Rachel Howzell Hall. (2016). Trail of Echoes: Detective Elouise Norton Series, Book 3. Tor Publishing Group.

Rachel Howzell Hall. 2016. Trail of Echoes: Detective Elouise Norton Series, Book 3. Tor Publishing Group.

Rachel Howzell Hall, Trail of Echoes: Detective Elouise Norton Series, Book 3. Tor Publishing Group, 2016.

Rachel Howzell Hall. Trail of Echoes: Detective Elouise Norton Series, Book 3. Tor Publishing Group, 2016.

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   • bioText: RACHEL HOWZELL HALL is the author of the acclaimed Lou Norton series, the standalone thriller They All Fall Down, and co-author of The Good Sister with James Patterson, which appeared in the New York Times bestselling anthology The Family Lawyer. She is the senior development officer for the Donor Relations Department at Cedars Sinai. Currently she serves on the Board of Directors for the Mystery Writers of America, is a member of Sisters in Crime, and has participated as a mentor in the Association of Writers and Writing Programs' Writer-to-Writer Program. She lives in Los Angeles.
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Trail of Echoes: the latest Elouise Norton novel from critically acclaimed writer Rachel Howzell Hall.
On a rainy spring day in Los Angeles, homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton is called away from a rare lunch date to Bonner Park, where the body of thirteen-year-old Chanita Lords has been discovered. When Lou and her partner, Colin Taggert, take on the sad task of informing Chanita's mother, Lou is surprised to find herself in the apartment building she grew up in.
Chanita was interested in photography and, much like Lou, a girl destined to leave the housing projects behind. Her death fits a chilling pattern of exceptional girls—dancers, artists, honors scholars-gone recently missing in the same school district, the one Lou attended not so long ago.
Lou is valiantly trying to make a go of life after her divorce and doing everything she can to avoid her long estranged father. She races to catch a serial killer, but he remains frustratingly out of her reach, sending cryptic cyphers and taunting clues that arrive too late to prevent the next death. This one is personal, and it's only a matter of time before he comes after Lou herself.
"Gives voice to a rare figure in crime fiction: a highly complex, fully imagined black female detective." - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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   • source: New York Times Book Review
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     "Lou . . . is a formidable fighter--someone you want on your side."

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   • source: Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author
   • content: "A fresh voice in crime fiction."
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   • source: Crimespree Magazine
   • content: "Hall..has a true gift."
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   • source: Booklist on Trail of Echoes
   • content: "Another smart LA procedural...this determined African American protagonist makes a wonderful addition to the genre."
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   • source: Kirkus Reviews on Skies of Ash
   • content: "Hall outdoes her stellar debut in an exploration of vile secrets that pays homage to that earlier master of complex California homicide, Raymond Chandler."
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   • source: Huffington Post on Skies of Ash
   • content: "Rachel Howzell has written another riveting thriller starring her favorite (and mine!) female sleuth, the fabulous when furious and even better when behaving Lou Norton...one of the summer's best."
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   • source: Publishers Weekly, starred review on Land of Shadows

   • content: "A racially explosive Los Angeles provides the backdrop for this exceptional crime novel...Dead-on dialogue and atmospheric details help propel a tale full of tormenting moral issues. Lou, a brave lady in a brave book, does the best she can."
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     March 21, 2016
     When the body of 13-year-old Chanita Lords turns up in a duffel bag in a park early in Hall’s suspenseful third mystery featuring LAPD homicide detective Elouise “Lou” Norton (after 2015’s Skies of Ash), Lou and her partner, Colin Taggart, initially focus on a sex offender who’s a neighbor of the victim in the housing projects, but it’s soon obvious things are not quite what they seem. In the sprawling Los Angeles cityscape, racial tensions still run deep, and the dogged Lou, who grew up in the same projects as Chanita, is careful never to forget where she was raised and how far she’s come. She’s also witty, and the banter between her and Colin brings some welcome levity to the dark deeds they’re investigating. Meanwhile, recently divorced Lou is getting used to being single, and her father, who left her when she was a kid, reenters her life. Readers weary of the dour, pessimistic detectives so common to genre can relate to Lou. Those hungry for chills will be satisfied as the action builds to a surprising, terrifying climax. Agent: Jill Marsal, Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.

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     March 15, 2016
     Talented African-American teenagers from a poor LA neighborhood are targeted by a serial killer. Elouise "Lou" Norton was once one of those aspiring teens, and now she's a homicide detective who still hasn't won the promotion she deserves. Beneath her tough exterior lurk some inner demons; she's just divorced her wealthy, unfaithful husband, and the long-ago murder of her sister was only recently solved. Now Victor Starr, the father who deserted the family when she was a child, wants to make amends. Lou's living with a newspaper-reporter friend and starting a tentative romance with DA Sam Seward when she catches the case of a dead African-American teenage girl found in a duffel bag in beautiful Martha Bonner Park. Lou and her white, Colorado-born partner, Colin Taggert, finally bond over the complex case as they find more victims apparently all killed by the same clever killer. Lou's even more disturbed when they discover that the first victim lived in the same crumbling apartment complex where she herself grew up. Lou's investigation reveals that several other missing black girls went to the same school as her victim, had the same guidance counselor, and were despised and sometimes attacked by their fellow students for being brighter and more talented than the rest. Although the missing girls are all eventually found in duffel bags in the park, they were killed elsewhere, moved several times, and injected with bug repellent. In a neighborhood where tensions between African-Americans and Mexicans are ratcheting up, a Mexican with a long record of child abuse is an obvious suspect, but there are plenty of others. Lou scrambles to find a killer who enjoys using coded messages and leaving statues of Greek muses on her car. Striving to solve her own personal problems while in the midst of her most difficult case will only make her stronger--if she survives. The third and best of a finely wrought series (Skies of Ash, 2015, etc.) that gives voice to a rare figure in crime fiction: a highly complex, fully imagined black female detective.

     COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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      Hall's third series outing (after Land of Shadows and Skies of Ash) has African American detective Elouise "Lou" Norton returning to the L.A. housing project where she grew up to investigate the murder of 13-year-old Chanita, who appears to be one of several young victims, all girls and all exceptional: dancers, artists, scholars. (LJ Xpress Reviews, 5/6/16)

      Copyright 2016 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      April 15, 2016
      Homicide detective Elouise Lou Norton (Skies of Ash, 2015) is back in another smart L.A. procedural. A serial killer is murdering girls from poor neighborhoods who are, in spite of the odds, excelling in school and special interests. The killer begins leaving notes for Lou, identifying the girls as his muses. The girls all share a background not unlike Lou'syoung women of color from broken homes, who endured tough childhoods but possessed the will and talent to do better for themselves. As Lou and her colleagues interview all the adults who intersected in these girls' lives, they encounter gang members, an overly attentive teacher, and a recently paroled pedophile. Lou has a strong support system on the squad and from a group of girlfriends with whom she grew up. She also has a budding relationship with the assistant district attorney. This determined African American protagonist makes a wonderful addition to the genre.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)

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On a rainy spring day in Los Angeles, homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton is called away from a rare lunch date to Bonner Park, where the body of thirteen-year-old Chanita Lords has been discovered. When Lou and her partner, Colin Taggert, take on the sad task of informing Chanita's mother, Lou is surprised to find herself in the apartment building she grew up in.
Chanita was interested in photography and, much like Lou, a girl destined to leave the housing projects behind. Her death fits a chilling pattern of exceptional girls—dancers, artists, honors scholars-gone recently missing in the same school district, the one Lou attended not so long ago.
Lou is valiantly trying to make a go of life after her divorce and doing everything she can to avoid her long estranged father. She races to catch a serial killer, but he remains frustratingly out of her...

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