Deeper Than the Dead

Zusatztext Praise for Deeper than the Dead “[A] nail-biting thriller…Once again! bestselling Hoag plots craftily and creates characters readers root for.”— Kirkus Reviews  (starred review)  “Hoag's first-rate exploration of her characters imbues Deeper Than the Dead with compelling plot twists.”— South Florida Sun-Sentinel “There's a truly terrifying serial killer at the heart of Hoag's new page-turner...the chilling premise and exciting twists make Hoag's latest a thriller in every sense of the word.”— Booklist “Warning: Reading Deeper Than the Dead at night will most likely interfere with the reader’s inability to sleep without a chilling fear hovering at the corners of their mind.”—Examiner.com “Readers will find themselves locked into a true gut-wrenching suspense! surprised until the very end as unexpected turns remind us that books aren’t always predictable.”— Suspense Magazine Informationen zum Autor Tami Hoag  is the #1 international bestselling author of more than thirty books. There are more than forty million copies of her books in print in more than thirty languages. 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 been a bestseller. She lives in California. Klappentext A serial killer terrorizes a small California town in this gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag.California, 1985-Four children and young teacher Anne Navarre make a gruesome discovery: a partially buried female body, her eyes and mouth glued shut. A serial killer is at large, and the very bonds that hold their idyllic town together are about to be tested to the breaking point.Tasked with finding the killer, FBI investigator Vince Leone employs a new and controversial FBI technique called "profiling," which plunges him into the lives of the four children-and the young teacher whose need to uncover the truth is as intense as his own.But as new victims are found and pressure from the media grows, Vince and Anne find themselves circling the same small group of local suspects, unsure if those who suffer most are the victims themselves-or those close to the killer, blissfully unaware that someone very near to them is a murderous psychopath… Featured iPhone App Excerpt 1 My Hero My hero is my dad. He is a great person. He workshard, is nice to everyone, and tries to help people. His victim would have screamed if she could have. He had seen toit she could not open her mouth. There would have been terror in hereyes. He had made certain she could not open them. He had renderedher blind and mute, making her the perfect woman. Beautiful. Seenand not heard. Obedient. He had immobilized her so she could notfight him. Sometimes he helps me with my homework becausehe is good at math and science. Sometimes weplay catch in the backyard, which is really funand cool. But he is very busy. He works very hard. Her uncontrollable trembling and the sweat that ran down the sidesof her face showed her terror. He had locked her inside the prison ofher own body and mind, and there would be no escape. The cords stood out in her neck as she strained against the bindings.Sweat and blood ran in thin rivulets down the slopes of her small,round breasts. My dad tells me no matter what I should alwaysbe polite and respect people. I should treat otherpeople the way I would like to be treated. She had to respect him now. She had no choice. The power was allhis. In this game, he always won. He had stripped away all of her pretense,the mask of beauty, to reveal the plain raw truth: that she wasnothing and he was God. It was important for her to know that before he killed her. My dad is a very important man in the ...

Product details

• Authors: Tami Hoag
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.10.2010
• EAN: 9780451230539
• ISBN: 978-0-451-23053-9
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 193 mm x 31 mm
• Series: Oak Knoll; Tony Mendez; Oak Knoll Series; Tony Mendez; Oak Knoll; Oak Knoll Series
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense