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Just under 4 stars for me, which makes it one of the best reads so far for me in 2023. Solid new characters in this Chicago based police procedural. Insights into the killer still kept me guessing their identity while the protagonist and her cohorts pursued them. Well done. Waiting on Harriet Foster #2.
Det. Harriet Foster wades through her own intense grief to solve a string of strange & brutal murders. New colleagues, racism, sexism & personal trauma don‘t hold this strong woman back when there‘s a killer to catch. Good twist near the end. Liked the audiobook narrator. Looking forward to next book in this series. #mystery #serialkiller #5stars
Good read
Good story. Good pacing. Some interesting twists and turns, no wild detours. Less mystery, just a good well written story.
Good story. Good pacing. Some interesting twists and turns, no wild detours. Less mystery, just a good well written story.
HIDE: A Detective Harriet Foster Thriller by Tracy Clark is the first book in a new police procedural series. It introduces a wide-ranging cast of characters and establishes a ground floor for what one can expect going forward. The solidly good book revolves around Detective Harriet Foster who has been through quite a lot in the last few months and years.
A black woman in a heavily male dominated environment, she brings a lot of baggage to her new posting in Chicago. Others have expectations who she is and those expectations may or may not be accurate. Word of what happened just a few weeks ago has made it to her new boss and colleagues at CPD’s District One. Her new partner, Jim Lonergan, appears to be your classic old school, non-politically correct cop straight out of Hollywood casting. Like the old rickety desk she is assigned, he is not fixable, so the two clash almost from the second they lay eyes on each other. Things are wrong from almost the get go, but that does not matter as they have a body this Monday morning.
It is also going to be a very high-profile case as the body was dumped on the Riverwalk. Part of the nearby legendary, Magnificent Mile, the body has a lot of witnesses. Many of those same witnesses have thoughts about how quickly police responded to the scene as Lonergan and Foster arrive to work the case. The murder and subsequent dumping of the body in a very public place means the pressure is on from all sides to solve the case.
It also won’t be the last body with the same signature style.
What follows is a complex and very enjoyable read. Marketed as a thriller, it comes across to this reader as a police procedural. Regardless of the marketing label, Foster, as well as nearly everyone in the read, are complex. The focus is on Foster, but the secondary characters get extensive details about themselves as well. None of the characters are simple as even Jim Lonergan is a bit more complex than it first appears.
Then there is the complexity of the case as the read shifts to follow other characters besides Harriet Foster. Plenty of action, misdirection, and a hunt for a killer drive HIDE: A Detective Harriet Foster Thriller forward at a steady pace. The very good read is well worth your time.
The second book in the series, Fall, is currently scheduled to come out on December 5th.
My paperback reading copy came from the Park Forest Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2023
A black woman in a heavily male dominated environment, she brings a lot of baggage to her new posting in Chicago. Others have expectations who she is and those expectations may or may not be accurate. Word of what happened just a few weeks ago has made it to her new boss and colleagues at CPD’s District One. Her new partner, Jim Lonergan, appears to be your classic old school, non-politically correct cop straight out of Hollywood casting. Like the old rickety desk she is assigned, he is not fixable, so the two clash almost from the second they lay eyes on each other. Things are wrong from almost the get go, but that does not matter as they have a body this Monday morning.
It is also going to be a very high-profile case as the body was dumped on the Riverwalk. Part of the nearby legendary, Magnificent Mile, the body has a lot of witnesses. Many of those same witnesses have thoughts about how quickly police responded to the scene as Lonergan and Foster arrive to work the case. The murder and subsequent dumping of the body in a very public place means the pressure is on from all sides to solve the case.
It also won’t be the last body with the same signature style.
What follows is a complex and very enjoyable read. Marketed as a thriller, it comes across to this reader as a police procedural. Regardless of the marketing label, Foster, as well as nearly everyone in the read, are complex. The focus is on Foster, but the secondary characters get extensive details about themselves as well. None of the characters are simple as even Jim Lonergan is a bit more complex than it first appears.
Then there is the complexity of the case as the read shifts to follow other characters besides Harriet Foster. Plenty of action, misdirection, and a hunt for a killer drive HIDE: A Detective Harriet Foster Thriller forward at a steady pace. The very good read is well worth your time.
The second book in the series, Fall, is currently scheduled to come out on December 5th.
My paperback reading copy came from the Park Forest Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2023
I'm so glad that I discovered Tracy Clark. It's an excellent police procedural, and I look forward to reading her other books.
Mostly well written.
A little slow.
Easy to figure out.
Seems intentional since a lot of the clues were a uber obvious.
A little slow.
Easy to figure out.
Seems intentional since a lot of the clues were a uber obvious.
Good mystery. Interesting twists. I like Detective Harriet Foster: capable, with a good back story that gives her depth and a chance at character development, but not exceedingly good.
Enough twists to keep you guessing and can leave you pondering about a different type of grooming.
Enough twists to keep you guessing and can leave you pondering about a different type of grooming.
I really enjoyed this one! Good story and characters. What's not to like? Looking forward to more books featuring Detective Harriet Foster.
Detective Harriet Foster is returning to the Chicago PD after a personal tragedy. Her first case with her new team involves the brutal murder of a red headed young woman- and quickly progresses to a serial killer investigation.
This was a solid police procedural with a very sympathetic lead and solid secondary characters. But it bothered me that the decisive clue came from a coincidence, not detective work. And I thought that the author gave to many clues to the killer - there was no surprise to the ending.
Thank you to Goodreads for providing me with a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
This was a solid police procedural with a very sympathetic lead and solid secondary characters. But it bothered me that the decisive clue came from a coincidence, not detective work. And I thought that the author gave to many clues to the killer - there was no surprise to the ending.
Thank you to Goodreads for providing me with a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.