Deeper Than The Dead Written By Tami Hoag

I have always been a fan of Tami Hoag's writing, wishing she wrote more books because of her great stories, characters, mysteries, and plots that the reader will not see coming. Deeper Than The Dead is no different except I think it may be even better than its predecessors. The time line for this book is 1985 so Tami had to go back and study history of that period when very few of today's' electronics existed. As I read I was astounded at how far we have advanced in electronics, especially in law enforcement. Profiling and DNA are two of the most advanced things that have given those in law enforcement far better tools than they had in 1985.Several teenagers, Tommy Crane, Dennis Farman, Wendy Morgan, and Cody Roache were connected throughout the story, some good, and some bad involvement. Dennis was the "bad boy" but his father, Frank, was a sheriff's deputy so he could do no wrong. Sure he couldn't! Anne Navarre was their teacher who tried to assist any of her students throu
gh any problem and at any time. When the boys left school one day and took the back woods path through the park to go home, fussing and feuding as usual, they tripped and fell into a body with its arm sticking out above ground. UCKY they felt and the event changed most of their future actions and mind set, except bad boy Dennis, to never wanting to see such a thing again. The site was near the school so when Anne Navarre heard the shouts she rushed to them to assist in their grief. The body was that of a young woman that had been brutalized and also had her eyes and mouth glued shut and her ears punctured, making her sight unforgettable.The boys parents were upset but they had mixed emotions about how to treat their children, both normally, and to get them through this horrible murder scene. In some cases it was the husband that was not the good parent and other cases it was the mother. Anne Navarre had taken some classes in handling people dealing with such a thing but she
knew she was far from an expert. When another body turns up with the same physical brutalized body, and another woman is missing, the search was expanded and beefed up. Enter Vince Leone, an FBI agent helping to develop the forerunner of the FBI's Behavior Analysis Unit. Vince was just back to work with a bullet still lodged in his head, but, except for some occasional headaches, he is fine. Vince and Anne become very interested in one another and have a hard time keeping their private and working lives separated.Enough for this review as I don't want to give any of the excellent plot and the intricate presentation that Tami Hoag has given us. You will not know for sure who did what to whom until the last several pages and even then, you might guess wrong! A must read.

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