Robert Dugoni | MY SISTER'S GRAVE

Plot (via Goodreads):

Tracy Crosswhite has spent twenty years questioning the facts surrounding her sister Sarah’s disappearance and the murder trial that followed. She doesn’t believe that Edmund House — a convicted rapist and the man condemned for Sarah’s murder — is the guilty party. Motivated by the opportunity to obtain real justice, Tracy became a homicide detective with the Seattle PD and dedicated her life to tracking down killers.

When Sarah’s remains are finally discovered near their hometown in the northern Cascade mountains of Washington State, Tracy is determined to get the answers she’s been seeking. As she searches for the real killer, she unearths dark, long-kept secrets that will forever change her relationship to her past — and open the door to deadly danger.

Review:

Years ago, I read My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni and had no idea it was going to become a series. For the past year, I have devoured the Grant County and Will Trent series by Karin Slaughter and even though I usually avoid series, I was starving for another. For some reason, the Tracy Crosswhite novel immediately came to mind. I would've never guessed this would be a series, but looking back, it was a unique and inviting way to begin a series. It was definitely time to give this one another glance.

Tracy Crosswhite is one of my favorite heroines. To the naked eye, this story might seem like something you'd see in other stories, but once you get yourself involved, you'll find that Dugoni is a meticulous writer who had crafted this story in such an authentic way. The combination of a cold case that is personal to our protagonist, the police procedural aspect, and the court procedural combined into one hell of a story that I read for a second time in one sitting. I couldn't put it down and I was dying to get to the details of what really happened to Sarah. Once I got there, I wanted to run back to the beginning. This story oozes emotion and in such a beautiful manner. For a character that is written in various flashbacks throughout, Sarah Crosswhite was fantastic. It was at times difficult to read the different things that really shaped her character throughout the novel knowing that her fate was death.

One of my favorite things about this one was the ending. I loved the reveal, the little twists that I didn't see coming and would have never expected, and the way that it all culminated into a violent and gritty result that is worthy of the silver screen. So much was revealed and not one stone was left unturned when it came to finding out what really happened to Sarah, but this also shaped Tracy into begin the detective that she is and something tells me this will make the series even more enjoyable as I'm sure down the road, this case is going to stick with not only Tracy, but the readers as well.

Special thanks to Amazon Publishing and Thomas and Mercer for this copy in exchange for my honest review.

Rating: 4.5/5