Title:	Dead Draw
	Author:	Robert Dugoni
	Published:	May 27, 2025, Thomas & Mercer
	No. of Pages:	393
	Cover Price:	$12.79 Paperback, $5.99 Kindle

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Anyone who is a fan of bestselling author, Robert Dugoni’s Tracy Crosswhite series, will want to immediately pick up the eleventh installment in the series, Dead Draw. Tracy, who works as a detective in the cold cases department of Seattle Police Department, is disappointed when the suspected murderer of two young women, Eric Schmidt, gets released on a technicality by a bad judge. Schmidt blames Tracy for his friend, Edmund House’s death and was in Prison with House before he died at Tracy’s hand in a previous novel. Tracy, who grew up competing in shooting competitions with her sister, Sarah who was murdered by House, messes up in her latest shooting exercise her latest shooting test and takes a bit of time off traveling back to her hometown, Cedar Grove to keep her husband, daughter, Daniella, and their nanny safe. Tracy contacts her old instructor to help her bone up on her shooting skills. Unfortunately, Schmidt turns up in Cedar Grove and threatens those Tracy loves the most.

Dugoni is a master storyteller and has earned his bestselling status. He keeps his readers on the edge and actually does enough research that the scenarios ring true. He builds suspense throughout this excellent novel, and readers will learn everything they need to know about shooting competitions; they may even look into competing themselves. There are, of course, twists and turns and a surprise dénouement at the end.

Those of us who have read the previous Tracy Crosswhite novels will be familiar with her and her developments, and will remember the history of her sister’s murder and her father’s suicide because of it. New readers most likely won’t fully understand her character fully without reading the previous novels. The story has well-developed sub-characters and they seem like real people. The story

All told, this is another winner. However, to fully enjoy this series, it is suggested that readers start with the first novel and read to the end. All of them are excellent, and this one will seem even better.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.