The whole place seems cold, and he feels a terrible sense of dread. He calls out, but gets no reply. Taking a knife from the cutlery drawer, he unlocks the back door as an escape route. Then he sees her on the floor. Her eyes and mouth are open, and there is blood everywhere. He’s too late.
After a strange phone call with his ex-wife, John James had sensed something was wrong and raced over to her house. As he stood in her bedroom doorway, transfixed by the sight of her body, the killer was almost certainly just a breath away, hiding behind the door. Had John walked in, he could have been the next victim. Instead, he left to call the police. The culprit escaped, taking with him the secret of a shocking murder that has shown no sign of being solved for nearly 40 years — until now.
Based on the international #1 podcast, Trace re-examines the 1980 murder of Maria James — the single mother of two sons, one with a disability — revealing abuse in the Catholic Church, cult activities, and claims of incompetence and corruption at the highest levels. Investigating possible conspiracies and uncovering fresh evidence, Rachael Brown’s riveting investigation has won multiple media awards and may lead to the reopening of this chilling case.
MY REVIEW
Trace based on the internationally acclaimed true crime podcast. Rachael Brown investigates a 37-years-cold murder.
Trace is an unputdownable book. It’s a very sad story of Maria James a mother of two, who is repeatedly stabbed to death in her own bedroom. John and Maria had been separated for 18 months, but they had always remained on good terms with each other. Maria must have known that something was going to happen to her as she was on the phone to her ex- husband when someone stabbed her to death. John raced to her house and was deeply distressed finding his ex-wife dead. Many issues occurred before and after the death of Maria. The police had suspects, but no one was ever arrested.
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