Slamming into a deer wasn't the way Evie Blackwell wanted to meet the sheriff of Carin, Illinois. Then again, she doesn't really remember meeting Gabriel Thane because she took a real knock to her head.
Evie wanted to arrive as the professional, veteran Illinois State Police detective that she is, prepared to initiate a new state task force on cold cases in Illinois starting in Carin. Of course, no one really wants her poking around, stirring up past pains and pain mixed with guilt is what surrounds the disappearance of the Florist family. Evie convinces Gabe that this time she will look in new directions, open new doors, make different connections, and she does.
Definitely, a procedural detective novel, the draw of the story lies in the character development and the puzzle in the plot. Thriller is not an adjective I would use for Traces of Guilt but it was assuredly fascinating.
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