Traces of Guilt (An Evie Blackwell Cold Case)
A Riveting Cold-Case Mystery from Dee Henderson
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.
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.
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This read wasn't at all like I had expected. I had expected a different kind of intensity, the kind of physical exertion, of being prey to some killer... The intensity in this book was more of a reflective intensity, the kind of intensity that comes from knowing, seeking, and eventually finding. The traces of guilt flowed through this one like streams into rivers, guilt for seeing what you shouldn't, guilt for doing what you shouldn't, as well as guilt for doing nothing. I especially liked and respected the main characters both Evie and Gabriel, their relationship or lack thereof was one of understanding and principles, these were faith-based people, people I respected. I enjoyed the bits where Evie was able to detach herself from cases and still find laughter in the every day, and also how Gabriel seemed to understand Evie and stay distanced while still encouraging her progress. Overall, I am really looking forward to starting the next in the series soon.
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