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Broussard and Fourcade
The Broussard and Fourcade series by Tami Hoag has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with A Thin Dark Line (1997).
- Books
- 3 known books (3 novels)
- Published
- 3
- First published
- 1997
- Status
- ongoing
- Shelved under
- Thriller
- Last checked
Start here: A Thin Dark Line (1997) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
A Thin Dark Line
The 1997 novel that opens Tami Hoag's Broussard and Fourcade series, running 559 pages, this introduces Detective Nick Fourcade and Deputy Annie Broussard of the Partout Parish Sheriff's Office as a killing with occult overtones in Bayou Breaux forces the wary outsider and the local deputy into an uneasy partnership.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of A Thin Dark Line - Book 2:
The Boy
Tami Hoag returned to Fourcade and Broussard after more than two decades away with The Boy, a 2018 entry that finds the pair's relationship and standing in the parish considerably deepened since A Thin Dark Line.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Boy - Book 3:
Bad Liar
Closing the trilogy at 432 pages, Bad Liar (2024) pulls Fourcade and Broussard into a case built around a missing-persons con artist -- another self-contained investigation, released six years after The Boy.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Bad Liar
About the Broussard and Fourcade series
Detective Nick Fourcade and Deputy Annie Broussard of the Partout Parish Sheriff's Office investigate brutal, often ritualistic crimes in the small, insular Cajun community of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana -- the same fictional town as Hoag's earlier Doucet trilogy, though with an entirely different cast. A Thin Dark Line (1997) introduces the pair amid a killing with occult overtones and the fraught, wary relationship between Fourcade (an outsider with a troubled past) and Broussard (a local deputy caught between loyalty to her community and to the investigation).
Hoag left the pair for two decades before returning with The Boy (2018), by which point Fourcade and Broussard's relationship and standing in the parish have deepened, and Bad Liar (2024), which pulls them into a case involving a missing persons con artist. The long real-world gaps between entries mean each book functions as a complete, self-contained investigation rather than assuming close recall of the last.
Frequently asked questions
How many Broussard and Fourcade books are there?
Three so far: A Thin Dark Line (1997), The Boy (2018), and Bad Liar (2024).
Is this connected to the Doucet series?
They share the fictional setting of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, but follow different protagonists -- Doucet-family romance leads in that earlier trilogy, versus investigators Fourcade and Broussard here.
Is there a fourth book planned?
A further title has occasionally been referenced by fan and retailer sites but had no confirmed publication date as of this catalogue's curation (August 2026), so it is not listed here.
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