Trail of Echoes is third in the series that began with Land
of Shadows and opens in the middle of March as the rains repeatedly
pound the Los Angeles area. Free from her marriage to Greg by court decree and
yet not free from his allure or many other ghosts physical and otherwise, Detective
Norton’s plans for a normal lunch crash and burn. Such is the life when you are
homicide detective for the LAPD and a body has been found.
Thirteen year old Chanita Lords has been found in a bag in Bonner
Park. A beautiful park surrounded by homes owned by wealthy African Americans,
it also is the site for the body of Chanita Lords. A teen that came from the
same housing project that Detective Norton called home all those years ago. The
young teen is one of several in the local area that have gone missing in recent
weeks Who killed her, why, and is her case linked to the other recent missing girls are just some of many questions to be
answered in Trail of Echoes.
As in the previous books in this series, the personal plays a
major role in this police procedural. That is true whether one considers
Detective Norton’s relationship with her Mom, her relationships with female
friends, her relationships with her police family, and others. Each novel
builds on those relationships as they evolve and change over time while also
giving Detective Norton a major case to solve. The result is a very complicated
police procedural in each installment and an overall very complicated series
that must be read in order.
Like the earlier books in the series Trail Of Echoes is very
good and well worth your time.
The series,
in order, and my reviews:
Land
of Shadows (November 8, 2018)
Skies
of Ash (November 20, 2018)
Trail
of Echoes (You are here)
City
of Saviors (currently reading)
Trail Of Echoes: A Detective Elouise Norton Novel
Rachel Howzell Hall
http://www.rachelhowzell.com
Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
http://www.tor-forge.com
May 2016
ISBN# 978-0-7653-8117-0
Hardback (also available in paperback and digital formats)
320 Pages
$25.99
Material supplied
by the good folks of the Dallas Public Library System.
Kevin R. Tipple © 2019
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