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Violence
A lot
Graphic violence — the abduction case's details; legal threats; some confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild — some adult situations
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The legal case — the evidence that keeps disappearing; the attorney's growing certainty that the system is being manipulated; who benefits from the case falling apart
What this book is about
A suspect has been arrested in the Deer Lake abduction case — but the legal case is complicated, and an attorney named Ellen North must prosecute while evidence begins to disappear. The sequel to Night Sins is equally dark and more legally focused. Guilty as Sin is the second Deer Lake novel — a courtroom thriller built on the foundation of the first book's horror.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Child abduction case — the legal aftermath; requires reading Night Sins first
Evidence being tampered with — someone inside the system
Tami Hoag's courtroom psychological thriller
Second in the Deer Lake duology
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