3.0. I was ready to call this a 2.0, but it did get better as it went. Small town lawyer (who was a big town lawyer) ends up with a crazy case of child abduction, murder and all other fun twists. Story is good, but writing could have been better. Lots of unneeded stuff/descriptions going on. Still not the worst thing I have read, but not the best either. Prob. would not read it again. Maybe if it was half its size.

I really didn't like this one. I had vague memories of reading book #1, so maybe it's my own fault for not re-reading that one first to go into this one fresh. Honestly though, I don't think it would have helped. The characters didn't grab me and the plot seemed nonsensical after a while. We eventually sputter to an ending. The main character (if you can call her that since you get many POVs in this one) is prosecutor Ellen North. Ellen is trying a local professor in good standing in the communi...

Read this one just to find out what happened after Night Sins ended. Meh. Just meh.

Even better than book 1.

Perhaps if I had known that this was a continuation of another book I would have liked it more, but I doubt it . The romance plot added nothing but irritation to the story. I would have had a restraining order taken out on that man.

Took me a bit to get into this one, but the action at the end was super intense and twisted.

This is the follow up to the first book in the Deer Lake series. I’ll start off by saying I’m not a fan of having to read two books to figure out the resolution to a mystery. However, I liked the book even though it had some issues.The story continues with the State’s Assistant City Attorney Ellen North at the forefront. She’s been handed the case involving Garrett Wright who Mitch Holt arrested for the assault of Megan O’Malley and the abduction of Josh Kirkwood. What seems to be an open and sh...

Well, there is one thing I found true about this book, and that it was certainly better than the last one. Focusing less on the romance aspect of the book itself did greatly attribute to the story, and I have to applaud Tami Hoag for now being able to write a romance where the two characters didn't want to see the other in undress in the split second they meet the other. But hey, at least I actually went into this novel actually knowing it's less of a mystery and more of a romance, so I'm not as...

3.5 stars. Guilty as Sin is the continuation from book #1, Night Sins. This time, the central characters are Ellen North, Assistant County Attorney, and Jay Butler Brooks, a novelist with the goal of observing and researching this devastating crime that has Deer Lake frozen in fear. Hoag again does a great job of setting up each scene in a very edge of your seat manner. Twists and turns, with a little romance thrown in made for a page turning book! There were some parts, mainly legal description...

I've been reading the reviews and to be honest, I don't agree with most of them....I found this book to be engaging, thought provoking (in as far as who was doing what to/with whom), and suprisingly interesting....Knowing people in the legal field, the way the trail was prepared for in the book is spot on....You don't always know what your other council is receiving in the way of evidence, depending on when it's found....The character, Ellen North, was written well....I enjoyed the way the autho...

Loved, loved ,loved this book. Was scary, twisted, and unforgettable. Ms. Hoag writes intensely. She grabs a subject by the throat and doesn't let it go. Was creepy, nerve-wracking and unputdownable. What more can I say.

If Night Sins set the stage for this story, Guilty did a great job of closing all the gaps. This one felt much more fast paced and left several cliffhangers at ends of chapters. While it could be read as a standalone I think reading Night Sins first would give a more complete story. Was refreshing to read a police procedural outside the age of social media, cell phones, and texts. I could picture both books as a television miniseries. While I thought Night Sins was just ho-hum, I’m glad I kept r...

This book was drawn out way too long. I really only enjoyed the last 100 pages or so when things started coming to an end. And the main character, Ellen North is a self righteous, hypocritical, bitch who can't control her emotions any better than a two-year-old. That’s all I have to say about that.

An older novel by Tami Hoag, bought at the Maui Friends of the Library store, is not up to her later work. I can’t really recommend it.

Why? As the second book about the Deer Lake Kidnapping starts, the eternal question remains: Why? Why would a respected psychology professor and an upstanding member of the community kidnap Josh and brutally beat a BCA agent, Megan? As county prosecutor Ellen North delves deeper into this case she and everyone else is convinced that Dr. Garrett Wright didn't act alone, especially when Josh is returned and another boy is kidnapped while Dr. Wright is in jail. This horrible game has a lot of playe...

This book was...Okay?I've noticed a theme with her books with me. I'm indifferent to most of the characters in her books, with a few exceptions. I really do like the way she writes the actual plot. The story itself was really good.

okay...I think there are other mystery writers that I enjoy more

Why can't I choose negative stars as a rating?I haven't read much or any Tami Hoag before this book but I had such a visceral reaction to this book that I was hard pressed not to throw it across the room. I had to quit about 1/3 of the way through and take a break because the rage blackouts were becoming much too frequent. I've been reading Harlequin Romances since yesterday because EVEN THAT WAS BETTER THAN READING THE ALLEGED ROMANCE IN THIS NOVEL. I want to finish it, I'm interested by the my...

When I picked this book out of a share box at my work I didn't realize that it was the sequel to another book (Night Sins). Therefore, I was actually glad that Tami Hoag incorporated some back story throughout. I haven't read Night Sins, and really don't plan to, but I can see how readers of the first book might be at least slightly bored or disappointed in the turnout of this sequel.Having said that, I was drawn into the story from the beginning; it kept me interested in reading through to see

This sequel to Night Sins was only okay at best. Had it not been for the unanswered questions that remained at the end of Night Sins, I probably would have DNF-ed this one. The book was far too long and the story just kind of meandered along. The new characters introduced in Guilty as Sin didn’t do much for me. Prosecutor Ellen North was okay, but romantic interest Jay Butler Brooks, who was a true crime writer, didn’t appeal to me at all. He was arrogant, pushy, annoying, and boring. The charac...