Guilty as Sin by Tami Hoag

This book focuses on the prosecution of Dr. Garrett Wright, professor of psychology at Harris College, who is accused of kidnapping Josh Kirkwood. Prosecuting attorney, Ellen North goes against defending attorney Anthony Costello, with whom she had a liaison with while they were working in the cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota) before Ellen moved to Deer Lake, MN. That relationship had ended years before. Ellen had lost cases to Anthony before and found him to be an unscrupulous lawyer who considered winning the case a game.

Another ten-year-old boy is kidnapped while Garrett Wright is being held for Josh Kirkwood's kidnapping. Wright's attorney makes his case to the judge that perhaps Wright is not guilty of the first kidnapping either. Costello manages to get the circumstantial evidence against Wright dismissed and Wright is released on bail, free to return to his home two houses away from the Kirkwood residence.

The local police, sheriff's office, and BCA all cooperate to investigate Garret Wright's background to try to rebuild the case against him. Their efforts pay off and eventually justice is served.

This book is a "page turner" with lots of twists and turns keeping the reader off guard. It answers the questions left hanging in the author's previous book, Night Sins.

Reviewed by Suzanne Bertrand