Still Waters: A Novel

by Tami Hoag

Book Overview

The deepest waters hide the darkest secrets.... When the body of a murdered man literally falls at Elizabeth Stuart's feet, she's able to wash away the blood--but not the terror. Unwelcome newcomers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553292722
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Hurtful words

I’ve read most of her books. This one seems to be written by someone else. She so horribly used JESUS name in an absolute disgusting way. Even if she’s not Christian , she should respect her readers. I will never purchase anymore of her books

Are We Reading the Same Book?

I'm truly surprised by all the negative comments, as this book, which I read years ago, remains my all-time favorite Tami Hoag book. I'm a very picky reader, and don't give praise easily, so I'm puzzled as to why so many readers absolutely hated this book. Was it rewritten prior to its re-release? Or are most readers looking for straight suspense (which is what Hoag writes now) and disappointed to discover that this book is a romantic suspense? I'll admit that I wasn't crazy about the hero. He was a little flat. But I have to disagree with some people's estimation of the heroine. Anybody who believes that Elizabeth Stuart is a typical romance heroine hasn't read much romance. As a matter of fact, I think the heroine is why I liked the book so much. She was flawed, in-your-face bold, and not afraid to call a spade a spade. She might have been beautiful, but she was far from pristine. Elizabeth was all raw edges and false bravado that covered an inner vulnerability, and she was what kept me reading.My two cents worth. Just wanted to point out that not everybody hated this book...some of us loved it.

The Internal Conflicts in Still Creek

In the book Still Waters by Tami Hoag, there are mainly two characters that have the most internal conflicts and they are Elizabeth Stuart and Sheriff Dane Jantzen. The internal conflicts of both characters involve their childhoods and past marriages.Stuart is a woman in her mid- 30's who is also the single mother of her sixteen-year-old son, Trace Stuart. Elizabeth Stuart's internal conflicts started when she was growing up, her father became an alcoholic because of the loss of his wife and her mother. Stuart grew up not knowing her mother and wondering why her father didn't love her as much as he did the picture on his nightstand. In her late teens, Stuart became pregnant by her boyfriend and future husband, Bobby Lee Breland, who was a rodeo star in their small town in Texas. By the time Stuart was nineteen years old she had discovered that Breland was cheating on her, so she decided to pack up her son and their things and leave Breland. After having left her cheating husband, she married a multi-millionaire (Brock Stuart), who ended up also cheating on her, but he was rich enough to pay the writers who were putting the story in the newspaper to say that it was Stuart herself who had been cheating. Brock divorced her and left her with nothing or very little if that. Sheriff Dane Jantzen is the sheriff of Still Creek and his internal conflict started when he was playing profession football for the Oakland Raiders and had to retire from playing after blowing out his knee. After retiring, his wife made it very clear that she had married the uniform not the man, she later divorced him and took their daughter with her to California, while Jantzen went back to his hometown of Still Creek. He is greatly conflicted because he is only a part of his daughters life a couple times a year, he misses out on all the important things and important memories about raising a child.Each of their conflicts led them to hate each other in the beginning, but soon after accidentally letting the other one see their vulnerable side they fall in love and figure out that they need one another and with the other ones help they can overcome any obstacles that come their way. I liked the book Still Waters and I encourage anyone who likes to read murder mysteries and suspense novels with a surprise and climatic ending to read this book and for those who have already read this book, I hope you enjoyed it. It makes you think and leaves you feeling bad for the characters at first and happy for them in the end. Tami Hoag is an excellent writer and did a stupendous job in detailing the internal conflicts of the characters in her book.

Still Waters

This was really a great read! I loved it and plan to read more of Tami Hoag's books. Smooth writing.I didn't want it to end!

Great romance, fun story, snappy dialogue---

Remember that this book was written before Tami Hoag reinvented herself as a premiere thriller writer. If you love her new books (ASHES TO ASHES, A THIN DARK LINE), this may not be your cup of tea. It's clearly from her "past life", with more romance than suspense and none of her trademark chills-n-thrills. It's totally fun--and funny--and sexy--and smart. If you read it looking for a hard-hitting, world-class thriller (like ASHES), you'll be confused; but enjoy it for what it IS, and then buy her next new book for bigger thrills and chills.

Still Creek is anything but still........

Tami Hoag writes a suspensful and taut thriller with a hot and very sexual romance thrown in. Nothing is at it first seems. Not the new local newspaper owner, Elizabeth, nor the sheriff, Dane. Not even the town of Still Creek itself. I would consider that Ms. Hoag's books could be located in the thriller section, as she is probably more graphic in that sense than most romance writers. I think men who enjoy suspense would like this book as well as women who enjoy romance. That to me is no easy task to write a book like that and Ms. Hoag does it as well as anyone.Ree-views