Traceless - Joanne Clancy - 3.5 stars

I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. I was pretty excited to get it since I am a huge mystery buff. This is also a first time read for me with this Author.

In this story Adam Stoltz disappears and his girlfriend Darcy is the last person to see him alive while she also fights for her own life. She appears to be a bit unclear at times as to what happens. Gina, a reporter, thinks that something is amiss and forms her own investigation to get to the bottom of Adam's disappearance.

I really liked the mystery aspect of this story. It really made me do a lot of thinking since so many scenarios were formulated from Darcy, Gina and George who is the detective on this case. So it really kept me on my toes for most of the story. It is definitely unclear as to who is responsible and is in no way predictable, however I feel like the story was incomplete with a lot of ideas still up in the air. I feel like it is not quite solved. Now I ask is that the Author's intent because another book is in the making? Or was it just left that way for the reader's imagination? I actually wish that it would have been wrapped up better because it feels rather incomplete to me. Also in the synopsis is says "Some people should never be found." I felt like that added a lot of excitement to the story but it was kind of misleading as well since I did not think it really played out well in the story.

I did not really like any of the characters. I think Gina was the better of all of them. She did fight to find out what was going on but I think that was to just better her career as a journalist. I felt like Darcy was not really mourning the loss of her boyfriend which makes her appear more than guilty and I just could not really feel sorry for her. She had a way of making people suspect her. She also had to be the center of attention all the time and that screamed 'feel sorry for me'. The detective, George did seem interested enough in finding out the whole truth. He seemed to be a little wishy washy about all of it, too up and down on the whodunit aspect. I don't fel like there was enough of his side of things in the story.

I would still however recommend this book to those who like mystery because it had a lot of that going on. I just felt it was incomplete and needed a little more closure. So hopefully there is another book to follow this one that can better wrap things up. I am giving this a 3.5 stars.