This police detective couple are projected as a pair off the cover of a Harlequin Romance novel. A call this late at night to a sheriffs detective was never anything good or anything quickly resolved. After you've bought this ebook, you can choose to download either the PDF version or the ePub, or both. Greta, the main protagonist of the film, accepts the job of babysitting a young boy, but to her surprise, this boy turns out to be a porcelain doll named Brahms. A seven-year-old boy is brutally murdered, while his mother escapes injured and bloodied. He is presented as being strikingly handsome, with piercing eyes, a square jaw, and the kind of muscular forearms that Anne likes to stroke. After familiarizing Greta with a set of rules that she is expected to follow, Brahms parents leave her all alone with the doll and head off for a vacation. Not that she wasnt used to the phone ringing at all hours with bad news, but it was always someone elses bad news, and she or Nick or both of them were being called on as sheriffs detectives to come out and sort through the latest human catastrophe in Partout Parish. A book that keeps you guessing. Site by AuthorBytes. He bent his head and sighed, his warm breath stirring the hair at the nape of her neck as he moved close again, corralling her between his arms, trapping her between himself and the window. Amusingly, it mostly seems to focus on translations of Nicks foul language. Mrs. Heelshire also tells her that they save all of their uneaten food and it is pretty obvious that all of this food goes to Brahms. With all the focus right now on police misconduct and brutality I wasn't impressed by his treatment of people he was questioning or people he works with, whether they deserved it or not. More so, she also has a restraining order against this ex-boyfriend. Detectives Nick Fourcade and Annie Broussard are married and become involved in the murder of young 7 year old KJ Gauthier, who has been viciously stabbed to death. His mother, Genevieve, was injured by the intruder, but got away and ran for help. Then everything changes when Genevieves past as a convicted criminal comes to light. I thought I knew who the killer was but NOPE! When Detective Nick Fourcade enters the home of Genevieve Gauthier outside the sleepy town of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, the bloody crime scene that . He had always fiercely guarded his internal life, even as a boy . Beyond feeling pain, she dragged herself the last few feet and banged a fist against the screen door. Considering their relationship had essentially begun when Annie had arrested Nick for assaulting a murder suspect, it wasnt surprising that people had doubted they would last. Behind her, the sheets rustled and the bed creaked as Nick got up. The car leapt forward, and she fell to the side, trying to grab hold of a door handle. Things only get messier for Nick, who already has an unsolved sexual assault on an autistic teenager on his hands, and then he's hit with the disappearance of the 12 year old girl who used to babysit for KJ. Bookreporter. She had never been called to a catastrophe of her own until the night her tante Fanchon had been rushed to the hospital after suffering a stroke. Her 7-year-old child is at home dead from knife wounds. And since the twists in it can often get a little more complex than would expect, you might need some explaining to understand what happens throughout its runtime. However, in another scene, he recalls that there two polar stories surrounding the boys past. 's sometimes babysitter, thirteen-year-old Nora Florette, is reported missing, the town is up in arms, fearing a maniac is preying on their children. Me, too, he murmured, softly kissing the top of her head. What a thrill of a book! Genevieve's seven-year-old son, KJ, has been murdered by an alleged intruder, yet Genevieve is alive and well. Malcolm also tells her about this one incident where he met Mr. Heelshire wrapping his drunk around the pool table and mumbling to himself. Would they call the police at someone knocking in the middle of the night? Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid- Feat Hippie Food by Jonathan Kauffman- Feature and Review, Someone to Trust by Mary Balogh- Feature and Review, Watching You by Lisa Jewell- Feature and Review. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Down the Darkest Road by Hoag, Tami at the best online prices at eBay! He does not follow the law he does not follow the constitution and its constantly violating peoples rights. Wow, this is one surprising good crime mystery. A young single mother, an autistic child (who is killed) and all the people involved in finding the killer. Doll horror, if not pulled off correctly, can often become more of a parody that no one would take seriously. The detectives wonder: Why kill the boy and let a witness go? One final hint that most viewers might have missed out on is the epitaph on Brahms tombstone. She was painted with it. The subsequent disappearance of 12-year-old Nora Florette, KJ's babysitter, gives the members of the small community of Bayou Breaux even more reason to be fearful. Absolutely Tami Hoag always gets it right! In its initial moments, it is foreshadowed that Greta is actually an American and she only took up this job to escape her previous abusive relationship with a man named Cole. She knew how hard Nick was working the case. crime readers will be turning the pages desperate to find out the ending. Now, every time the phone rang in the middle of the night, Annies heart bolted at the thought that the call would be for her, not as a detective but as next of kin. With pressure mounting from a tough, no-nonsense new sheriff, the media, and the parents of Bayou Breaux, Nick and Annie dig deep into the dual mysteries. Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) provided by the Author and Publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an fair and honest review. A mother herself, Annie understands the devastation this woman is going through, but as a detective she's troubled: Who would murder a child and leave the only witness behind? Page count shown is an approximation provided by the publisher. Is someone from Genevieve's past or present responsible for the death of her son? There are more than 40 million copies of her books in print in more than 30 languages, and each new title instantly rings the bell on the bestseller charts. Or would they just mistake her for an intruder and shoot her? French was still his preferred language. 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Select a location to see product availability, Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2023, I've been a fan of Tami Hoag for years. The Boy by Tami Hoag Series: Broussard and Fourcade #2 Published by Trapeze on December 27th 2018 Source: Hachette Australia Genres: Crime Fiction, Police Procedural ISBN: 9781409169635 Pages: 483 Goodreads In the sleepy Louisiana town of Bayou Breaux, a mother runs to her neighbour - bloody and hysterical. The Theriots want someone to blame, Nick said. Genevieve's seven-year-old son, KJ, has been murdered by an alleged intruder, yet Genevieve is alive and well. This book sucks you in from the first page and wallops you continually! Back to the bayou with Nick fourcade and toniette! He was a sweet, sensitive little boya little too sensitive to the recent tensions between his parents, making him moody and clingy. Loved the French Canon flair. She slapped at the screen door, her strength draining out of her, rushing out of her like water down a hole. Could she have something to do with the disappearance of Nora, or is the troubled teen the key to the murder? Her body was later discovered in the woods with her skull crushed. The nightlight allowed her to see his face. She wobbled to her feet like a newborn deer and staggered on, one foot in front of the other, her focus on the house. #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most harrowing thriller yet. Toinette? A seven-year-old boy has been brutally stabbed to death in his bed, while his mother, Genevieve Gauthier, managed to escape and run for help. It's the kind of book that you hate when it ends because the next book you read will probably be a let down! This pair first appeared in A Thin Dark Line (1997). Exhausted, she tripped on the front steps and fell onto the weathered boards of the old porch. I need to hold you for a while., She tipped her face up to look at him and met his lips with hers. Her romantic suspense novels got me into the genre during high school, and. The headlights blinded her. It was too dark to make out his features. #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most harrowing thriller yet. She could smell it. The Boy is an excellent police procedural. When she found someoneif she found someonethey would see the blood, too. Since Book 1 was published over 20 years ago I don't imagine I'd remember much of it even if I had read it - who knows, maybe I did! He kissed her slowly and deeply. But when she arrives there, it turns out that she is expected to be the nanny of a life-sized porcelain doll. I do not admire the fact that the author is trying to glorify this behavior. There is no end to the amount of twists, and the author is adept at misleading her readers into suspecting who the killer is. Do you understand? He is, indeed, still with them. . Complicating the investigation is a new sheriff, Kelvin Dutrow, who has an enlarged ego and a powerful desire to fire Nick. Would they call the police at someone knocking in the middle of the night? A mother herself, Annie understands the devastation this woman is going through, but as a detective she's troubled: Who would murder a child and leave the only witness behind? See the complete Broussard and Fourcade series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. She stood in the middle of the road and waved her arms above her head. Please, help me!. In her delightfully complex ensemble of characters, it turns out that Kemp has a checkered past, having gone from a veteran cop to a CSI examiner. Something moved suddenly in the brush at the side of the road. She felt anxious, on edge, as if she was waiting for something bad to happen. An unfathomable loss or an unthinkable crime? The sound echoed the restlessness that stirred inside her. Youre going to be staying up late at night as the pages turn with this one. Please! In her mind she was shouting, but she could barely hear the words. Reprinted with permission of Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Greta and Malcolm try to find their way out of the house to escape Brahms, but only Greta is able to get out. This is my first by this author and it was so good, a lovely dark, intense, disturbing, and at times heartbreaking, bit of crime fiction. Lightning spread across the sky in the distance like spiderweb cracks across dark glass. Tami Hoag lets the reader view the family lives of Nick and Annie, a married couple who are both detectives (Nick being her boss). He was a broad-shouldered silhouette as he rubbed a hand over his face. The night air was too thick, too heavy. Some of the secondary characters are rather two-dimensional, though, and Hoag seems to have a problem finding a positive male character to write about. #1New York Timesbestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most harrowing thriller yet. His mother Genevieve is somewhat of an enigma, as various stories emerge about her past. A driver in the dead of night in the middle of nowherewould this be help or harm? Called out to a shack on the outskirts of Bayou Breaux, Nick Fourcade discovers a horrific crime scene. I got about half way through and just couldnt stand to read about any of these characters any longer. They emphasize on how shes expected to keep the mouse traps clean so that none of the mice enter the walls of the house. He wasnt one of them. Could she have killed her own child to free herself from the burden of motherhood, or is the loss of her beloved boy pushing her to the edge of insanity? #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most harrowing thriller yet. He thought in French, spoke French to their son, made love in French. Even Malcolm ends up joining them and he, too, tries to convince Cole that theres a lot more to the doll than meets the eye. She might lie there and die, be run over by a truck, or dragged into the swamp by an animal. This is when the walls of the entire house start creaking and a full-blown man in his twenties, wearing a porcelain mask, emerges out from the back of a mirror. Until we have the person who hurt their daughter, Im it.. To save him from the world, his parents faked his death and hid him in the walls of their grand mansion. Genevieve's seven-year-old son, KJ, has been murdered by an alleged intruder, yet Genevieve is alive and well. If she knew the identity of her molester, that secret was locked inside the labyrinth of her mind. Do we have to fight now?. When her seven-year-old son KJ is murdered by an alleged intruder and she is left alive, police are left asking who would commit a crime so gruesome and leave the only witness alive. Im going to go check on Justin, Annie said, as Nick moved to answer the call. When the very next day P.J. The sexual assault of Vanessa Theriot, a nonverbal girl with autism, who was unable to communicate what had happened to her. To make matters worse, while Ellen is developing her case against the incarcerated Wright, another eight-year-old boy is kidnapped and then murdered in a neighboring town. The Broussard-Fourcade household got a double dose. The Boy | An unfathomable loss or an unthinkable crime? I could actually feel that swamp humidity & hear the mosquitos buzzing around. Just when he asks her to give her a goodnight kiss, she stabs him with a screwdriver and gets out of there with Malcolm. . That thunders not the only storm brewing tonight. I generally like Tammy Hoags writing. She knew all about the kind of men who prowled the darkness and preyed on women. To read this ebook on a mobile device (phone or tablet) you'll need to install one of these free apps: To download and read this eBook on a PC or Mac: The publisher has set limits on how much of this ebook you may print or copy. On her hands. She replayed it over and over in her minds eye, the images flashing like a strobe light, like random scenes from a movie. Considering their relationship had essentially begun when Annie had arrested Nick for assaulting a murder suspect, it wasnt surprising that people had doubted they would last. She dreams of Brahms hand coming right out of a wall to choke her. edelweiss-review, currently-reading, e-book, and mystery-shelf, tagged: His expression was set in the grim lines of a comic book heros: the high cheekbones and iron jaw, a hawkish nose, brows lowered over dark eyes. When Detective Nick Fourcade enters the home of Genevieve Gauthier outside the sleepy town of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, the bloody crime scene that awaits him is both the most brutal and the most confusing he's ever seen. . Marc Mercier appears to have it all - a successful business man with a loving family who has risen above his upbringing. Adapted from the bookThe BoybyTamiHoag. Fanchon Doucet had been her anchor since childhood. The forensics had given them nothing to go on. Oh, Nick. Annie sighed, her annoyance with him instantly gone. Number one New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most harrowing thriller yet. There is no end to the amount of twists, and the author is adept at misleading her readers into suspecting who the killer is. When Detective Nick Fourcade enters the home of Genevieve Gauthier outside the sleepy town of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, the bloody crime scene that awaits him is both the most brutal and the most confusing he's ever seen. Dats all what you deserve, you! Help me. That's precisely why I liked this book so much! This had been going on for weeks now, ever since that night in June, when a call had awoken her from a deep, peaceful sleep. But sifting through Genevieve Gauthiers tangled web of lovers and sorting through a cast of local lowlifes brings more questions than answers. Hoag is a good writer. The road rushed up to meet her, slammed into her, the gravel biting into the flesh of her hands and bare arms and knees and the side of her face. Ellen starts to receive. I would recommend the book to a friend with a warning that they might find some of the occurrences disturbing. Just in case, he would say with a grin and a playful gleam in his dark eyes. Both Annie and Nick question why someone would break into a house to kill a boy but leave the mother alive. She hadnt had a decent nights sleep in four months. I had this on audiobook and found myself taking lunch breaks in my car and sitting in the car after work to listen. No witness had come forward to point the investigation in any direction. How far will Nick and Annie have to go to uncover the dark truth, Tami Hoag is the #1 internationally bestselling author of more than thirty books published in more than thirty languages worldwide, including her latest thrillers, . I haven't read a Tami Hoag book in a long time and didn't realize this was Book 2 in a series but I didn't really feel at a loss. Some of the early chapters in which the author introduces the characters of Nick Fourcade and Antoinette Broussard presented a bit of a hurdle for me. Blood. Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2022, Fourcade and Broussard Untangle a Mess in This Intense Mystery Thriller, Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2019. I just finished reading "The Boy." We are first introduced to a troubled young single mother, Genevieve Gauthier, who is fleeing from her rented ramshackle of a home where her only son was brutally murdered. Who would murder a child and leave the only witness behind? He calls her to the room and shows her a bloody inscription on the wall that says Get Out. Realizing that Brahms did it using rat blood, she tries explaining it to him, but he refuses to believe her. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. 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