A FATAL CRASH
A plane on route from London to New York City has disappeared out of the sky. This breaking news dominates every TV channel, every social media platform, and every waking hour of the Metropolitan Police and US Homeland Security.
A PRIVATE TRAGEDY
The love of DCI Kate Daniels' life was on that aircraft, but she has no authority to investigate. This major disaster is outside of her jurisdiction and she's ordered to walk away.
A SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH
But Kate can't let it lie. She has to find out what happened to that plane - even if it means going off book. No one is safe.
And there are some very dangerous people watching her...
I'd like to thank Alainna at Orion Books for inviting me to be a part of this blog tour and for my copy of Without a Trace to review.
Despite having all the Kate Daniels books on my physical and/or virtual bookshelves, I have to confess that I have only read the first couple so I am behind on the series and Kate's backstory but that did not deter me from picking up and reading Mari Hannah's latest Without a Trace which is the seventh book in the series. Was I missing something? Maybe but at the same time there's enough recap provided for some of what has happened previously regarding past experiences and relationships to enable me to go with the flow and follow Kate as she attempts to find out whether or not her ex-partner Jo was on board the doomed flight.
From the outset it's clear that Kate was on a mission and no-one was going to stop her getting the answers she needs, she's prepared to go rogue if that is what is needed but thankfully she manages to get agreement from her boss to be involved, even if the Met don't want her there, and thankfully she has her second in command Hank Gormley to keep her on the straight and narrow, or at least try to!
Kate and Hank are a great partnership, there for one another in the good times and the bad and they really had to keep their wits about them as nothing was as it seemed. It was interesting to see a more human and emotional side to Kate as she pushes herself to her absolute limit, both physically and emotionally. It was clear that she was going to push the boundaries and to defy orders no matter what it may cost her professionally.
And this is no ordinary murder investigation like the ones Kate and Hank would typically be involved in, especially when suspected terrorist activity is involved which led to the mass casualties, which sees international relations come into play with multiple agencies joining forces both in the UK and US. At times there was clear mistrust and wariness between the multiple lead investigators as to how much information could be shared between them even though they were all really one team and working for the same outcome, to catch whichever criminal mastermind was behind this heinous crime.
Without a Trace was a taut thriller which takes us on an emotional rollercoaster with the characters, the hopes and fears skilfully weaved throughout until the final pieces of the puzzle were pieced together, an investigation that led them closer to home than first expected.
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