Tami Hoag captured my attention once again in the book Deeper than the Dead. This novel held my attention from beginning to end. I had many assumptions of who the killer was throughout the book, but they were all wrong!
At first, I thought Frank Farman was the killer. After reading a little more into the book, I decided that he was too obvious of a choice. He did turn out to be a murderer, but he didn’t kill all of the women. He only killed his wife. I never suspected his son. However, Dennis was one of the reasons I suspected Frank at the beginning.
Next, I suspected Janet Crane. It seemed likely that the killer would turn out to be a women because everyone assumed it was a man. Janet liked to be in control, so she became a suspect in my mind. Of course, she wasn’t the killer either. I suspected her up until the very end.
I suspected many other characters, but the two above were the main two. I really didn’t expect the ending that occurred! When the detectives finally discovered what the marks on the women meant, I thought for sure my prediction that Janet was the killer would turn out to be true. I never suspected Peter Crane.
I liked most of the things about this book. One thing I didn’t like was how it jumped perspectives so much. There were so many perspectives from so many different characters that it was difficult to follow.
Overall, great book!
