Secrets to the Grave
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4.3 • 927 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A second violent crime shocks the small town of Oak Knoll in this “chilling” (USA Today) thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag.
California, 1986—A 911 call from a small child sends the idyllic town of Oak Knoll into a tailspin. Then a brutal crime scene is discovered: the body of Marissa Fordham with her young daughter, Haley, injured but alive.
Sheriff’s detective Tony Mendez faces a puzzle with nothing but pieces that won’t fit. To assist with his witness, Haley, he calls teacher-turned-child advocate Anne Leone, who’s already the star witness in a sensational murder trial.
As Tony and Anne begin to peel back the layers of Marissa Fordham’s life, they find a clue fragment here, another there. And just when it seems Marissa has taken her secrets to the grave, they uncover a fact that puts Anne and Haley directly in the sights of a killer: Marissa Fordham never existed.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A horrific murder rocks the town of Oak Knoll, Calif., in the chilling sequel to Hoag's Deeper than the Dead), set in 1986. The victim is 28-year-old artist Marissa Fordham, the single mother of Haley, a four-year-old found partially strangled and barely clinging to life next to her mother's stabbed and mutilated body. Det. Tony Mendez and his capable crew investigate the crime, while child advocate Anne Leone and her husband, former FBI special agent Vince Leone, take temporary custody of Haley. Among the several suspects is attorney Steve Morgan, the estranged husband of Sara Morgan, whose daughter, Wendy, found a victim of the accused See-No-Evil killer, Peter Crane, who's about to go on trial. Adding extra tension are Anne's efforts to help disturbed 12-year-old Dennis Farnham and the disappearance of Marissa's best friend, Gina Kemmer. Newcomers will have no trouble getting into this suspense novel rich in pre-DNA detecting methods.
Customer Reviews
Twisty and turning unexpectedly, page by page
Interesting details on every page.
Burying our ghosts
Never has a writer captured the ‘80s to link the local scene to national events in such a compelling way. I was transported back to small city life I lived through. T.H.’s characters offer a prelude to self centered careerists and the narcissistic people who now dominate our culture.
Amazing, Captivating, Keeps you guessing to the end.
This by far is one of my favorite books that I’ve read in my adult life. The characters are very well explained and easy to imagine. Very interesting story with some amazing twists and turns. This is one of the books that I struggled to put down while I was cooking or showering or working. Great book! Probably one of the only books I would consider reading more than once.