Traces of Guilt - Dee Henderson

nA Riveting Cold-Case Mystery from Dee Henderson n nEvie Blackwell loves her life as an Illinois State Police detective . . .

mostly. She's very skilled at investigations and has steadily moved up through the ranks. She would like to find Mr.

Right, but she has a hard time imagining how marriage could work, considering the demands of her job. n nGabriel Thane is a lifetime resident of Carin County and now its sheriff, a job he loves. Gabe is committed to upholding the law and cares deeply for the residents he's sworn to protect.

He too would like to find a lifetime companion, a marriage like his parents have. n nWhen Evie arrives in Carin, Illinois, it's to help launch a new task force dedicated to reexamining unsolved crimes across the state. Spearheading this trial run, Evie will work with the sheriff's department on a couple of its most troubling missing-persons cases.

As she reexamines old evidence to pull out a few tenuous new leads, she unearths a surprising connection . . .

possibly to a third cold case. Evie's determined to solve the cases before she leaves Carin County, and Sheriff Thane, along with his family, will be key to those answers.