Guilty As Sin [Hardcover]

Tami Hoag (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1996

As prosecutor Ellen North prepares to try the man arrested for the abduction of a little boy in the small hamlet of Deer Lake, Minnesota, she confronts the sensation-driven news media, an old lover-turned-defense attorney, an unwanted partner, and, suddenly, a second kidnapping. 75,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo.

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Amazon.com Review

If her knuckle-whitening thriller Night Sins made you lock your doors, bolt your windows and turn on all the lights - keep them that way. Tami Hoag's latest bestseller will make you glad you did.

From Publishers Weekly

In Night Sins (1994), Hoag's first thriller after a successful run of paperback romances, Minnesota state cop Megan O'Malley tried to solve the kidnapping of eight-year-old Josh Kirkwood in the Minneapolis exurb of Deer Lake. With Megan now in the hospital, the heroine's cap in this sequel sits on the head of new Deer Lake resident-and Assistant County Attorney-Ellen North. Ellen fears the worst for the still-missing boy but thinks she can convict Garrett Wright, respected college professor, of his abduction. When Josh reappears, unharmed physically but nearly autistic, Ellen is sure that Wright has an accomplice. Complications arise quickly: the trial judge dies of a heart attack; another boy vanishes; Wright gains a new defense attorney who happens to be Ellen's ex-lover; and Ellen gains a quasi-partner and potential flame, bestselling true-crime author Jay Brooks. Those unfamiliar with Night Sins will need some time to sort out the characters' Peyton Place-like involvements. Readers new and old, however, will enjoy the political infighting, the legal jockeying and the several jolts of Grand Guignol violence. Hoag, who knows how to push the right buttons, is a suspense writer to watch. (Mar.) ~ FYI: A 16-page excerpt from Guilty as Sin appears in the paperback edition of Night Sins, published last month.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 470 pages
• Publisher: Bantam; 1ST edition (February 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553099590
• ISBN-13: 978-0553099591
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (101 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tami Hoag is the #1 international bestselling author of more than thirty books published in more than thirty languages worldwide, including her latest thrillers--Deeper Than The Dead, and Secrets To The Grave. Set in the late '80's, this series explores crime fighting in the early days of modern forensic science and criminal profiling. Renowned for combining thrilling plots with character-driven suspense, Hoag first hit the New York Times Bestseller list with Night Sins, and each of her books since has best a bestseller. She leads a double life in Palm Beach County, Florida where she is also known as a top competitive equestrian in the Olympic discipline of dressage.

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I wish I had known, November 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Guilty as Sin: A Novel (Deer Lake) (Mass Market Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book but I agree that some expansion could have been done regarding the "kidnappers" and what led them to their crime. My main complaint is that I had picked up both Guilty as Sin and Night Sins and had no idea Guilty as Sin was the sequel and read it first. There was no indication of that anywhere in the book. Should have visited amazon.com first!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unresolved suspense., November 24, 1999

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Noemi C. Arthur (Falls Church, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guilty as Sin: A Novel (Deer Lake) (Mass Market Paperback)

I read both Night Sins and Guilty as Sin in the order they were written. Ms. Hoag spins an intricate web of mystery with twists and turns littering the path to the truth about who kidnapped a little boy in a Minnesota town. She also injects into the storyline romance fraught with secrets and obstacles for the main characters. Unfortunately Ms. Hoag does not answer all the questions that the plot poses. While the identity of the perpetrator of the crime is revealed, the books never delve into the whys and the hows. Instead, the reasons for masterminding a kidnapping and performing mind control on a child are summarized in a few vague pages. Since Ms. Hoag spent almost 1200 pages leading up the resolution she could have written a few more which explained the motives of the kidnappers.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book 2 as good as the First one!, September 26, 2000

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Marcia L. Hopkins - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guilty as Sin: A Novel (Deer Lake) (Mass Market Paperback)

In Guilty as Sin the story centers on the child abduction that began in Night Sins. The story surrounds the perpetrator of the abduction of eight-year-old Josh Kirkwood. Ellen North, County Prosecutor and Mitch Holt, Police Chief for Deer Lake, Minnesota investigate. Ellen North must build a case against a suspect most people don't believe to be guilty. This book is as dynamic and riveting as the first and kept me enthralled as the mystery was first built into a more devious story and then slowly unraveled to a climatic end. A great story spread across these two novels. Highly recommended.