WITHOUT A TRACE is book one in The Rock Harbor series.
Bree Nichols and her German Shepherd Sampson are part of a K-9 search and rescue team in the rugged wilderness of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Her best friend Naomi, and Naomi's dog Charlie, join her as they track and find hunters and lost children who loose their way. Bree has also been looking for the small plane that went down with her husband and four year old son in it for over a year. She knows that she needs to let go of the search, accept their deaths, and get on with her life, but a part of her just can't stop searching for the missing plane.
How could God be so cruel to take her family from her? She doesn't believe in God and all of her friends keep hoping she will allow Him into her life and accept what her life has become. She is obsessed with finding the plane wreckage and her friends are very worried about her.
At first I was annoyed with Bree's reluctance to speak her mind like she used to but the explanation for that was yet to come. . WITHOUT A TRACE is such a good read with twists and turns I didn't expect at all. The characters are very real and I felt like I was right there with them searching. The villain was such a surprise! I did not expect that at all.
All is not well in the little town and when an acquaintance turns up dead and clues point to murder, Bree begins a journey to find answers that only lead to more questions. In this tight knit community, suddenly friends become suspects and the truth may be more shocking than anyone realized.
WITHOUT A TRACE is an enjoyable Christian mystery, with good characters and a beautiful, well-described setting. What I liked most about WITHOUT A TRACE is that it ties in both mystery and faith. Throughout the story you see how Bree's faith develops. The story also contains moments of sadness, grief, happiness, and suspense. I got pulled into the story & characters and never wanted to put the book down.
I was flipping the pages late into the night without realizing how much time had gone by. I fell in love with the characters, and enjoyed the intrigue of a good mystery, as well as the heartwarming tales of family and friends woven throughout. Now I want to read the rest of this series.
Bree thinks a plane crash took the lives of her husband
and
young son, but her son Davy survived the accident. Can she
find him before itβs too late?
Itβs been months since the crash. K-9 search-and-rescue
worker Bree Nicholls knows the chances of finding her
husband and son in the vast wilderness of Michiganβs Upper
Peninsula grow more remote by the day. But her heart and
her
faithful dog, Samson, demand she keep searching.
Deep in the woods a young boy wakes in a tiny cabin. Heβs
being nursed back to health by a reclusive woman, but he
canβt figure out why she calls him by a name he doesnβt
recognize. Or why sheβs calling herself his mother. He
wants
to leave, but as winter sets in, his very life depends on
her care.
Meanwhile, Breeβs relentless determination to find her
family has uncovered a violent crime. With the help of
Park
Ranger Kade Matthews, she discovers the violence may be
linked to the plane crash that took her family. Could
solving the crime bring her peace with her own loss? Or,
more incredibly, reunite her family?
Set in the untamed beauty of Michiganβs Upper Peninsula,
the
Rock Harbor novels draw readers into the life and
adventures
of a canine search-and-rescue team as it unravels the
secrets of an enchanting wilderness.
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