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Summary: First Half of A Facinating Investigation
Review: Eight year old Josh Kirkwood is abducted outside the hockey arena where he has finished practice. Only one clue is left in the form of a note regarding ignorance and sin. Josh's parents, Dr. Hannah Garrison and Paul Kirkwood are beside themselves. Enter Megan O'Malley, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Investigator and Mitch Holt, Chief of Police for the town of Deer Lake, Minnesota. They set out to investigate Josh's disappearance but don't have much to go on. The kidnapper leaves two more clues in the form of short religiously oriented notes but there still is not much direction. The town responds by setting up search parties and telephone volunteers. But it's not easy. Slowly some suspects come into the picture, yet, they seem to disappear as quickly as they arrive. Tami Hoag does a fine job in building this first of a two part story regarding child abduction and the challenges it presents to law enforcement. While the ending is very hopeful, the reader needs to go on to Guilty As Sin for the full story. Night Sins and Guilty As Sin provide the reader with an excellent story that you can sink your teeth into. It's nice that Hoag didn't choose to simply wrap up a complex story in the last chapter. Further layers unfold in this fascinating story in volume two. Well worth the time and effort.
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Summary: Another winner by Hoag
Review: What happens to a small town when a child is stolen? Deer Lake, Minnesota is about to find out. Tami Hoag's "NIGHT SINS" is a psychological thriller that explores the evil that can live in even the safest of havens.
While eight-year-old Josh Kirkwood waits for his mother to pick him up from hockey practice, a deadly game is set in motion. An icy patch on an otherwise dry road causes a car to spin out of control. Josh's mother, Dr. Hannah Garrison, fights to save the lives of the victims of the crash, unaware her son has just become a pawn in The Game.
Agent Megan O'Malley is the first female field agent in the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Charged with finding Josh Kirkwood and apprehending the abductor, Agent O'Malley must contend with territorial law enforcement officers, bitter cold, and intense media scrutiny. With no clues, no witnesses, and no suspects, O'Malley begins an investigation that unravels the tightly knit community. Nobody is above suspicion. Teachers, priests, neighbors, even the child's father are questioned. Media interference complicates an already volatile situation.
Police Chief Mitch Holt moved to Deer Lake after his wife and son's murder in Miami, looking for a safe haven to raise his daughter. Refusing at first to believe the security of his town has been breached, Holt battles O'Malley for control of the investigation. When Josh's duffel bag is found on the hood of his own vehicle with a taunting note from the kidnapper, Holt realizes the deadly intent of the abductor. He does not, however, realize he has now become a player in The Game.
As a family is torn apart and a town loses its innocence, O'Malley and Holt learn that evil wears many faces. Some of them are just harder to see than others. Read and enjoy!Nina M.
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Summary: Suds n' Suspense
Review: When I found out Tami Hoag got her start writing romance novels, I was a bit surprised. My introduction to her work was the gritty "Ashes to Ashes," followed by its hard-edge sequel, "Dust to Dust." Both novels had romantic subplots, but violence, murder and police work seemed the primary emphasis. Not so with "Night Sins," published earlier than either "Ashes" or "Dust." For this one, Hoag wears her romance-writing background on her sleeve. Not that it's a bad thing. Hoag's a talented storyteller and, sudden shifts in point-of-view notwithstanding, a decent writer. This story about a kidnapping that tears apart a town, a marriage and nearly destroys a career, is as gripping as her later work. I just wasn't prepared to spend so much time exploring the burning passions of Agent Megan O'Malley and Chief Mitch Holt. The budding romance between these investigators isn't the only aspect that nudges "Night Sins" into soap opera territory. Almost all of the characters are broadly drawn types--O'Malley, the hard-nosed investigator out to prove herself in "a man's world"; Mitch, the handsome chief whose past prevents him from loving another woman, until Megan enters the picture; Paul, the selfish husband; Paige Price, the "mercenary slut" TV reporter, Hannah, the saintly wife--who keep this potboiler bubbling. There are several chapters where I found myself mentally cuing dramatic music when a new shocking development is revealed. But these soapy elements didn't deter my enjoyment of this book (another sudsy clue: "Night Sins" sounds like a title of a Nora Roberts or Rosemary Rogers novel, not a suspense novel). Now I plan to read this novel's follow-up, "Guilty as Sin" (you pretty much have to). Like all good soap operas, "Night Sins" had me clamoring for more.
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Summary: Great, Great, Great Read
Review: Eight-year-old Josh Kirkwood is abducted outside the hockey arena where he has finished practice. Only one clue is left, a note that talks of ignorance and sin. Josh's parents, Dr. Hannah Garrison and Paul Kirkwood are inconsolable. Dr. Hannah Garrison was to have picked Josh up after hockey but she was detained at the hospital due to an emergency. Megan O'Malley, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Investigator and Mitch Holt, Chief of Police for the town of Deer Lake, Minnesota set out to investigate Josh's disappearance. The kidnapper leaves two more clues but there's no break in the case. Tami Hoag does a fine job in building this first of a two-part story. Go on to Guilty As Sin for the full story. Night Sins and Guilty As Sin together make an excellent story that you won't want to put down.
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Summary: Not worth reading
Review: I just finished this 540 page suspense novel. The only positive quality that allowed me to give it two stars instead of one was that the beginning was suspenseful. This book could have been about 200 pages less and still have adequately presented the plot. Numbing repetition of character emotions and reminisces added to the monotony of the book. The ending was awful. Not wishing to spoil it for prospective readers, I will only say that when I was finally done I said to myself "Why did I bother finishing this?" Hoag employs "deus ex machina" to end her long drawn out book otherwise another 300 pages may have been needed. She also leaves the reader hanging probably to promote her sequel (which I have no intention of reading). Lastly, from a purely technical standpoint, her writing skills were weak. She constantly changed the "point of view" shifting it from character to chartacter even within the same sub-chapter. The reader could be scanning the mind of one character and in the next paragraph be scanning another one. These gross violations of basic writing made me wonder if she ever took a writing class. Summarizing, not the worst I've read but certainly not worth reading.
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Summary: Wasting the night reading Night Sins
Review: (...)I've read a few of her books in the past but it was a distant past filled with so many books that I couldn't remember if I enjoyed her or not. Josh Kirkwood is kidnapped while waiting for a ride home from ice hockey pratice. His mother,doctor and head of the local hospital, is summonded due to a multple car accident as she prepares to leave. She has a clerk call the rink to let Josh know she'd be late,just like a lot of busy mothers. Dad is extremely busy with a "client" and does not hear Josh's phone message begging him to come and get him. Special Agent Meg O'Malley is assigned to placid Dear Lake, Michigan, a small town in the frozen north. Like many small towns across the USA,nothing much happens,a nice peaceful town where everyone knows their neighbors or do they? She has a steadfast rule never to date cops which has worked for her during her career. Enters Chief Mitch Holt who had lost his wife and only son at a local covience store. For many years, Mitch has kept his heart safe behind his wall and badge. The kidnapping pulls the town together as they look for Josh. No one could understand why this has happened to such a perfect family, to this perfect little town but people have secrets. Many suspects appear, many false clues pervail upon Megan and Mitch. Although Megan has a chip on her shoulder the size of Texas and Mitch has more baggage than seen at Logan Airport, they slowly build a love/hate relationship which ends more as love. Parts of this book were unrealistic in my opinion. Twice Megan searched the grounds of a suspect without calling for backup resulting in her being serverely injured. The ending of the book left more questions than answers. Epilogue? Doesn't that word mean "end?" Is there a sequel that will tie up all the loose ends?
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Summary: bad romance dressed as thriller
Review: I wish I had been warned that this story was all about sex (not love). After all, I was expecting mystery or thriller from the mystery and thriller aisle. I must have fallen into the pink dimension when I picked this one up. My questions: why should a man eating a sandwish make any woman horny, or why a woman eating a banana should make a cop look away? Everytime a new clue came up, sex also came up, everytime no clue came up, sex also came up. Sex scenes and thoughts about lust and depression hide what is actually a story without plot. The only "page turning" impulse I had was to see if a good plot was waiting after each page. No luck for me. Why should we read over and over about Mitch's self inflicted punishment and about Megan's courage and shyness. Isn't it obvious that we would understand it the first time? The story would have been great as a short story, but adding page after page of the same thing doesn't make this into a good book, not even a half good book. It is a waste of time. I will never pick up another book from this author, and I have no interest in knowing how the story will end in the second book.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I read this book about 6 years ago and it is still my favorite book of all times. Tami Hoag is a great writer and i love reading all of her books.
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Summary: Pathetic!
Review: I previously read "Ashes to Ashes" and "Dust to Dust" and was mildly entertained............characters were at least believable. This "Night Sins" was laughable and a waste of time. The main characters (Holt and O'Malley) were either hating each other or jumping into the sack.........the "love" scenes were a joke! The "plot" was unbelievable as well. Hoag writes in the first person to almost everyone except of course, the villan. I will never pick up another of her novels.........not even the follow up to this never ending melodrama. Don't waste your money or time ...
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Summary: Keeps you guessing! Great book!
Review: This was the first book I read by Tami Hoag. I think I've found another favorite author. It does drag in some areas but keep going it gets really good! A real page turner at some points. The characters are good and you feel as frustated as they do in this cat and mouse game. I was disappointed at the end because you only know half of the answers. I didn't know there was a sequel and I am anxious to read that one to find out all the answers. Definitely recommended!
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