One Split Second by Robert Dugoni @robertdugoni @emilysuttonsmith @brilliancepublishing #TracyCrosswhite #OneSplitSecond

the setup…
Klickitat County Sheriff Jenny Almond gets a distress call from Anthony Alvarez on a stormy night and responds alone. In a split second moment, she returns fire, killing him, only to find the veteran was unarmed. Jenny is charged with first-degree murder and Detective Tracy Crosswhite comes to the aid of her old academy friend, bringing defense attorney husband Dan O’Leary to represent her. Tracy is also certain that Jenny wasn’t alone that night and Alvarez’s killing is linked to a forty-year old unsolved crime where he was the main suspect and Buzz Almond, Jenny’s father, was the lead investigator.the heart of the story…
While she didn’t choose this , Tracy seems to be a perfect fit for working cold case crimes. Here she applies those great skills and soon unearths probable suspects, motives and evidence of what happened forty years ago when high school senior Jackie Parker was abducted while babysitting for the toddler of Levi and Evelyn Carson, wealthy cattle ranchers. I loved how the flashbacks to the 1980 investigation led by Buzz worked in tandem with Tracy’s present day probe.the narration…
Emily Sutton-Smith will forever be the voice of this series for me. She’s who I hear when I think of Tracy and I love her superior storytelling skills. I’ll always listen to the books.the bottom line…
The crazy good police procedurals combined with riveting courtroom drama made this an outstanding reading experience. It wasn’t all about stunning twists (though there was one) but the perfect plotting in bringing the past back to life and solving a decades old crime, expertly weaving together the dual investigations. This is Dugoni at his finest.

Book Info

• Release Date: September 15, 2026
• Series: Tracy Crosswhite #12
• Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith
• Audio Length: 11 hours, 3 minutes

 

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(Thanks to Brilliance Audio and NetGalley for my complimentary copy. All opinions are my own.)