Tami Hoag never fails to write an amazing story. I love these characters and the setting in the south Louisiana Bayou. It would help to read the first two books that are related, A Thin Dark Line and The Boy. Both fantastic. I really hope Tami writes another book and continues this journey in the deep south. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC of the Bad Liar!!

I have missed these characters and the setting for this series. A well written and developed story. I couldn't put it down.

Thanks to the publisher, the author, and NetGalley for the ARC.

As always, Tami Hoag turns in a stellar read wish I could read it again for the first time Highly recommended!

A body is discovered and two local men are missing -- quite a busy day for the police force and the sheriff's department in this rural Louisiana parish. Husband and wife team, Nick and Annie from the sheriff's department battle incompetence in the local PD, two hysterical mothers, an unhappy wife, uncooperative citizens, and personal demons to try to solve the crimes.

This is apparently #3 in a series, and I had not read the first two, but that really didn't matter.. There's enough exposition to fill in the blanks without being repetitive, and there are plenty of twists and turns in the plot to keep the reader interested. Although I did not think this was the best of the series detective/mystery/suspense novels I've read, this is certainly a worthy effort. I could not put it down because something new happened in every chapter. I think I was less than enthralled because I had figured out the "bad guys" pretty early on, but I was still interested enough to keep reading to the very end. I was especially captivated by the setting and the local touches (language, culture, landscape) that Hoag included. She really captured life in the bayous of Louisiana.

All in all, a good book, well worth the time, and I will likely look for the other two in the series.

Multiple missing people, are they connected? Lots of twists and turns and turns in the story. The setting was Louisiana and the author made you feel you were there. This book is part of a series but could be read as a stand alone. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

First of all, thank you NetGalley for chance to read this book. I have been a big fan of Tami Hoag's for many, many years. The first book I ever picked up of hers was "Cry Wolf". From the first page, I was hooked on her writing style. Over the years, she has never disappointed me and she didn't this time. We have the return of Nick and Annie, with a very disturbing case on their hands. First of all, there's an unidentifiable body found in the swamplands, then two persons come up missing in the same area. There are a lot of twists and turns as Nick and Annie struggle to find the two missing persons and to identify the body when all they can do is uncover one li after another. Who is lying and why? The ending, like all of her books, is a surprising. I highly recommend this one, cause it's not one to miss. Wish I could've given it more than 5 stars!!

Bad Liar by Tami Hoag. I've never read a book of Tami’s that I didn't say wow that was good! This is even better. Sheriff’s detective Nick Fourcade's day started with a body that is unidentifiable after being shot in the face with a shotgun. While recovering sheriff’s detective Annie Broussard returns to work and encounters B’Lynn Fontenot’s unanswered pleas to help her find her recovering addict's missing grown son. Unhelped by the local police because he’s an adult and a drug addict, she breaks down at the sheriff's office and Annie agrees to help her. Around the same time a local hero goes missing Nick finds out while trying to identify his corpse. There are so many easy-to-follow plots going on you won't want to put this book down. Annie is a wonderful character and the type of woman we want to emulate, Annie never discounts the pleas of a mother and the love she has for her son. Is Nick's body Annie’s missing son? Or is the town hero who still missing the victim? Then there is the domestic abuse case, Annie really wants to find him and set him straight.
Absolutely great book! A must-read if you like well-written stories that are not easy to guess and keep you reading to the last page even if it's 2 am! Thank you, NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for allowing me to give my honest opinion on this book! I am confident you will enjoy this read!

I just really enjoyed this story and I just didn’t want it to end. I just lost myself in and I just couldn’t get enough of these interesting characters. I can’t wait to see what’s next from this author.

Wow! I loved this! I couldn’t put it down and read during every free second I could spare. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my review!

Its been a while since we've had a new Tami Hoag novel and I was super excited to have the chance to look at this new release. Book three in the series, I read the first two over five years ago. The author did a great job of tagging in the previous story lines and re-introducing us to a cast of colorful characters. The plotting was intricate and well laid, and the novel was rich with atmosphere. A fine, twisty read that that I found entertaining and thoughtful. A welcome back to Fourcade and Broussard. I hope we don't have to wait so long for the next one!

Bad Liar is the third book in the Broussard and Fourcade series by Tami Hoag. It all starts with a body being found along the edge of a Louisiana swamp. Unfortunately for Nick Fourcade the face is badly disfigured from a shotgun blast as well as the hands. With little to go on other than a business card belonging to Mark Mercier with a price on it in his pocket. Upon arriving at Mercier Salvage he learns that Mark hasn't been seen for a few days. Meanwhile, Annie Broussard has returned to work and been dealing with PTSD from her last case. Upon arriving at the station she runs into B'Lynn Fontenot who has been trying to get police help investigating the disappearance of her son Robbie. Robbie has been known to deal with drug addiction, but has been working to turn his life around. Is the body found by the swamp Mark or could it be Robbie? That is where these two investigations begin to come to a head.

Tami Hoag has done a great job in keeping the reader engaged and guessing what occurred to lead to a body being dumped and to the identity of the dead body. Characters are well developed and all have their own personalities and can be relatable at times. The story pacing is perfect for this genre of story and made it difficult to put down at times. If you have been waiting for this book, it was definitely worth the wait.

Please note that this book does contain domestic violence.

I would like to thank NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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I love Tami Hoag and enjoyed this novel. It's been a while since Annie Broussard and Nick Fourcade have emerged from her pen - first in the 90's and then 4 years ago with "The Boy." This book takes a bit to get going and have a rhythm, but it definitely gets there!

Sheriff Fourcade is investigating an unknown victim of a shotgun blast. He is joined by Broussard who has just returned from the traumatic events of the last book. Both have separate cases that slowly seem to be connected. Based in the swampland of Louisiana, this is another great thriller/procedural from Hoag


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An unidentifiable body shows up having been obliterated by a shotgun blasts to the head. Annie is tasked with figuring out what happened. Two more men mysteriously disappear during the course of the investigation. Are they related? There are some triggers such as drug addiction and abuse. Overall this was a good mystery novel and it keeps you engaged to want to finish to find out exactly what happened to all these victims. This is the third in this series, but can be read as a standalone. I would like to read the first two novels in this series to get more of the back story.

I loved this book! I was apprehensive when discovered it was the third book in a series, but this definitely worked as a stand alone. (Except that I liked the characters enough I have now read the second and am on a waiting list for the first) Both the main and secondary characters were very well done. I am not for from the cajun part of Louisiana but the description of the area authentic. I read lots of mysteries, but did not have everything figured out by the end. Thanks to NetGalley for an arc and no pressure for a positive review.

One unidentifiable male body, two missing men from the same small Louisiana community. Two separate investigations. Do police put more weight into finding "golden boy" Marc or "drug abuser Robby"? It's clear the local police have made their choice by refusing to even open a case to look for missing Robby, even though his mother claims this time he really has finished rehab and has been straight for 3 months. Everyone in town is concerned about Marc, from his good ol' boy high school friends to the parents of the kids he coaches in football. Surprisingly, his wife and 6 month old baby aren't that concerned about his whereabouts. It seems that Marc still likes to cash in on his high school football fame and spends most of his time in bars flirting while leaving his family at home wondering where he is.
Missing Robby, however, has just his mother to champion his cause and it is her insistence that something has happened to him that tugs at the heart of Sheriff's detective Annie. She takes the case even though it technically is out of her jurisdiction. While her husband, Detective Nick tries to identify the body found dumped in the swamp, Annie starts to see connections between the two missing men.
With a lot of false leads, Annie and Nick must piece together the timeline of the crime, identify the victim and solve the cases of the two missing men all the while keeping the locals happy and keeping out of the way of the local police department who don't appreciate the sheriff's department honing in on "their turf" in order to solve the case.
This was an enjoyable read, but I have the feeling that it is not the first in a series? Background information about Nick and Annie is hinted at but never fully explained which left me feeling like I came in on the second act.

A male corpse is found dumped in the bayou, and it can't be identified through viewing. Whoever was murdered took a rifle shot to the face, so senior sheriffs detective Nick Fourcade has to rely on dental records if the jawline can be reconstructed (slow) or DNA samples (even slower.)
Meanwhile, two men were reported missing in the community. Fourcade's wife , detective Annie Broussard, confronts the mother of Robbie Fontenot in the precinct corridor as she pleads for help. His mother has gone down the rabbit hole of her son's opioid addiction and knows that he is unstable, but she maintains that he has been doing better lately. She first begged the town police for help but they dismissed her concerns and when Annie takes the case, it stirs up a territorial hornet's nest. The other missing person is Marc Mercier, town hero and all-around good guy, who never returned to his young Philadelphia wife and their baby. Nick is lead detective on that case, and the town is outraged that the sheriff's department can't make a positive ID on the corpse or find Marc alive. To make matters worse, Annie finds a woman in the hospital with signs of obvious physical abuse, but she won't let Annie help her or acknowledge that her husband was the culprit. Who does the dead body belong to? Is there some connection between the missing men? Will Annie be able to convince Tulsi to reach out for help before it's too late?
This is the third in Hoag's Broussard and Fourcade series, although it's a good stand-alone. She conjures up an atmospheric place in southern Louisiana, known for Cajun food, tourism, and amazing beauty, while also a dangerous place of mystery where alligators are used to permanently hide corpses. Annie and Nick are marriage partners, but their work relationship sometimes interferes, especially when Annie takes the initiative and Nick has to worry about her. The author does a great job of holding your interest in this tangled web of deceit, and if this is your first taste of Broussard and Fourcade, I recommend reading The Thin Dark Line and The Boy while you're waiting for # four..

Bad Liar is Tami Hoag at her best. The mysteries entailed are so intricate and surprisingly solved as secrets are revealed and mind-boggoling. Read this winner.

This was a psychological thriller that centers around human nature and the dark secrets hidden. The book twists and turns and had me completely gasping for breath! It was a delight of a thriller.

Many years ago, I devoured everything written by Tami Hoag, but fell out of the habit of reading her books after a couple releases felt lackluster and didn't live up to my expectations. I was honestly happy to be granted this ARC to see if her writing had returned to the level I remembered from the beginning, and I was definitely rewarded.
Bad Liar is set in a small town in Louisiana, the 3rd entry in the Broussard and Fourcade series, but reading the prior books is not necessary to enjoy this one in my opinion. Nick Fourcade has a dead body on his hand, discovered on the verges of the swamp and basically unidentifiable due to the shotgun wounds to the face. Annie Broussard is returning to work after a leave, working to locate B'Lynn Fontenot's missing son. Mixed up in all of this, another man from the area, Marc Mercier is also missing. At face these cases don't seem to be related, but in a small town not all is as it appears.
I enjoyed this book because it felt like a return to the classic police procedural novels that won me over to Tami Hoag in high school. Her writing is easy, the characters have their own unique voices, and the resolution to the case(s) being investigated was not easily identified by this reader, which I appreciate. If I figure out whodunit before the author reveals all, I usually lower my rating. I like being kept guessing. For all those reasons, this book is an easy 4-star rating.
Thank you to Penguin Group Dutton and NetGalley for the electronic ARC of this novel for review.

Ok, so full transparency-- I didn't realize this was the 3rd book in a series. Nothing in the description or title gave that away. However, I didn't feel like I was entirely behind on anything. Annie's past was obviously something that was still affecting her, and there was at one point I wondered what, but as the story progressed, I got enough of a back story to not make me question anything-- that is until I learned it was part of a series.

As for the story itself, I thought it was a bit slow at first, but left me curious enough to keep pushing. By the end of the novel, I had cried at least twice-- something I really did not expect to happen.

This novel spoke to the darkness of addiction, betrayal and abuse, but in a way that kept you intrigued and worried for the characters. Even the characters who were not so pretty to look at had enough dimension that you couldn't paint them all bad.

If I had to come up with a negative, I'd say it came down to there not really be a true villain for me. Although, the author does state towards the end that real life is not as clean and logical as a fictional novel, I was still reading a fictional novel and kind of wanted a pretty bow and a villain to rally against.

Thanks to NetGalley for pre-published copy!