break, but still perseveres.

Tracy Crosswhite is in the middle of a life transition after having a baby and temporarily relocates to her small hometown to reflect and decide on the next path. But life intervenes and her small hometown secrets blow up to suck in her into a dangerous cold case.

Great addition to the series and if you already like the series you wont be disappointed with this next chapter. I like the new addition of Tracy with a husband and baby and Dugoni merges that into the story in an interesting way.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4

Having a new Robert Dugoni book to read is like opening and savouring your favourite Christmas present or bottle of wine.

A Cold Trail is a Tracy Crosswhite book which makes it even better.

Tracy has had her baby and is doing the local police department a favour to look into looking into a a couple of old murders and a current one . She is also struggling like all new moms with juggling work and home.

The pages turn quickly as you try and follow the trail to who is guilty and how deep are the secrets buried.

Dan in the meantime has his own challenges . Can they somehow be related ?

If you have not read anything by Robert Dugoni, you should add his books to your read pile !!

THanks to Net Galley and the Thomas and Mercer for the opportunity to spend some time in Tracy's world.

I loved the first books in 's series about Seattle homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite. Dugoni has now published the seventh book in the series, and in my reviews of the past couple of books, I have suggested that Dugoni should end the series as Crosswhite had become a domesticated, emotional and rather uninteresting character very much unlike the badass gunslinger from the beginning of the series. In fact, in this book, when facing mortal danger, Crosswhite acts like a deer frozen in the headlights of an approaching car.
The plot in this book shows promise but moves along with dragging feet and only becomes remotely interesting in the last quarter of the book when Crosswhite's old detective partner, Faz, comes to her rescue while recovering from the wounds he got in book 6. At the same time, Crosswhite's lawyer husband, Dan, is now such a major character in the series that - combined with Crosswhite's own diminishing role - it is hardly fair to continue to name the series after her alone.
Summing up, if Dugoni hadn't been one of my favorite authors in recent years, I would have deserted this series long ago, and I will repeat my suggestion that Dugoni stops the series now before even his fans turn their backs on it.

Series heroine Tracy, a Seattle cop whose sister's murder introduced her in the first book in Dugoni's popular series, is back in her hometown, digging around in another murder and making some of her old friends and neighbors very nervous They include the past and present sheriff and some real estate speculators who may have more in mind than renovating Main Street, but by the time Tracy figures it all our, this reader didn't really care, either because new mom Tracy doesnt really have her mind on the job or because there's nothing new here

The latest in the Tracy Crosswhite series finds Tracy a new mother struggling with whether she should go back to work or stay home with her daughter. She and Dan have temporarily moved back to Cedar Grove, where they grew up, while their home in the Seattle suburbs is being renovated. While there, she becomes involved in solving a new murder and a cold case murder that may be related.

Robert Dugoni has enriched the two main characters in this story, accurately illustrating the struggles a young couple might have. The mystery is also very good, especially engaging in the later chapters as Dan's civil case becomes important in helping Tracy solve the criminal cases.

I enjoyed reading this novel, A Cold Trail (Tracy Crosswhite #7), my first in the series written by Robert Dugoni. I would read forthcoming novels by this author. “A Cold Trail” is well written, carefully thought out and presented, and interesting. Thank you Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.

Intriguing Novel

This is the seventh in a series by Robert Dugoni featuring police detective Tracey Crosswhite. While there are numerous references to past events in Tracey's life, I found it was a compelling read by itself without having read the earlier books.

Tracey is on maternity leave from the Seattle police department. She and her husband Dan plus baby Daniella have returned to Tracey's hometown of Cedar Grove while their city house is being renovated. While she has a lot to do has a stay-home mother, Tracey is recruited by an old friend, the acting Police Chief, to help with the investigation into a couple of murders. Dan meanwhile is retained by the owner of a long established grocery store to repel attempts by the town to expropriate his property as part of a major redevelopment initiative. The acting police chief is substituting for the actual police chief who is on leave grieving the loss of his wife in a fire that consumed their house and was clearly arson (There is suspicion that the police chief may have set the fire).

The chief's wife Kelly was a journalist who was digging into the unsolved murder of a young woman named Heather on a cold winter night some years before. So Tracey is pursuing both murders. There are many twists and turns in the plot as Tracey slowly unravels some of the mysteries to uncover the killer. Meanwhile her husband Dan discovers that the redevelopment of Cedar Grove also hides some dark secrets.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and intend now to read some of the earlier ones in this series.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an Advance Review Copy of this novel

Footnote: I had previously read one other novel by Robert Dugoni, The Eighth Sister, an espionage novel, which I also greatly enjoyed.

Detective Tracy Crosswhite and her attorney Dan O’Leary along with a new baby are in her Hometown..waiting on completion of their home. The town n brings backs bitter feeling and when she is asked by her former Chef to investigate a reporters death who was looking into a cold case.
I have read all the he books on this series this being one of the best. This book keep me Intrigued till the end. I highly recommend this series for those who enjoy reading about strong women and a good mystery.

This newest book by Dugoni is the next chapter in detective Tracey Crosswhite's life. She is now a new mom, out on maternity leave. Temporarily relocated to her hometown of Cedar Grove while her city home is undergoing a remodel, Tracey is once again pulled into a mystery. This time it involves a twenty year old situation involving teenagers, prominent town leaders, and possible misdeeds no one wants revealed. As in earlier books, her good friends from Seattle, Faz and Vera, are helping out with both the baby and the case and providing some light comic relief. We know she'll uncover the answers but how she does it is the fun part; fans will need to read this upcoming release to find out how.

My first Robert Dugoni book, but not my last

The beginning pages set the stage for a cold, dreary winter in Cedar Grove. I felt like I was walking next to Heather right before she was murdered. I enjoyed the characters and felt they were really well developed. I wanted to learn more about them and then realized I was in the middle of a series. If there had been a previous trial for Heather’s murder, in an earlier book, would readers feel alienated by believing the case had already been solved?

I was a bit distracted that the city would just hand over the answers to the interrogatories without the judge ordering them to do so. It seems unlikely this would be ordered before judgment was granted. Why would the city so freely hand over so much information? Finally it was revealed the premise was to bury Dan in information. Maybe I’m the only one who would nit-pick this and maybe I’m wrong. I let that minor irritation go and just enjoyed being in Cedar Grove.

I was surprised about who actually murdered Heather Johansen and Kimberly Armstrong. I would like to read the book about Sarah’s death and try and figure out what happened to Chief Calloway. This is a fun series and I’m excited for the next book. Does Tracy always feel sorry for the defendants or is it just hormones?

While I loved the overall book, the story at times did get a little bit confusing as all of the characters find themselves intertwined at some point or another and it makes it difficult to keep track of who knows who and what.
Tracy Crosswhite returns to Cedar Grove with her husband primarily to stay while their home is being finished. While there, she is asked a favor by local police chief and personal friend to dig into recent events in the town that have left several dead, and that may ultimately be tied to the previous death of Tracy's sister and a local teen years before. As Tracy delves into the case, she discovers a whole web of intricate lies and cover ups over the years. Meanwhile her husband Dan, an attorney, is helping spearhead a case to allow local merchants to keep their properties rather than have them redeveloped into more modern properties. As both stories unfold, they become intertwined. Could the local redevelopment plans have had anything to do with the murders of several of the townspeople? Who ultimately is the murderer? You will have to read to find out, no spoilers here!

The Tracy Crosswhite series are absolutely the best books ever. She's so badass , excuse my language. Tracy has come back to her hometown of Cedar Grove while her and her husband, Dan's house is getting renovated. Tracy just had a little girl and is on maternity leave. She is undecided if she wants to go back to work or be a stay at home mom. While home, the former chief of has asked for help to look at a case of a house fire, where the wife of a police man has died. She was also a reporter looking into a cold case of a young woman that was murdered right before Tracy's younger sister had gone missing. As Tracy starts investigating, she realizes that her case and her husband's case, might be related. And someone is trying to stop Tracy from investigating. She is torn between finishing the case or just hanging up her cop badge to be at home.

Tracy Crosswhite returns to her hometown where two seemingly unrelated murders mysterious remain unsolved. Still haunted by her sister's murder years ago, Tracy agrees to assist in tracking down the killer. Now a wife an mother, she is torn between continuing her vocation as a detective and devoting time to her daughter.
Well written, with a lot of plot twist.

Robert Dugoni has written a couple of books with Tracy Crosswhite as a lead, I have not read those yet, but after reading this one I think I will go back and get a hold of the previous 6 books. It's a solid book, good writing, nice plot and reads away easily.

Tracy Crosswhite is a Seattle police detective on maternity leave after giving birth to her, now 2 months old, daughter. She and her husband have returned to Cedar Groves while their home in Seattle is being renovated and while there a retired chief of police manages to pull her into investigating a murder that seems linked to 2 other murders years ago.

It's not something you have never read in crime thriller before, but if you are looking for an enjoyable few hours than you should definitely give this book a go!

This is the seventh and latest addition to Robert Dugoni's brilliant Seattle based series featuring homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite. The winds of change bring us Tracy on maternity leave, she and her lawyer husband, Dan, are delighted at being parents to two month old baby Daniella. However, their Seattle home is struggling to contain them, triggering a temporary move back to Cedar Grove. a place that holds painful memories and trauma for Tracy. It was here that she was instrumental in putting her sister Sarah's murderer in prison. The weather is atrocious with bitterly cold winds and snow, and it soon becomes apparent that Dan and Tracy need more in their lives that just being parents.

Dan takes on a local business client concerned about losing his business. Tracy gets drawn into a murder investigation by old friend, Ray Calloway, out of retirement and covering for the police chief on leave after his journalist wife dies in a house fire. It transpires that the journalist had been looking into a cold case from the 1990s and Calloway wants Tracy to investigate. Tracy and Dan's cases turn out to have connections. We see a significantly more emotionally vulnerable Tracy plagued by her fears and concerns about motherhood, and still haunted by her tragic family history and becoming aware of the problems and guilt associated with being a working mother. This is a suitably twisted story of past conspiracies, murders and dangers that sweep dangerously close to the doorstep of Tracy's family.

Dugoni gives us a great, well plotted crime read that continues in the tradition of this much loved series. What makes this series so good has always been the wonderful characters and their continuing development. This is an atmospheric, tense and engaging read, one in which the dynamics have shifted, unsurprising as a baby enters Tracy and Dan's life and the inevitable changes that ensue. Many thanks to Thomas and Mercer for an ARC.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest and fair review.

The first novel in the Tracy Crosswhite series, My Sister's Grave impressed me so much that I had to continue following Tracy's life.

Here we are, five years later. She's married and has a small baby, which completely changes the dynamics of how she'll balance her professional and personal life. With the tragedy of her own family's loss still somewhat fresh, and the return to her hometown, there was so much opportunity to mine the depth of Tracy's emotional conflicts. Yet I never got more than a superficial sense of her marriage or the feelings of being a new mom to this tiny baby. A whole new world opens when you have your own child, your first baby. I wish the author would have delved into a woman's perspective of what that means at its deepest heart, other than, she nursed/fed the baby and put her down for a nap/put her in her crib/bassinet for the night. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

I would have loved to see Tracy relate her emotions with her own daughter to those of Heather's parents and losing their daughter, how unfathomable and utterly heartbreaking. So much potential for conflict in those scenes, especially inner conflict for Tracy. But they left me cold.

That's what I was missing throughout the entire book--a true connection of Tracy to the other characters. Any characters, her daughter included. To establish that connection, that special mother/daughter bond from the beginning, could have carried throughout and made me believe how much Tracy cared for this new life she had. But I never believed it.

The mystery was there. The suspects, clues, red herrings, etc., etc. Dan's case was interesting and tied in neatly to Tracy's. The whodunit, unfortunately, felt a tad on the side of caricature. But overall, I felt detached, totally opposite from My Sister's Grave.

Hopefully, the next Tracy Crosswhite novel will regain its heart. Hopefully, we'll learn what it means for Tracy, specifically, to be a mother in this dangerous world and what is truly at risk now that she has a family once again.

I have not been able to read all of the books in this series, but even with that, I didn't feel lost when reading this book, which is great! I will however, want to read the rest of them.

A Cold Trail
By Robert Dugoni

4 stars

Engaging from the first page to the last.

This is the seventh book in the Tracey Crosswhite series. Although it is part of a series it can be read independently of the others.

The plot is well developed, with a fast-flowing storyline, that reads easily and well. The story will leave you guessing until the last few chapters as to who the murder is.

Characters are well developed. They are introduced into the story line, so as not to confuse the reader.

The last time homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite was in Cedar Grove, it was to see her sister’s killer put behind bars. Now she’s returned for a respite and the chance to put her life back in order for herself, her attorney husband, Dan, and their new daughter. But tragic memories soon prove impossible to escape.

Dan is drawn into representing a local merchant whose business is jeopardized by the town’s revitalization. And Tracy is urged by the local PD to put her own skills to work on a new case: the brutal murder of a police officer’s wife and local reporter who was investigating a cold-case slaying of a young woman. As Tracy’s and Dan’s cases crisscross, Tracy’s trail becomes dangerous. It’s stirring up her own haunted past and a decades-old conspiracy in Cedar Grove that has erupted in murder. Getting to the truth is all that matters. But what’s Tracy willing to risk as a killer gets closer to her and threatens everyone she loves?

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