Hoag ensures that her pair have a very individual quality, encapsulated in their razor-sharp dialogue. (THE GUARDIAN)

In THE BOY, Tami Hoag - the Sunday Times bestselling author of A THIN DARK LINE - returns with a gripping suspense thriller starring detectives Broussard and Fourcade.MotherIn the sleepy Lousiana town of Bayou Breaux, a mother runs to her neighbour - bloody and hysterical. The police arrive to find Genevieve Gauthier cradling her seven-year-old son in her arms as he bleeds to death.

LiarDetective Nick Fourcade finds no evidence of a break-in. His partner Detective Annie Broussard comforts Genevieve, but is troubled by parts of her story that don't make sense. Twenty four hours later teenager Nora Florette disappears. Local parents fear a maniac is preying on their children, and demand answers from the police.

Murderer?Fourcade and Broussard discover something shocking about Genevieve's past. She is both victim and the accused; a grieving mother and a woman with a deadly secret. Could she have something to do with the disappearance of teenager Nora Florette?

A unbearable loss or an unthinkable crime? Number One New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most gripping thriller yet.