The story line and the protagonists are superiorly constructed, and Hoag evokes the small-town atmosphere of the bayou in fine detail. With palpable tension with his boss, the new sheriff of Partout Parish, Kelvin Dutrow, solving the killing of KJ and disappearance of Nora is becoming more difficult. When 12-year-old Nora Florette, KJ’s babysitter, goes missing, the case becomes more complicated. His 27-year-old mother, Genevieve, who managed to escape the brutal attack, is being questioned by Nick’s wife and fellow detective, Annie Broussard in the local hospital. Because if there's one lesson he's learned over the years, it's that in a town built on fantasy and fame, delivering the truth can be deadly.Nick Fourcade, a detective with the Bayou Breaux, La., police department, is called to a crime scene to investigate the brutal murder of seven-year-old KJ Gauthier. Parker begins a search for answers that will lead him to a killer, or the end of his career. Maybe Lenny Lowell had a connection to something big enough to be killed for.

Robbery/Homicide has no reason to be looking at a dead small-time scumbag lawyer or chasing a bike messenger.unless there's something in it for them. So when detectives from the LAPD's elite robbery/homicide division show up, homicide detective Kev Parker wants to know why.

In a city fueled by money, celebrity, and sensationalism, the murder of a bottom-feeding mouthpiece like Lenny Lowell won't make the headlines. Suddenly he's on the run from both the cops and a killer, and the key to saving himself and his 10-year-old brother is the envelope he still has, which holds a message no one wants delivered: the truth. Jace returns to Lenny Lowell's office only to find the cops there, the lawyer dead, and Jace himself considered the prime suspect in the savage murder. allow him to escape with his life, and with the package someone wants badly enough to kill for. Only the instincts acquired while growing up on the streets of L.A. But en route to delivering a package for one of L.A.'s sleaziest defense attorneys, he's nearly run down by a car, chased through back alleys, and shot at. At the end of a long day battling street traffic, bike messenger Jace Damon has one last drop to make.

The Boy by Tami Hoag