Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Without a Trace

DCI Kate Daniels has travelled from Northumbria to the Met in London with DS Hank Gormley to offer their services in light of a plane crash in the Atlantic.  A plane on which her loveJo Soulsby, was on.  Will the Gold Commander at the Met allow her and Hank to participate?  Would her own governor allow it?


Of course Detective Chief Superintendent Bright denied her request.  Not put off, Kate, with Hank in tow, heads off to Terminal 5 at Heathrow.  There it is confirmed that Jo had boarded the plane.  But Kate refuses to give up, thereby putting both her job and Hank’s on the line.


Understanding where his protégé was coming from, Bright relented and arranged for both Kate and Hank to join the Met team.  An airport security official tells the pair that two women did not board the flight.  Could one of them have been Jo?  She doesn’t know.


CCTV coverage shows that Jo didn’t check in luggage on her connecting flight out of Newcastle.  Shortly after this, USA Homeland Security requests Kate to immediately become a part of the inner circle.  Why?


With an intense murder case having occurred back in Newcastle, Bright orders one or the other back.  Both refuse, thereby putting their jobs and pensions on the line.


Meantime, Kate is ordered undercover by her Homeland Security connection.  Will her history with Jo endanger her?


What follows not only endangers Kate, but also her team.  Author Mari Hannah’s story takes a sudden turn when she throws a wrench into Kate’s investigation.  This turn is unexpected for the reader and leads to a tragic incident.  Will there be a sequel in this series?


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