The Boy, by Tami Hoag

Characters
Police and families	Others
Detective Nick Fourcade Detective Annie Broussard Justin – son, age 5 Kelvin Dutrow – new sheriff Sharon Spicer – fiancé Cameron Spicer – son Keith Kemp – crime scene investigator, from Houma with Dutrow Ossie Comptom Young Prejean Chaz Stokes Wynn Dixon – technology Gus Noblier – old sheriff who brought in Dutrow	Genevieve Gauthieir KJ – son Florette family: Nora Dean – brother Jojean – mother Kimberly Karstares – reporter Vanessa Theriot – autistic, sexually abused, case unsolved Bobby – father Lola Troliano – Nora’s best friend Roddie Perez – Genevieve’s neighbor Landlord Jeffery Avery – Administrator at Evangeline Oaks Janine – wife Claire Marcel – Genevieve’s “aunt”

For Discussio

1. How well do you think the author portrayed the various females (Annie, Jamie, Sharon, Genevieve, Jojean, Kimberly)?  Did she develop the female characters in more depth than the men?
2. What did you think about Genevieve as you were reading?  Did she deserve the mercy Annie showed her in the end?  How do you think the rest of her life will go?
3. At the end, do you think Nick should have let Cameron drown?
4. Did the Cajun French dialect add or detract to your reading?  How often did you check the Glossary in the back of the book?
5. Have you read detective novels in the past?  How did this one compare?  Would you recommend it to a friend?  Why or why not?
6. As a charity fund raiser, the author donated naming two of the characters in the book to the highest bidders (Jamie Blynn and Lola Troiano).  Would you like to have your name in a book?

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