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BackTracker #2
Fatal Error
One mistake and a young man dies. Someone must shoulder the blame. Fourteen year-old Katrina Buckhold is running from a fatal error she can’t undo. However, there’s no escaping the truth. Life demands she face the police officers who endangered her, The Traz bikers who brutalized her, and her own troubled conscience. Grief, guilt, blame and betrayal. The repercussions from the successful undercover Traz operation weigh heavy on all who participated. Sergeant Kindle, who ran the sting, reaches deep for the wisdom needed to resolve his own misgivings and help his men heal. Some will make it through, others won’t. There’s something, though, they all come to accept—the damage they caused young Katrina will scar her forever. Katrina Buckhold, though is of a different mind. However, her secret, ambitions plans could prove more deadly than the gang life she left.
270 pages, Paperback
First published October 19, 2012
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April 13, 2019
Awesome sequel! I love when the 2nd book is even better than the 1st. Enjoyed the ethical theme that played out in this book. By the end, I feel like Katrina may finally be able to grow from the incident and become a little more mature. Looking forward to book 3!
September 2, 2025
Crime Drama
A well written book with well thought out and in depth characters. A story that will keep you guessing from beginning to end. A great read.
A well written book with well thought out and in depth characters. A story that will keep you guessing from beginning to end. A great read.
December 16, 2012
Review based on e-book.
This is the second book in the Backtracker series, and begins after we left Katrina/Sarina in book one, "The Traz." Katrina Buckhold is only thirteen years old, Mensa certified, and still using her pseudo-name, Sarina. She is being prepped as the only eye-witness for the trial of the three bikers from The Traz who tortured and killed her friend prior to the police take-down of the gang. It will be a long and heart-wrenching trial.
Once again, Eileen Shuh is writing a lesson and an intense drama in one. Her characters are well-formed on both sides of the law. This is an important book that I think parents and teens should read. I suggest you to read "The Traz" as well, whether before or after doesn't matter, this book is the outcome of the events in the first book.
As one might expect in a court case involving both gang members and undercover police living in the dark world of the gangs, there are very graphic descriptions of the biker crimes; there is coarse language. Katrina must face what she has blocked in her mind, and testify in court.
Emotions run high in this book. Is Katrina really the innocent babe caught up in life with the criminal element? Or is her past on the streets going to trip up her testimony and let the bikers go free? Can she learn from these experiences? This book has so much to say, we all should listen. Rebellion, terror, drugs, murder, loss, lies and broken promises, all are there. I commend Eileen Shuh in writing on such difficult subjects in such a true and meaningful way.
This is the second book in the Backtracker series, and begins after we left Katrina/Sarina in book one, "The Traz." Katrina Buckhold is only thirteen years old, Mensa certified, and still using her pseudo-name, Sarina. She is being prepped as the only eye-witness for the trial of the three bikers from The Traz who tortured and killed her friend prior to the police take-down of the gang. It will be a long and heart-wrenching trial.
Once again, Eileen Shuh is writing a lesson and an intense drama in one. Her characters are well-formed on both sides of the law. This is an important book that I think parents and teens should read. I suggest you to read "The Traz" as well, whether before or after doesn't matter, this book is the outcome of the events in the first book.
As one might expect in a court case involving both gang members and undercover police living in the dark world of the gangs, there are very graphic descriptions of the biker crimes; there is coarse language. Katrina must face what she has blocked in her mind, and testify in court.
Emotions run high in this book. Is Katrina really the innocent babe caught up in life with the criminal element? Or is her past on the streets going to trip up her testimony and let the bikers go free? Can she learn from these experiences? This book has so much to say, we all should listen. Rebellion, terror, drugs, murder, loss, lies and broken promises, all are there. I commend Eileen Shuh in writing on such difficult subjects in such a true and meaningful way.
December 12, 2012
Fatal Error: BackTracker series – Book 2 (Volume 2) is the second installment of Eileen’s BackTracker series and it’s quality, characters and smooth time transitions far surpass the first book, The Traz: Book 1 of the BackTracker Series, in my opinion.
With enough detail, background and emotion, it feels like you’re reading a book by a well established author and, although I still recommend reading The Traz: Book 1 of the BackTracker Series, it’s not crucial to have read the first installment to understand the depth of this book.
Span over several years, Eileen Schuh was able to make time seamless throughout by brilliantly entwining the characters and their lives through dialogue. Definitely a dialogue driven plot but with so much compassion for each character and story telling, the plot drove itself and the setting could have been anywhere.
Fatal Error: BackTracker series – Book 2 (Volume 2) is a perfect read for teenagers through to adult and is something any boy would be proud to read as it had gore, tension and gang discussions without being something parents wouldn’t approve of.
Thanks for reading,
Sarah Butland author of Sending You Sammy, Brain Tales – Volume One and Arm Farm
With enough detail, background and emotion, it feels like you’re reading a book by a well established author and, although I still recommend reading The Traz: Book 1 of the BackTracker Series, it’s not crucial to have read the first installment to understand the depth of this book.
Span over several years, Eileen Schuh was able to make time seamless throughout by brilliantly entwining the characters and their lives through dialogue. Definitely a dialogue driven plot but with so much compassion for each character and story telling, the plot drove itself and the setting could have been anywhere.
Fatal Error: BackTracker series – Book 2 (Volume 2) is a perfect read for teenagers through to adult and is something any boy would be proud to read as it had gore, tension and gang discussions without being something parents wouldn’t approve of.
Thanks for reading,
Sarah Butland author of Sending You Sammy, Brain Tales – Volume One and Arm Farm
May 14, 2015
OMG!!!
I'm stuck for words. This is only book 2. and right at the end ... so emotional. Literally had me in tears. Tears of joy but also a bit of anger there also. I found myself talking to the characters hehehe.
This book really drags you deeper into the mind of the characters. You feel their guilt, there pain and their sorrow.
I found myself so wrapped up in this book that I literally was in the tub for 3 hrs reading it to the end.
So very well worth the read and now I can't wait to get the final book to read.
I have read hundreds of books over my lifetime and this has to be the most moving book I have ever read.
Once again... OMG!!!
I'm stuck for words. This is only book 2. and right at the end ... so emotional. Literally had me in tears. Tears of joy but also a bit of anger there also. I found myself talking to the characters hehehe.
This book really drags you deeper into the mind of the characters. You feel their guilt, there pain and their sorrow.
I found myself so wrapped up in this book that I literally was in the tub for 3 hrs reading it to the end.
So very well worth the read and now I can't wait to get the final book to read.
I have read hundreds of books over my lifetime and this has to be the most moving book I have ever read.
Once again... OMG!!!
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