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Deer Lake

by Tami Hoag

The Deer Lake series by Tami Hoag has 2 known books (2 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Night Sins (1995).

Books
2 known books (2 novels)
Published
2
First published
1995
Status
completed
Shelved under
Thriller
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Start here: Night Sins (1995) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Night Sins

Night Sins (1995)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Night Sins

    Novel

    Tami Hoag's Night Sins (1995), running 565 pages, became her first New York Times bestseller, opening the Deer Lake series when the son of a locally prominent family is abducted after hockey practice in small-town Minnesota.

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  2. Guilty as Sin

    Novel

    Guilty as Sin continued directly from that fallout a year later, in 1996, at a longer 607 pages, as a second boy disappears just as the town's conviction that police caught the wrong man starts to unravel.

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About the Deer Lake series

Set in the small, tight-knit town of Deer Lake, Minnesota, this two-book series opens with Night Sins (1995), in which the son of a locally prominent family is abducted after hockey practice, pulling in small-town sheriff Mitch Holt and BCA agent Megan O'Malley as the investigation exposes the town's buried secrets. Guilty as Sin (1996) continues directly from the fallout of that case: a second boy disappears just as the town's uneasy conviction that police caught the wrong man for the first crime starts to unravel, with assistant county attorney Ellen North and true-crime novelist Jay Butler Brooks central to the follow-up investigation.

Night Sins became Hoag's first New York Times bestseller and is generally regarded as the book where her suspense fiction fully arrived -- Hoag has said every one of her books since has been a bestseller.

Frequently asked questions

How many Deer Lake books are there?

Two: Night Sins (1995) and Guilty as Sin (1996).

Why is Night Sins significant in Tami Hoag's career?

It was her first New York Times bestseller and the book generally credited with establishing her as a suspense novelist.

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