Traces of Guilt

by Dee Henderson Narrated by Johanna Parker

Overview

Evie Blackwell loves her life as an Illinois State Police Detective . . . mostly. She's very skilled at investigations and has steadily moved up through the ranks. She would like to find Mr. Right, but she has a hard time imagining how marriage could work, considering the demands of her job. Gabriel Thane is a lifetime resident of Carin County and now its sheriff, a job he loves. Gabe is committed to upholding the law and cares deeply for the residents he's sworn to protect. He too would like to find a lifetime companion, a marriage like his parents have. When Evie arrives in Carin, Illinois, it's to help launch a new task force dedicated to reexamining unsolved crimes across the state. Spearheading this trial run, Evie will work with the sheriff's department on a couple of its most troubling missing-persons cases. As she reexamines old evidence to pull out a few tenuous new leads, she unearths a surprising connection . . . possibly to a third cold case. Evie's determined to solve the cases before she leaves Carin County, and Sheriff Thane, along with his family, will be key to those answers.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

04/18/2016
Launching a contemporary series, Henderson (Full Disclosure) introduces Evie Blackwell, a state cop tentatively being considered for a new governor's unsolved crimes task force. Evie begins with two Carin County, Ill., cases: a missing local sheriff's deputy and his family, and the case of a six-year old girl who goes missing while passing through the county on a family vacation. She teams with Gabriel Thane, the current local sheriff, whose father, Caleb, was sheriff at the time the disappearances occurred. With the exception of 10 pages encompassing a tedious interview with the missing family's counselor, Evie and Gabriel move quickly through leads and possibilities, enlisting help from Gabriel's two brothers and Caleb. Henderson's well-developed cast of supporting characters includes a few recognizable names from her previous novels. Romantic possibilities are raised, but Evie seems to be more concerned with overcoming doubts in a man's profession than she is with the man. Henderson treads very lightly in the faith department, keeping the investigations of the cold cases the focus of the story. Leaving as many mysteries in limbo as solved, Henderson ends this story with plenty of fodder for future installments. (May)

Library Journal

06/01/2016
Delving into cold cases is more intense than Illinois State Police detective Evie Blackwell could have imagined, but surprisingly she enjoys the task as she learns the ropes with Ann, her friend and mentor. Evie arrives in the town of Carin to help probe two unsolved crimes; one involves the disappearance of a little girl and the second concerns an entire missing family, including their horse, truck, and trailer. Henderson's writing is crisp, and the gripping story line will keep readers on edge until the final page. A twisty plot in which nothing is as it seems against the backdrop of a stormy winter is bound to have readers ready for spring. VERDICT RITA and Christy Award winner/nominee Henderson (Taken) starts her new romantic suspense series with a bang. Police procedural aficionados and the author's many readers will be lining up for this one.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171140601
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	05/03/2016
Series:	Evie Blackwell Cold Case , #1
Edition description:	Unabridged

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