Keri Locke, Missing Persons Detective in the Homicide division of the LAPD, remains haunted by the abduction of her own daughter, years before, never found. Still obsessed with finding her, Keri buries her grief the only way she knows how: by throwing herself into the cases of missing persons in Los Angeles.
A routine phone call from a worried mother of a high-schooler, only two hours missing, should be ignored. Yet something about the mother’s voice strikes a chord, and Keri decides to investigate.
What she finds shocks her. The missing daughter – of a prominent senator – was hiding secrets no one knew. When all evidence points to a runaway, Keri is ordered off the case. And yet, despite pressure from her superiors, from the media, despite all trails going cold, the brilliant and obsessed Keri refuses to let it go. She knows she has but 48 hours if she has any chance of bringing this girl back alive.
A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, A Trace of Death marks the debut of a riveting new series – and a beloved new character – that will leave you listening late into the night.
Driven By Desire With so many murder mysteries in the marketplace, finding one with an original storyline that provides enough twists and turns to hold the reader’s interest is difficult. Blake Pierce brings a ruggedness to the heroine of Keri Locke and yet with enough vulnerability to captivate the reader.
TRACE OF DEATH WOW! Excellent book! Keri Locke is a detective that won’t let go of a missing girl even when her superiors, and her own parents tell her so. She is a “pit bull.” The more she digs, the more disturbing things come out. Read in an afternoon, while raking in my yard. Great way to release those frustrations out!
Twisted I can’t devote large chunks of time to reading so I enjoyed the fact that this story allows the reader to enjoy small snippets without losing the plot. Also, I hate overly complicated stories where I need to keep a list of characters on a note pad in order to maintain an semblance of who did what to whom, I had a list of 21 characters in a book I recently quit reading due to the problem of constantly having to take notes. Anyway read this book, you will enjoy it!