Her Final Breath

This book was pretty good but I don't like that some details were so similar to the case in the first book. In both cases Tracy Crosswhite believes the person charged with the crime may not be guilty. After she and/or her boyfriend attorney Dan look into things they discover shoddy police work, dirty cops and incompetent defense attorneys. This seemed possible in a small town but in Seattle it seems less likely. It certainly can't always be the case. I hope the following books in the series are different in some way.

[a:Robert Dugoni 63650 Robert Dugoni https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1405264763p2/63650.jpg] is an excellent storyteller. Once again, I was riveted from page one, finding myself wanting to be Tracy Crosswhite, forming my own hypotheses on who the killer was. (Hint: I was wrong. Perhaps I'll stick to my day job.) The writing elicits a mental picture with the clarity of a major motion picture. I can see the action happening and envision all the characters as if they're real people standing right in front of me. I can't wait to read the rest of the Crosswhite series, and then dive into all of the rest of Dugoni's work!

This novel was a little predictable, but I like the main character and the writing style of the author. I was a bit disappointed in the ending and was hoping for a different outcome, but in hind-sight I guess it was appropriate. This novel has two story lines, which I liked, but it seemed to get in the way of what appears to be the main story line. I do like how the author incorporated aspects of the previous novels and in this story it calls the reader back to those scenes. I like that because, while at the time they seemed incidental, they are pivotal to the stories in this novel.