
Leave No Trace
Detective Karen Hart, Book 9
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Buy for $30.09
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Henrietta Meire
-
By:
-
D. S. Butler
About this listen
Three boys were taken and murdered fifteen years ago. The killer is in jail. So why is history repeating itself?
A family outing to Tattershall Castle comes to a chilling end when eleven-year-old Tommy Burton disappears without a trace in broad daylight. All that remains in his place is a small blue teddy bear. DS Karen Hart and her team are called in to investigate the unusual circumstances—but for DI Morgan the crime scene is eerily familiar.
It’s been fifteen years since Morgan worked on a traumatic case that saw Graham Donaldson put behind bars for abducting and murdering three young boys. His calling card: a blue teddy bear left at the scene of each crime, a detail never revealed to the press or public. Could Donaldson, recently transferred to a local prison, have something to do with the missing boy? Has he somehow inspired a copycat? Or, worse, is the original killer still out there—and embarking on a second campaign of terror?
With Tommy still missing, and a growing list of suspects, Karen’s team must piece the puzzle together before the unthinkable happens. But as a dizzying chase for the truth unfolds, could it be that the evil they seek is hiding in plain sight?
©2024 by D. S. Butler. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Bring Them Home
- Detective Karen Hart, Book 1
- By: D. S. Butler
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When two young girls disappear from their primary school, the village of Heighington is put on high alert—and not for the first time. Called in to investigate, Detective Karen Hart is sure that parallels with a previous disappearance are anything but coincidental. DS Hart is still reeling from a case she tried and failed to solve eighteen months ago, when a young woman vanished without a trace. She’s no nearer to the truth of what happened to Amy Fisher, but with two children missing now, too, the stakes have never been higher.
-
-
Solid first book
- By Carla C. Galeano Ferreyra, David Tapia Cubillo on 10-18-18
By: D. S. Butler
-
The Harbour
- Cumbria Crime, Book 1
- By: Rachel McLean, Joel Hames
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
DI Zoe Finch has a lot on her plate. New job, new team, new county. And on day one, she’s plunged straight into a murder investigation. Zoe has to hit the ground running. She needs to manage a new team with its fair share of challenges, get to grips with a new boss who might not be all she seems, and worry about her reputation following her north to Cumbria. Can she settle in quickly enough to solve the murder and quell local tensions, as well as coping with an unfamiliar environment?
-
-
Frustrating!
- By Stephanie L. Deacon on 01-09-25
By: Rachel McLean, and others
-
The Corfe Castle Murders
- Dorset Crime, Book 1
- By: Rachel McLean
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Meet DCI Lesley Clarke. She’s a straight-talking city copper who doesn’t suffer fools gladly… and she’s been transferred to rural Dorset. After being injured in a bomb attack, Lesley is presented with a choice — early retirement, or a period of respite in a calmer location. But things don’t stay calm for long. Before she’s even started her new job, Lesley is dragged into investigating a murder at one of England’s most iconic landmarks, the imposing Corfe Castle.
By: Rachel McLean
-
One Left Alive: A Heart-Stopping and Gripping Crime Thriller
- Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 1
- By: Helen Phifer
- Narrated by: Alison Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When the body of a woman is found hanging from a tree in her front garden, rookie Detective Morgan Brookes is first on the scene. But Olivia Potter is past saving. And when her husband and daughters cannot be traced, Morgan knows there is more to this tragedy. And then she finds them. Lying huddled together in the dark basement, each of their faces covered with a small cotton cloth, their bodies cold to the touch. But as Morgan kneels beside the family, she realizes that one of the girls is still breathing.
-
-
Barbie solves her first murder case
- By Amazon Customer on 01-25-21
By: Helen Phifer
-
Where Secrets Lie
- Detective Karen Hart, Book 2
- By: D. S. Butler
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When decomposed human remains are discovered in a suitcase behind a locked door in the home of an elderly man, Detective Karen Hart thinks the facts speak for themselves. That is, until she finds the warning: It’s time to pay for your crime. The body belongs to a former teacher, Oliver Fox, who vanished from the village thirty years earlier. Hart’s instincts tell her there is something untoward about this rural Lincolnshire community—especially when she uncovers evidence suggesting that, although Fox was a victim, he certainly wasn’t innocent.
-
-
Cold case with the British police force
- By Buzy_reading on 05-03-19
By: D. S. Butler
-
The Turning of Our Bones
- DI Rob Marshall Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Ed James
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Met cop DI Rob Marshall is hot on the trail of the serial killer known as the Chameleon, who has abducted, tortured and killed a series of young women in Northwest London. As they close in, the Chameleon—who switches identity to get close to his victims—shoots Marshall’s partner and escapes.
-
-
DI Marshall sanctimonious and stupid
- By Stephanie on 04-30-23
By: Ed James
-
Bring Them Home
- Detective Karen Hart, Book 1
- By: D. S. Butler
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When two young girls disappear from their primary school, the village of Heighington is put on high alert—and not for the first time. Called in to investigate, Detective Karen Hart is sure that parallels with a previous disappearance are anything but coincidental. DS Hart is still reeling from a case she tried and failed to solve eighteen months ago, when a young woman vanished without a trace. She’s no nearer to the truth of what happened to Amy Fisher, but with two children missing now, too, the stakes have never been higher.
-
-
Solid first book
- By Carla C. Galeano Ferreyra, David Tapia Cubillo on 10-18-18
By: D. S. Butler
-
The Harbour
- Cumbria Crime, Book 1
- By: Rachel McLean, Joel Hames
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
DI Zoe Finch has a lot on her plate. New job, new team, new county. And on day one, she’s plunged straight into a murder investigation. Zoe has to hit the ground running. She needs to manage a new team with its fair share of challenges, get to grips with a new boss who might not be all she seems, and worry about her reputation following her north to Cumbria. Can she settle in quickly enough to solve the murder and quell local tensions, as well as coping with an unfamiliar environment?
-
-
Frustrating!
- By Stephanie L. Deacon on 01-09-25
By: Rachel McLean, and others
-
The Corfe Castle Murders
- Dorset Crime, Book 1
- By: Rachel McLean
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Meet DCI Lesley Clarke. She’s a straight-talking city copper who doesn’t suffer fools gladly… and she’s been transferred to rural Dorset. After being injured in a bomb attack, Lesley is presented with a choice — early retirement, or a period of respite in a calmer location. But things don’t stay calm for long. Before she’s even started her new job, Lesley is dragged into investigating a murder at one of England’s most iconic landmarks, the imposing Corfe Castle.
By: Rachel McLean
-
One Left Alive: A Heart-Stopping and Gripping Crime Thriller
- Detective Morgan Brookes, Book 1
- By: Helen Phifer
- Narrated by: Alison Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When the body of a woman is found hanging from a tree in her front garden, rookie Detective Morgan Brookes is first on the scene. But Olivia Potter is past saving. And when her husband and daughters cannot be traced, Morgan knows there is more to this tragedy. And then she finds them. Lying huddled together in the dark basement, each of their faces covered with a small cotton cloth, their bodies cold to the touch. But as Morgan kneels beside the family, she realizes that one of the girls is still breathing.
-
-
Barbie solves her first murder case
- By Amazon Customer on 01-25-21
By: Helen Phifer
-
Where Secrets Lie
- Detective Karen Hart, Book 2
- By: D. S. Butler
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When decomposed human remains are discovered in a suitcase behind a locked door in the home of an elderly man, Detective Karen Hart thinks the facts speak for themselves. That is, until she finds the warning: It’s time to pay for your crime. The body belongs to a former teacher, Oliver Fox, who vanished from the village thirty years earlier. Hart’s instincts tell her there is something untoward about this rural Lincolnshire community—especially when she uncovers evidence suggesting that, although Fox was a victim, he certainly wasn’t innocent.
-
-
Cold case with the British police force
- By Buzy_reading on 05-03-19
By: D. S. Butler
-
The Turning of Our Bones
- DI Rob Marshall Mysteries, Book 1
- By: Ed James
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Met cop DI Rob Marshall is hot on the trail of the serial killer known as the Chameleon, who has abducted, tortured and killed a series of young women in Northwest London. As they close in, the Chameleon—who switches identity to get close to his victims—shoots Marshall’s partner and escapes.
-
-
DI Marshall sanctimonious and stupid
- By Stephanie on 04-30-23
By: Ed James
-
Impostor: An Alexander Gregory Thriller
- Alexander Gregory, Book 1
- By: LJ Ross
- Narrated by: Hugh Dancy
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After an elite criminal profiling unit is shut down amid a storm of scandal and mismanagement, only one person emerges unscathed. Forensic psychiatrist Doctor Alexander Gregory has a reputation for being able to step inside the darkest minds to uncover whatever secrets lie hidden there, and soon enough he finds himself drawn into the murky world of murder investigation. In the beautiful hills of County Mayo, Ireland, a killer is on the loose. Panic has a stranglehold on its rural community, and the Garda are running out of time.
-
-
Great beginning to a new series
- By Maine Knitter on 11-03-19
By: LJ Ross
-
The Fourth Girl
- A Novel (Haven Cliff, Book 1)
- By: Wendy Corsi Staub
- Narrated by: Alex Picard
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
On prom night, Caroline Winterfield walked away from the ruins of an abandoned mansion called Haven Cliff and into the woods…never to be seen again. Only her three best friends know what really happened. But a secret is a secret, and a promise is a promise—even when it shatters lifelong friendships. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of that night, Midge, Kelly, and Talia reunite at Haven Cliff, now a gleaming architectural jewel. But they aren’t alone. Someone is watching.
-
-
So many unanswered questions it felt sloppy
- By sara mickle on 04-05-25
-
The Engine House: A Black Beacons Murder Mystery
- DCI Evan Warlow Crime Thriller, Book 1
- By: Rhys Dylan
- Narrated by: Joseph Tweedale
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When a landslip on Pembrokeshire’s stunning coastal path reveals the harrowing remains of two bodies, ex-DCI Evan Warlow’s quiet retirement is shattered.
-
-
Captivating!
- By Lori on 10-15-23
By: Rhys Dylan
-
Bliss Uncovered
- DI Bliss, Book 0.5
- By: Tony J. Forder
- Narrated by: Greg Wagland
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Fresh out of uniform, DC Jimmy Bliss finds himself at the centre of an undercover sting. Enlisted by a crew of villains to crack a safe, he fears his cover is blown when he’s seen in the wrong place at the wrong time. But on the night of the job, things run smoothly enough until the gang leader changes the location of the heist. As the job spirals out of control, Bliss has to trust his instincts and buy some time. There’s just one problem: he has no idea if his team know what has become of him.
-
-
Excellent narration of a very good novel.
- By J-me on 09-28-23
By: Tony J. Forder
-
Deadly Wishes
- Detective Zoe Finch, Book 1
- By: Rachel McLean
- Narrated by: Jan Cramer
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Meet Zoe Finch, West Midlands Police's newest Detective Inspector. She's outspoken, ambitious, and damaged. And she's working a case that could make her career, or cost her everything... Fresh from the success of the Canary investigation into depravity and corruption at the highest levels, Zoe has attracted attention. Not least from Assistant Chief Constable Bryn Jackson. But when Jackson is brutally murdered on the night of his retirement party, Zoe is dragged into a case that's deeply personal.
-
-
Perfectly OK
- By StL Reader on 02-28-25
By: Rachel McLean
-
The Man Burned by Winter
- Rooker Lindström Thriller, Book 1
- By: Pete Zacharias
- Narrated by: A. T. Chandler
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Still reeling from a personal tragedy, investigative journalist Rooker Lindström finds a grim hideaway from the world. It’s the dilapidated cabin on Minnesota’s Deer Lake bequeathed to him by his late father—one of the most notorious serial killers in the state. If the walls of this murder house could talk, they’d scream. Detective Tess Harlow needs something from Rooker only he can provide: a window into the mind of a murderer. A copycat is on the prowl, following in the footsteps of Rooker’s father.
-
-
The Listener Burned by this Book
- By SB on 06-02-22
By: Pete Zacharias
-
Blood and Guts
- DS Vicky Dodds Scottish Crime Thrillers, Book 1
- By: Ed James
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Hogmanay. New Year's Eve. A dead teenager, another missing. One hell of a case. Meet DS Vicky Dodds. Settling down for a nice Hogmanay with her daughter and her best friend, a phone call pulls DS Vicky Dodds into work and to a deadly new case. A teenage girl, her body cooling in a cold, dark supermarket car park. Found next to her friend’s car, but the driver’s missing too — has the killer taken her? Or is she the killer?
-
-
I really liked it
- By TF on 11-07-24
By: Ed James
-
The Crossing
- Detective Louise Blackwell, Book 1
- By: Matt Brolly
- Narrated by: Danielle Cohen
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When a body is discovered, bled dry on a beach, the sleepy seaside town of Weston-super-Mare wakes up to a nightmare. For Detective Inspector Louise Blackwell, recently transferred to the town she last saw as a child, it’s her first case on the job. The victim - Veronica Lloyd, an elderly volunteer at a local church - has puncture wounds to her hands. When a priest is found killed in a nearby church in a similarly grisly condition, it becomes clear that Blackwell is dealing with a righteous and bloody murderer. But the victims aren’t random.
-
-
Recommend this suspenseful police procedural
- By A Customer on 02-15-20
By: Matt Brolly
-
The Silent Dolls
- Detective Ellie Reeves, Book 1
- By: Rita Herron
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Penny Matthews, a seven-year-old girl with blonde curls and a gap-toothed smile, goes missing in the Appalachian mountains, Detective Ellie Reeves is called straight to the scene. According to Penny’s parents, their daughter vanished after a picnic by the creek. All that’s left behind is a pink friendship bracelet etched with “Penny”.
-
-
Nice start to a new series...
- By shelley on 07-19-20
By: Rita Herron
-
False Start
- By: Ed James
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
DS Rakesh Siyal is an idealist. Frustrated as an Edinburgh human rights lawyer, he joins the police, determined to solve the problems he sees with the criminal justice system from the inside, rather than out. His first day as a cop sees him sent down to Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, where he’s given a simple task – return a suspect to Glasgow to face justice.
-
-
The story
- By Ronda on 01-30-25
By: Ed James
-
Death by Carpet
- Slater and Norman Mysteries, Book 1
- By: P.F. Ford
- Narrated by: Andy Cresswell
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Disgraced Detective Dave Slater is stuck on gardening leave, down in the quiet Hampshire town of Tinton, with just one last chance to redeem himself. He must search for mousy young journalist Ruth Thornhill. Months ago, she vanished from her home, her London job, her life. But the Met don't want to know. Now Slater's boss slips him the file, asking him to investigate discreetly, with the help of an unlikely new assistant. Bedraggled fifty-something Detective Norman Norman.
-
-
Entertaining mystery
- By wisconsinclark on 01-28-25
By: P.F. Ford
-
The Snow Killer
- DI Barton, Book 1
- By: Ross Greenwood
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A family is gunned down in the snow, but one of the children survives. Three years on, that child takes revenge, and the Snow Killer is born. But then, nothing - no further crimes are committed, and the case goes cold. 50 years later, has the urge to kill been reawakened? As murder follows murder, the detective team tasked with solving the crimes struggle with the lack of leads. It’s a race against time and the weather - each time it snows, another person dies.
-
-
Refreshingly different, well done
- By wisconsinclark on 01-18-20
By: Ross Greenwood
What listeners say about Leave No Trace
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Kay
- 01-11-25
Another fast paced story
Karen and team are racing to find a kidnapped boy…and the calling card is from a case over a decade ago. A case that was solved by Morgan. Lots of ins and outs on the one. Looking forward to the next story.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!