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Her Final Breath 25%

Wonderful to read a book set in your home town, even if it's a serial murder story.  Prostitutes who work for strip club are being killed by rope-expert torturer on Aurora Avenue. (Could any street be more inappropriately named?  It sounds so nice and   . . .  it isn't.  Tracy Crosswhite is investigating.  We have strip club owner, special ed teacher, and Texan stepfather as possible suspects so far.

Tracy is back in Seattle after exonerating her sister's convicted murderer only to then figure out that he WAS guilty, though he was also framed. Now she feels responsible for these murders because she'd left Seattle to work on her sister's case.  Tracy is also clearly in danger.  Mad killer will have her in his clutches in the end, I'm sure.

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