The phrase "no trail of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a lack of evidence or clues for something. For example, "We followed the suspect for miles, but there was no trail of where he went."
"There is no trail of dead bodies," he said.
Why was there no trail of blood leading to his body?
There is no trail of brown signposts pointing to Laurie Lee sites; little Slad is too pragmatic for that.
Our ignorance about Powell is partly because he is not an economist, so there is no trail of academic papers in which he has carefully laid out his views.
Why is it so easy to apply for charity status and then to start projects that are positively detrimental to Africa's interests, with no trail of accountability and sometimes no clearly-defined mission statement?
Unlike Wade M. Page, who soon after the theater shooting opened fire at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, killing six people, Mr. Holmes left no trail of hate and destruction behind him, no telling imprints in the electronic world, not even a Facebook page.
She has never been a judge, so she has no paper trail of rulings.
No such trail of cash exists in the case against Mr. Causey, as described in the charges.
There was no public trail of scandal and corruption allegations in his wake, and he wasn't Jammeh, and, for many Gambians, that was enough.
Witnesses at first were afraid to cooperate; there was no paper trail of orders, and for a long time Bosnian Serbs did not allow work on mass graves needed to provide evidence.
Also, when e-mail comes from the copier, people mistake it for spam and it doesn't get put in the 'send' file, so there's no audit trail of who sent what, when and where.
