Trail of Echoes

In "Trail of Echoes," the third Elouise Norton mystery by Rachel Howzell Hall, homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton is drawn into a haunting case when the body of thirteen-year-old Chanita Lords is found in Los Angeles. As Lou and her partner, Colin Taggert, navigate the heart-wrenching task of notifying Chanita's mother, they uncover a disturbing pattern of missing exceptional African-American girls from Lou's own former school district. Balancing the challenges of her post-divorce life, Lou races against time to capture a clever serial killer who sends her cryptic clues, making it a deeply personal investigation that threatens her own safety.