One wonders if the second book in a series will be as good
as the first. In Robert Dugoni’s Her
Final Breath, he more than pulls it off. In fact, he nails it. Detective
Tracy Crosswhite investigates the murders of exotic dancers in Seattle’s North
District and can not find a clue as to who or why someone is brutally killing
these girls. She is drawn in, with her partner Kinsington Rowe, to the seamy
side of Seattle that tourists try to avoid – at least those tourists from Ohio
and like minded places. Dugoni parades a cast of characters through the book that seem
to be normal on one hand and absolutely bat sh#t crazy on the other. Her Final Breath also weaves past
internal police ineptitude with current police politics. Crosswhite’s boss, Johnny
Nolasco, would rather see the wrong guy convicted than find the right killer he
missed years earlier.
Dugoni has created a dynamic, strong, and yet vulnerable
character in Tracy Crosswhite worthy of many more stories. There are few strong
women in thrillers these days, and Crosswhite is one of the few. His next book In The Clearing, is due out in May,
2016. I look forward to it.
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