Not a Trace

Chloe & Levesque #7

by Norah McClintock

The latest book in the Chloe and Levesque series, with the dramatic new series look. Chloe has a kind of grudging respect for David Mitchell, even though he appears to have a spring-loaded temper, so when he's charged with the murder of Trevor Blake, she can't decide whether he's guilty or not. Mitchell is definitely the likeliest suspect - he fought with Blake on the main street of East Hastings just before the murder - but then some of the clues at the scene of the crime just don't add up. Not a Trace will include a sneak peak at the new Robyn Hunter series, coming from Norah McClintock in 2006!

Genres: Young Adult, Mystery, Crime, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Middle Grade

Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 2005

About the author

Norah McClintock’s fascinating mysteries are hard to put down. Her Chloe & Levesque series, Mike & Riel series, and Robyn Hunter series, all published by Scholastic Canada, have been popular with readers in many countries. Norah has also written several crime novels for reluctant readers in the Orca Soundings series from Orca Book Publishers,

Norah is a five-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel. Read Mistaken Identity, The Body in the Basement, Sins of the Father, Scared to Death, and Break and Enter to find out why! Norah's books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and she has won numerous awards.

Awards:
Arthur Ellis Award - Juvenile
o 1996 – Mistaken Identity – Winner
o 1998 – The Body in the Basement – Winner
o 1999 – Sins of the Father – Winner
o 2002 – Scared to Death – Winner
o 2003 – Break and Enter – Winner

Red Maple Award
o 2004 – Hit and Run – Winner

Reviews

[Ilaria Tomasini · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read five of the books of the Chloe and Levesque series (I couldn't find "Third Degree" and "Scared to Death") and I liked all of them. Chloe is a smart girl and she is very good at finding the truth about crimes. I loved the character of Levesque: he's a good cop, the chief of police in the town where they live, but he is also a loving husband for Chloe's mum and an awesome step-father for Chloe and Phoebe.
I hope there will be other books in the series, I want to read more about all the characters in the series. :)

[Bella D · Rating 1 out of 5]

I HATE this book so much I absolutely despise it from the bottom of my heart. It is such a disgrace to the book-lovers community. NEVER ever waste your time reading this book. it's so confusing and boring and I fell asleep trying to read it. U will waste precious time in your life if you read this and you can never get that time back. So DONT read this HORRIBLE, DISGRACEFUL, OFFLE book. It's also from the 1800s. This book wasted so many trees deforestation is a real problem in this world and this book is promoting it. ANYWAYS THE POINT IS NEVET EVER READ THIS IT SUCKS.

[Jelena · Rating 1 out of 5]

I absolutely despise this book. It is such an off-track and chaotic book. Frankly, I got bored after the first 3 chapters. I unfortunately had to read this book for a Nook review, and it was the most awful thing. I would not recommend this book to my worst enemy. Please save your money on this book. Imagine how many trees this horrible book killed. This book doesn't even deserve one star. Do not recommend saving your money!!

[Henri Neto · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5 estrelas.

Ler um livro de um autor que gostamos é sempre uma experiência aconchegante. Mesmo tendo a conhecido apenas no ano passado, os livros da Norah McClintock sempre são para mim como um passeio de bicicleta - o que é uma comparação engraçada para se fazer de um romance policial jovem adulto, mas sensorialmente fidedigno.

Neste volume das aventuras da canadense Cléo e seu padrasto, o delegado Levesque, as coisas são bem mais agitadas do que em tramas passadas. A protagonista já está com 16 anos, e talvez isto tenha dado à autora para colocá-la em mais perigos e situações de riscos - o que foi uma mudança de tom muito bem vinda para a série.

Diferente de histórias anteriores, onde a personagem tinha que lidar mais com erros de julgamentos e crimes passados, em Sem Vestígios os acontecimentos estão acontecendo no presente - e de uma maneira terrível, Cléo está sempre envolvida ou por perto. A gama de suspeitos se torna maior, e todos parecem ter um motivo plausível para fazerem o que supõem-se que eles fizeram.

Mas, além de precisar fugir do olho do furacão, a protagonista - pela primeira vez - ganha um real interesse amoroso. Não que eu ache o Adam o melhor personagem que já tenha surgido, ele não é. E em um momento ele perdeu a minha afeição por completo. Mas, a sua presença na história é importante para mostrar que os interesses de Cléo estão mudando, mesmo que o romance nunca seja o foco da trama.

Assim como nos outros volumes, Sem Vestígios fala abertamente sobre questões ambientais e a tensão étnica entre brancos e nativos canadenses. A forma como a autora estes assuntos mais delicados é sempre respeitosa e esclarecedora. E, aliada a narrativa fluida e detalhista ao necessário, são características que me cativam na série, e que Norah McClintock sabe como explorar em suas páginas.

[Lisa ★ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I actually enjoyed this very much, like with every other book I've read by Norah McClintock.

So maybe I should stick with her books, if I'm to read crime/mystery? Because I rarely enjoy books like these.

So what if this was a little predictable, crime/mystery usually is, or it is supposed to be confusing. This was confusing only because I couldn't remember the names, and because characters were sometimes called by their first names and sometimes by their last names (which I am not so used to), and I'm just bad at remembering.

I love Levesque, really love his character! I do like Chloe too.

The characters in this MG/YA book somehow feel more mature than most of the characters I read about in YA/NA/sometimes adult.

Levesque doesn't jump to conclusions, and I like that. He does his job, which is what I expect to see when I read crime (but that rarely happens in the books I read).

Jessie's character is also as annoying and sweet as a real child.

[Ratih Cahaya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sudah lama nggak baca buku Kaifa lagi, dulu waktu remaja sempet suka dengan Serial Chloe dan merasa buku itu seru banget. Pas baca buku ini, hmm... gimana ya, di cerita ini Chloe bahkan nggak berusaha nyari siapa pembunuh Trevor Blake. Cuma ngejalanin kegiatan sehari-hari aja, yang secara kebetulan bersinggungan dengan pembunuhan Trevor Blake. dan secara kebetulan pula, Chloe melihat hal-hal yang merujuk ke siapa pembunuh Trevor Blake. Daaan, pembunuhnya pun langsung ngaku sendiri di depan Chloe. Yhaa... agak mengecewakan sebenernya, karena awalnya ngebayangin Chloe melakukan aksi penyelidikan.

Mungkin utk pembaca remaja, masih bisa dibilang lumayan asyik. karena ada beberapa orang yang patut dicurigai sebagai pembunuh Trevor Blake.

[Ronak Nouri · Rating 1 out of 5]

this is such a shitty book never read this it was an entire waste of my time. hate iy

[Leoni Chan · Rating 1 out of 5]

read it, never again. honestly I never even finished the book bc of how bad it was but I’d rather read a dictionary than this

[Ava Wedge · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is shit and a waste of my time DONT READ IT.

[Amal Kassam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really thought that this book would be an amazing mystery book but to be honest after listening and reading about incidents that happened in like every other chapter the book started to get really boring until towards the end when they mentioned who killed Trevor Blake and also something I forgot to mention was about the part where Chloe got tied up by Fletcher Blake.

[Eunira]

In Portuguese, not read - bookcrossed.

[Junnigha · Rating 4 out of 5]

was really surprised when i found out who the killer was!
it was a really great book!

[Lilly [Hiatus due to School] · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another unremarkable story in the series.

[Nicole]

this is really good.
a sixteen year old solving the murder of her boss ex husband whose daughter she's babysitting for the summer. Levesque is a cop who's dedicated to his work. when the new golf course is being taken over by chole's boss ex but David Mitchell - a aboriginal journalist that also wants the golf course and rights to its land. other joined and protest while other folks blame Mitchell for the murder of the ex.
lots of drama await and mystery to solve. you'll never guess that the person who murder the rich and successful man was his own brother.