A cold-blooded kidnapper has been playing a twisted game with a terrified Minnesota town. Now a respected member of the community stands accused of a horrific act of evil. But when a second boy disappears, a frightened public demands to know: Have the police caught the wrong man? Is the nightmare continuing--or just beginning?
Prosecutor Ellen North believes she's building a case against a guilty man--and that he has an accomplice in the shadows. As she prepares for the trial of her career, Ellen suddenly finds herself swept into a cruel contest of twisted wits, a dark dance of life and death . . . with an evil mind as guilty as sin. Praise for Tami Hoag and Guilty as Sin

"Without a doubt . . . one of the most intense suspense writers around."--Chicago Tribune

"A chilling study of evil that holds the reader until the shocking surprise ending."--New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin

"The tangled relationships that lie just beneath the surface of Deer Lake are tantalizingly revealed."--The New York Times Book Review

"Accomplished and scary."--Cosmopolitan