Trapped Girl

Robert Dugoni is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite series, including In the Clearing, Her Final Breath, and My Sister's Grave, which became an Amazon #1 bestseller, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, a finalist for the 2015 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, a finalist for the International Thriller Award, and winner of the Nancy Pearl Book Award for Fiction. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling David Sloane series, including The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One, and The Conviction. Murder One was also a finalist for the Harper Lee Prize. In addition to the stand-alone novel Damage Control, Dugoni penned the nonfiction exposé The Cyanide Canary, which was a Washington Post Best Book of the Year selection. His books have been likened to Scott Turow and Nelson DeMille, and he has been hailed as "the undisputed king of the legal thriller" by the Providence Journal.Visit his website at www.robertdugoni.com and follow him on Twitter @robertdugoni and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AuthorRobertDugoni.

"In Dugoni’s outstanding fourth Tracy Crosswhite mystery, the Seattle homicide detective investigates the death of Andrea Strickland, a young woman whose body a fisherman finds in a crab pot raised from the sea...In less deft hands this tale wouldn’t hold water, but Dugoni presents his victim’s life in discrete pieces, each revealing a bit more about Andrea and her struggle to find happiness. Tracy’s quest to uncover the truth leads her into life-altering peril in this exceptional installment." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review“Dugoni drills so deep into the troubled relationships among his characters that each new revelation shows them in a disturbing new light…an unholy tangle of crimes makes this his best book to date.” —Kirkus Reviews“Dugoni has a gift for creating compelling characters and mysteries that seem straightforward, but his stories, like an onion, have many hidden layers. He also is able to capture the spirit and atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest, making the environment come alive.…another winner from Dugoni.” —Associated Press“All of Robert Dugoni's talents are once again firmly on display in The Trapped Girl, a blisteringly effective crime thriller…structured along classical lines drawn years ago by the likes of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. A fiendishly clever tale that colors its pages with crisp shades of postmodern noir.” —Providence Journal“Robert Dugoni, yet again, delivers an excellent read.…With many twists, turns, and jumps in the road traveled by the detective and her cohorts, this absolutely superb plot becomes more than just a little entertaining. The problem remains the same: Readers must now once again wait impatiently for the next book by Robert Dugoni to arrive.” —Suspense Magazine“The Trapped Girl is a blistering mystery, and some of Robert Dugoni’s best work to date.” —The Real Book Spy“Dugoni weaves an intricate and absorbing story that’s as hot as the unseasonable Seattle weather his detective battles through.” —AuthorlinkPraise for The Tracy Crosswhite Series:“Combines the best of a police procedural with a legal thriller, and the end result is outstanding…Dugoni continues to deliver emotional and gut-wrenching, character-driven suspense stories that will resonate with any fan of the thriller genre.” —Library Journal, Starred Review“Dugoni does a masterful job... If you are not already reading his books, you should be!” —BookReporter“Dugoni does a superior job of positioning [the plot elements] for maximum impact...” —Publishers Weekly“Well written, and its classic premise is sure to absorb legal-thriller fans…The characters are richly detailed and true to life, and the ending is sure to please fans.” —Kirkus Reviews“A stunningly suspenseful exercise in terror that hits every note at the perfect pitch.” —Providence Journal“Dugoni has become one of the best crime novelists in the business, and his latest featuring Seattle homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite will only draw more accolades.” —Romantic Times, Top Pick