Review: In Her Tracks

In Her Tracks by Robert Dugoni
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Very much enjoying the Crosswhite story. Tracy is now involved with cold cases primarily--having taken over from her friend and colleague Nuzio. Kins, her other former team member, is still investigating active cases and since the section is down in staff he asks her to help in the disappearance of a young woman, who seems to have vanished for no apparent reason and with no viable leads.. The super is none too pleased with this but as long as she focuses primarily on the cold case, involving the disappearance 8 years ago of a 5 year old girl, he doesn't have much he can do about it. This child was playing hide-and -go seek with her father in a corn maze. One minute she was there, the lights in the maze went out, the fairy wings she was wearing as part of a Halloween costume were there but she was not. The father was,at the time, a police officer with the Seattle PD and was in the midst of a very antagonistic divorce. The wife and even the police considered him to be involved in the disappearance.

In the meantime, Kins' investigation involves the disappearance of a young woman who was a jogger with regularity. Her car is found in an area not part of her usual neighborhood and has been wiped of all traces of anyone. Her room-mate hasn't a clue where she could have gone and the case is just devoid of all clues.

As usual, Kins and Tracy are in sync with their techniques and the resolution of the jogger disappearance is horrific. The little girl case is less of a stumper and I knew where she was half way through the book. As readers we also knew where the jogger was but the investigation and the red herrings were engrossing.

Tracy is getting better at juggling her wife, new mother and policewoman roles. She is also doing much better,with the guidance of her therapist, the support of her husband and friends at work, with dealing with cases that have strong overtones of the case of her sister's disappearance. She will soon be back in stride with current cases, I believe.

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