Those unfamiliar with Night Sins will need some time to sort out the characters' Peyton Place-like involvements.

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. When Josh reappears, unharmed physically but nearly autistic, Ellen is sure that Wright has an accomplice. Ellen fears the worst for the still-missing boy but thinks she can convict Garrett Wright, respected college professor, of his abduction. 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. ?A chilling study of evil that holds the reader until the shocking surprise ending.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. Ellen suddenly finds herself swept into a cruel contest of wits, a dark game of life and death? with an evil mind as guilty as sin. Is the nightmare continuing?or just beginning? Prosecutor Ellen North believes she has the right man?but that he has an accomplice in the shadows. But when a second boy vanishes, a frightened public demands to know if the police have caught the wrong man. Now a respected member of the community stands accused of a chilling act of evil. Together they?ll hunt a madman who knows no bounds and for whom no sin is forbidden.?Nerve-shattering, explosive entertainment, and should not be missed by anyone who reads for the thrill of it.?Michael PalmerGUILTY AS SINA psychopath has been playing a twisted game with a terrified Minnesota town. For a local cop, it?s the fear that big-city evil has come to stalk his small-town home. Has a cold-blooded kidnapper struck? Or is this the reawakening of a long-quiet serial killer? For a tough-minded investigator, it?s her first make-or-break case. A young boy disappears and the only clue is a note?taunting and casually cruel. ?ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE SUSPENSE WRITERS AROUND.?CHICAGO TRIBUNE#1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag delivers a double shot of suspense in these two adrenaline-charged classic thrillers offered together in one powerful volume.NIGHT SINSA peaceful Minnesota town is about to face its worst nightmare.

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