Deeper Than the Dead
Ratings10
Average rating4.2
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Ratings10
Average rating4.2
California, 1984. Three children, running in the woods behind their school, stumble upon a partially buried female body, eyes and mouth glued shut. Close behind the children is their teacher, Anne Navarre, shocked by this discovery and heartbroken as she witnesses the end of their innocence. What she doesn't yet realize is that this will mark the end of innocence for an entire community, as the ties that bind families and friends are tested by secrets uncovered in the wake of a serial killer's escalating activity.
Detective Tony Mendez, fresh from a law enforcement course at FBI headquarters, is charged with interpreting those now revealed secrets. He's using a new technique-profiling-to develop a theory of the case, a strategy that pushes him ever deeper into the lives of the three children, and closer to the young teacher whose interest in recent events becomes as intense as his own.
As new victims are found and the media scrutiny of the investigation bears down on them, both Mendez and Navarre are unsure if those who suffer most are the victims themselves-or the family and friends of the killer, blissfully unaware that someone very close to them is a brutal, calculating psychopath.
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2 primary booksOak Knoll is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Tami Hoag.
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I haven't read a Tami Hoag novel in over a decade as life got in the way. I'm so happy that this was my re-entry book into her world. I thought I knew who did it, and kept doubting my resolve with each chapter. The end left me wanting more. I finished reading this book at work because I couldn't wait until I got home tonight. Definitely a good one.
Yeah, I was starting to question how much I was enjoying this book from about 20%-40% of the way through the book, but I really ended up liking most of the characters (especially Vince and Anne) so
I'm a little confused by the ending, but I'm assuming Janet knew what was going on because Peter kept giving her the jewelry of the dead women. When he was about to get SNATCHED, she wanted to throw away all of the jewelry that Tommy ended up finding and then she finally throws it all into the ocean in the end. Maybe she didn't know at first ... but I'm not about to give her the benefit of the doubt
Feeling really bad for Tommy but hoping he gets justice in a later book
I liked the ending as well. The whole thing read much better than a lot of serial killer books out there now, which are super tropey and don't really pull the reader in at all. This one does a good job of keeping things fresh/unique and giving you enough likable characters to have someone to cheer on AND keep you guessing.
