Make Up Reading

5 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. I have been reading Tracy Crosswhite novels since the first one came out. I immediately fell in love with Tracy, Dan, Faz and the rest of the great cast of characters and have never missed a single entry in the series. In this one Tracy, her husband Dan and their baby daughter Daniella are staying in their home town of Cedar Grove while they are waiting for their home in Seattle to be remodeled.  When the former chief of police asks Tracy to help him clear the name of the current chief. Though Tracy loves spending time with her baby part of her is missing work. There is also the fact that part of the case involves the murder of her dead sister Sarah's friend who was found dead just months before Sarah disappeared.  Once again Tracy uncovers the dark side of Cedar Cove.

Another wonderful Tracy Crosswhite novel. Every time I open a Tracy Crosswhite novel I get excited. I would put Tracy right up there next to Kinsey Milhone as my favorite female leads in a mystery series. This novel did not let me down for the most part.  Before, I get into the mystery let me say what I really liked and the one or two things I felt the need to nit pick a bit. Things I loved? I think one of the best parts of this novel was the bumped up roles of the rest of the A team. We got some good quality time with Faz and Del as well as some good moments with Tracy and Dan and with Tracy and her partner Kins. I liked that Tracy realized in this book that she is not alone, that the A team are her family. Heck, even Nolasco had an actual bit of good advice. My main little nit pick? It is kind of silly but, Tracy's whole watching everything she put in her mouth thing. That is something new added to the series and I just found it to be a bit annoying. It didn't fit her charac...

Once again another great Tracy Crosswhite novel. As you know by now if you happen to read my reviews I adore these books. These mysteries are not the cozy kind but I can't help but feel a fondness that I very rarely feel towards the main characters in more hard boiled mysteries. In all actuality I think that the only other detective in the harder novels that I feel such an attachment to is Kinsey from the Sue Grafton Alphabet novels.  This time around Tracy is dealing with two mysteries, one in the present and one that took place back in 1976. A friend of Tracy's asks her to please look into a case that her now deceased Father was never able to let go of. The case is not a cold case in the sense that it was closed but, her Father seemed to not be happy with the results. The case revolves around the death of Kimi Kanasket a Native American girl in a small town. The case hits Tracy very close to her heart because of the death of her sister. She knows she must solve this case. Mea...