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.

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...

I really love the Tracy Crosswhite series. I read "My Sister's Grave" last summer and enjoyed it so much and was waiting for the new book. I was so pleasantly surprised by the first novel. Tracy, Dan and their world completely won me over. I feel that if you are reading what I would consider darker mystery it is important to really like and care about the main characters. I kind of befriend the main characters in a book series and enjoy each and every visit with them. Robert Dugoni's second Crosswhite book was even better than the first. "Her Final Breath" revisits the murder Tracy was investigating in the first book before she had to leave. In the first book we find out about Tracy's past and visit her home town in the new book we see what Tracy's world in Seattle is like, we meet her partner and the other cops she works with. We meet her cat Roger and of course we follow her as she solves the mystery. I have not liked a character as much as Tracy s...

I really, really enjoyed this book a lot. I loved Tracy & Dan and I am looking forward to more books. This is not a cozy mystery, I would not exactly call it a hard boiled noir either. I think this is somewhere in between. I like that there was a softness to Tracy even though she had been through so much. I also really enjoyed the world and I can't wait for the next book to come out! I give this my highest recommendation possible!