• Trail of Echoes

  • A Detective Elouise Norton Novel, Book 3
  • By: Rachel Howzell Hall
  • Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming
  • Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (142 ratings)

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Trail of Echoes

By: Rachel Howzell Hall
Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming
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Trail of Echoes is the third Elouise Norton mystery audiobook 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 13-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 in which she grew up.   

Chanita was interested in photography and, much like Lou, a black girl destined to leave the housing projects behind. Her death fits a chilling pattern of exceptional African American 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.

©2016 Rachel Howzell Hall (P)2019 Macmillan Audio

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Excellent

Three down and one to go, each was as good or better than the last. Walter Mosley fan, that speaks volumes, head tilt to the author.

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Remarkable how the author is able to...

WOW!!! Truly remarkable how the author is able to voice the anger, hurt, frustration, & pain of a many black women who were deserted by their fathers. Detective Elouise Norton is the bomb.com for real. I listen and feel as if a good friend is catching me up on her life. Getting all the references from back in the day is so dope!! I was feeling wonky about my upcoming bday & had to stop & say a big Lou “Oh hell naw!” b/c if I wasn’t turning another year fabulous I couldn’t laugh at the author’s riddles.

Well written book and relevant topics. Impressive the many social subjects this book touches on. From teenage runaways to loneliness in senior citizens.

Give the 3rd book in this awesome series a go & you will not be disappointed.

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Awesome writer and book

This is my 3rd book by Howzell and I am truly hooked. Her stories include the right amount of wit and mystery to keep you wanting more.

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Excellent read!

I am a definite fan!! The story telling is magnetizing. I’m not sure how long the Eloise Norton Series is but I hope it never ends!!

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Another One!

Good story. Loved the visuals. The ending was a little telegraphed, but getting there was worth the wait. Recommended. On to number 4.

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Great Story. The Worst Narrator

I really enjoy this series. They're a great police procedural written by someone who knows the city and culture the books are set in and it shows.

However the narration is terrible. What's most glaring is the way the narrator speaks every Latino character as an over exaggerated Tony Montana, even though the characters are mostly Mexican American, raised in the U.S. and would likely not have an accent, or much of an accent. The way the narrator exaggerates their names also is frankly offensive and takes the reader out of the story every time. And it's not just the Latino characters. The narrator doesn't seem to put any effort to trying to realistically recreate accents or manners of speaking. One character was described as having a lisp, and from the way the lines were read, you would think the narrator has never heard someone with a lisp speak before. It's difficult to listen to. I'd like to finish the series, but I don't think I will listen to any more of the books.

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About the ending

Potential spoiler ahead - the ending is not bad but it feels incomplete. It’s just slightly less buttoned up than the previous two books. I will say it’s not unusual for details to be made clear in the next novel (Ben from skies of ashes for example).

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Great Performance but Too Predictable

I love how relatable the characters are but I solved the "mystery" at the start of the story. The narrator is exceptional, bringing life to each character with varying dialects and accents.

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Excellent Story and performance; terrible Ending.

Loved the book! What a bad ending! The performance was excellent and the story kept me engage the entire time. The ending was dreadful. So I purchased the next book to see what happens to the main characters. Yeah they got me.
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ENJOYABLE UNTIL THE VERY END!!

Truly enjoyed the plot and its multi-faceted characters, in this AWESOME work by this author! Looking forward to choosing another "great read"📖 from her tremendously creative✍🏾 fingertips, to my eagerly mystery fiction listening👂🏽ears!

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