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*Starred Review* Tracy Crosswhite, the Seattle homicide detective featured in Dugoni's popular series, is unhappy because she can't get pregnant. One of her colleagues must go in for hip-replacement surgery; another is worried about his weight. Fortunately, this distracting opening is followed by a crackerjack mystery. A black youth is killed by a hit-and-run driver, and what should be a sad but all-too-commonplace crime turns odd. The man supposedly driving the death car claims he wasn't even in the area. A security tape that offers proof he's lying mysteriously disappears. A few more well-drawn characters appear, including a female navy lawyer versed in Krav Maga and not shy about giving a few dazzling demonstrations and a cop investigating his niece's death, which may connect with the puzzling hit-and-run. The entire plot becomes a fascinating locked-room mystery: if the building's doors were monitored, and no outsiders came or went, how did that tape disappear? As in the classic mysteries, all the evidence is put before the reader and the sleuth. Can you spot the key before Tracy does? An immensely almost compulsively readable tale.--Crinklaw, Don Copyright 2017 Booklist

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Early in bestseller Dugoni's nail-biting fifth Tracy Crosswhite mystery (after The Trapped Girl), the Seattle Violent Crimes Section police detective is called to the scene of a hit-and-run accident that left 12-year-old D'Andre Miller, a straight-A student and accomplished basketball player, dead in the street. Because the accused driver turns out to be a U.S. Navy serviceman, the Navy fights for and wins jurisdiction over the prosecution. Nevertheless, Tracy continues her involvement in the case, determined to ease the pain and gain justice for D'Andre's family. Meanwhile, Del Castigliano, a co-worker of Tracy's, is pursuing drug dealers responsible for an epidemic of overdoses from bad heroin, despite the reservations of his colleagues, who fear Del is too emotionally involved because his niece was one of the victims. As the two investigations proceed, it becomes clear that they overlap. Dugoni embellishes this clever procedural with well-developed characters and an interesting exploration of Navy criminal justice. Agent: Meg Ruley, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.