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A review by katemc7
Bad Liar by Tami Hoag
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I appreciate when books that say they are a standalone are truly standalones. I felt like I missed a little bit of the backstory with the two MCs but other than that this was a classic whodunnit. Let me rephrase it was a classic whodunnit done WELL. I really enjoyed this one. Watching it unfold and trying to figure out what had gone down kept me pushing through this one. There were some heavier topics discussed- drug use, physical abuse, addiction to name a few just as an FYI. I was drawn in the by the characters and wanted to know how it was all going to shake out. I like B'Lynn the most. I felt a connection to her. She was just so hopeful that her son was going to be ok. She had been down the road of h*ll with her son and his addiction but somehow still held onto hope. Then we had Marc who was the golden boy that left to get away but found himself drawn to the place where he was kind of treated like a god. We had his henchmen and brother and their whole family dynamic. And then we had the police officers and everything they came with. Most notably that the two MCs are married with a son, and Annie just came back from an injury that had everyone shook up. This is the story of how hard it is for some people to move on from their past for better or for worse and the decisions that they make to either live in it or move on.
A body has been found by the bayou basically without a face. Now begins the work of putting all of the clues together to determine who it is. He had connections to a junk yard service where Nick Fourcade finds out that a member of that family happens to be missing. On the other side of town, Annie is at the police station when a woman comes in visibly shaken. She is claiming that her son has been missing for several days and no one can be bothered to help her. While they are both working their own cases, clues keep popping up that lead them further and further down the rabbit hole. Until it is revealed that the two missing men are connected. They went to high school together and while one was injured with his life forever affected, the other moved onto to be a super star and go on to college. They haven't seen each other in years. So what brought them together now? What changed that made things from the past come to light? What do crooked cops have to do with all of this? And through it all a domestic violence case gets thrown into the mix. Will Nick and Annie be able to crack the case before anyone else gets hurt?
I enjoyed watching these puzzle pieces get linked together. Tami did a wonderful job of that in my opinion. I enjoyed getting different POVs even of somewhat minor characters. Tami had a wonderful way of getting us inside their heads to clue us in on what they were thinking. I find myself intrigued enough to go back and read the other books in this series.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
A body has been found by the bayou basically without a face. Now begins the work of putting all of the clues together to determine who it is. He had connections to a junk yard service where Nick Fourcade finds out that a member of that family happens to be missing. On the other side of town, Annie is at the police station when a woman comes in visibly shaken. She is claiming that her son has been missing for several days and no one can be bothered to help her. While they are both working their own cases, clues keep popping up that lead them further and further down the rabbit hole. Until it is revealed that the two missing men are connected. They went to high school together and while one was injured with his life forever affected, the other moved onto to be a super star and go on to college. They haven't seen each other in years. So what brought them together now? What changed that made things from the past come to light? What do crooked cops have to do with all of this? And through it all a domestic violence case gets thrown into the mix. Will Nick and Annie be able to crack the case before anyone else gets hurt?
I enjoyed watching these puzzle pieces get linked together. Tami did a wonderful job of that in my opinion. I enjoyed getting different POVs even of somewhat minor characters. Tami had a wonderful way of getting us inside their heads to clue us in on what they were thinking. I find myself intrigued enough to go back and read the other books in this series.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!