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Detective Nick Fourcade is called to a homicide in a secluded house just outside of town. There he finds seven-year-old KJ Gauthier has been brutally stabbed. His mother, Genevieve, was injured by the intruder, but got away and ran for help. Nick's wife, Detective Annie Broussard, went to the hospital to interview Genevieve. Both Annie and Nick question why someone would break into a house to kill a boy but leave the mother alive. As Annie interviews people close to KJ, she discovers that his twelve-year-old babysitter has disappeared. Is someone preying on the children in this small bayou town?
This is the second book by Tami Hoag that features Annie Broussard and Nick Fourcade. They have to put up with a new boss, Sheriff Kelvin Dutrow, who likes to be the center of attention whenever cameras are rolling. He causes a lot of problems in the murder investigation. I liked the characters and I liked the setting of this mystery. I thought I had figured out the identity of the killer, but I wasn't even close. My rating: 5 Stars.
This is the second book by Tami Hoag that features Annie Broussard and Nick Fourcade. They have to put up with a new boss, Sheriff Kelvin Dutrow, who likes to be the center of attention whenever cameras are rolling. He causes a lot of problems in the murder investigation. I liked the characters and I liked the setting of this mystery. I thought I had figured out the identity of the killer, but I wasn't even close. My rating: 5 Stars.
As of this writing this book has had only 2 ratings that total to 2.5, so it would be nice if those 2 people would've remarked on why they didn't like this book, so I will
I didn't like any of the characters, Nick is just a hotheaded cop and no one to stand up to him or he would be fired for his attitude, Annie seemed just too sweet to be a cop and the rest just 'yuk'
The story just takes forever and forever, so does the author get paid by the words? if they do then Hoag gets the prize (along with others) for the most meaningless words used in a book just to make more pages. If you read about the first third of the book and get all the characters into play then just jump to the back and read the ending and that's all you need to know, the in between is long, draggy and boring just to get to the last couple of chapters that wind it up
I quit Hoag years ago and now I know why and know I won't pursue anymore by her
I didn't like any of the characters, Nick is just a hotheaded cop and no one to stand up to him or he would be fired for his attitude, Annie seemed just too sweet to be a cop and the rest just 'yuk'
The story just takes forever and forever, so does the author get paid by the words? if they do then Hoag gets the prize (along with others) for the most meaningless words used in a book just to make more pages. If you read about the first third of the book and get all the characters into play then just jump to the back and read the ending and that's all you need to know, the in between is long, draggy and boring just to get to the last couple of chapters that wind it up
I quit Hoag years ago and now I know why and know I won't pursue anymore by her
Excellent book. Plot, plot plot! My interest stayed up throughout the entire book. Highly recommend.
