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Summary: Nothing New here
Review: I found this book, my first Tami Hoag, to be a typical book for this genre. This book does not break any new ground in thrillers. It mixed a lot of good writing with some unneeded and tangent storylines. A few good characters developed, but I had a hard time connecting with the protagonist, Kate. Guessing the killer was somewhat easy and then also somewhat difficult, because of the usual last minute plot twist that is found in books of this type.I felt it was reminiscent of the Kay Scarpetta series of books by Patricia Cornwell, but not on the same level as John Sanford or Jeffery Deaver. Despite the tone of this review, I am looking forward to the next book Dust to Dust, featuring two of the best characters of this book: Kovac and Liska.
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Summary: First and last...
Review: Okay, this is the fist and last book I have read (and will read) by Haog. There are several aspects that I hade a problem with... To start off with, the book was to long. The first 300 pages were hard to get through...but that being said, the last 397 were decent. Far to many jokes. The polcie and the FBI are trying to catch a serial killer who burns his victims. When they find the bodies (and all through the investagation) the police are making jokes. It was explained that it was done to break the tension...but enough was enough. After a while, it was starting to get on my nevrves. To many plots lines. I can't really go into details, b/c I don't want to give any spoilers away, but there were to much going on for one book. I felt it would have gone better if there was another book, and some of the plot lines we moved to the next book. I found the char. of Kate to be interesting....When she had to be, she was tough as nails. I liked that. I also liked the char of Quinn. He is at his best when he was "interviewing" Vanlees. Over all, do I suggest this book? Well, if you can get it at a used bookshop, then go for it. It did have it's good parts.
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Summary: Splitting the difference
Review: This is my first Tami Hoag mystery. I'm a long-time lover of police procedurals, mysteries and supense novels. Tami Hoag seems to have all the right ingredients. She just overdoes almost all of it. Kate and John are SO good, SO wounded, SO smart, SO self-absorbed. Ms. Hoag just beats their long-lost-love thing to death. Then she draws Peter Bondurant, the billionaire, as she does nearly every character, with no blurry edges. Everybody is a charicature. If they are evil, they are the most evil of all time. If they are helpless, they are totally, completely utterly helpless as she describes them. If they are love-sick, as Kate and John are, they are downright annoying. (The one exception to this was Kovac, the cop. She did a great job with him.) This distracts from her otherwise wonderful storytelling ability. So, what's the difference to split? It's a cool mystery. Once you waded through the distracting bits, it was fun to figure out who the bad guy was (if only there hadn't been so many "side" bad guys) but wading through the self absorbed navel dwelling of John and Kate was a bit much. I'm glad I read it and will read more of her books.
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Summary: On the Edge of your Seat!
Review: The final pages of Tami Hoag's Ashes to Ashes will have you sitting on the edge of your seat wishing you could read faster. I have read all of Ms. Hoag's books starting from way back when she wrote romance novels. They've all been excellent. In the last few years her mystery novels have topped my list of 'must read' books consistently. The comradarie that is apparent between the police detectives in this novel is intense. The murders are puzzling and guessing who the murder is will keep you busy when you're not reading the book. Another winner, hands down.
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Summary: Didn't make it for me...
Review: I found this Tami Hoag novel the first one I had trouble getting through(and I've read all of her wonderful books). By the end I didn't care who did it.
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Summary: Hats off to Tami Hoag!
Review: Ashes to Ashes was my first "Hoag", and now I can't get enough of her writing! I love mystery and suspense, with passionate sex mixed in...her books have it all! I've read 2 others since, and wasn't let down for a minute! I plan to read all of her work, I only hope she can write as fast as I can read!
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Summary: Who Done It
Review: This is the first book I have read by Tami Hoag. If you like thrillers, your sure to enjoy this one. Filled with suspence and romance, Hoag weaves a thrilling and chilling tale. The serial killer and someone you love to hate. The killer has a fidish for burning his victims. Listening to them scream and plead for mercy excites this evil man. I enjoyed this novel and think you well too.
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Summary: Again?
Review: If you have read books about serial killers, here it is again. Especially if you have read other Tami Hoag books, the pattern and format is the same. Some romance, some sex, some mystery but by the end you'll wish the author had left out the gratuitous graphics of the murders.
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Summary: Impressive!!
Review: Although parts of this novel were a little cheesey (for lack of a better word), all-in-all if you're looking for a suspenseful thriller then this book won't disappoint you! A real page-turner!! Tammy Hoag kindof scares me now (she looks so innocent on the jacket cover). Excellent read!!
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Summary: A gritty tales that will keep you on the edge of your seat
Review: Helping kids goes against the grain for victim-witness advocate, Kate Conlan. And yet, she can't help but be drawn to Angie DiMarco who claims she saw the Cremator, a serial killer whose signature consists of burning his tortured victims in a public area. His most recent victim, the daughter of the wealthy and powerful Peter Bondurant, results in the aid enlistment of FBI Agent John Quinn, a criminal profiler. When the Cremator continues to flaunt his triumph, Quinn, along with a police task force, race against the clock to stop this madman from destroying his next target. Tami Hoag has written a gritty tale that will keep you on a razor's edge as she narratively races through twists and turns in order to help her reader discover the identity of this killer and Angie DiMarco's connection to him which plays a deceptively integral role in the story. Protagonists, John Quinn and Kate Conlan, work hard from both ends of the legal system to discover the link between these victims while the police attempt to track and shake down possible suspects. Hoag fills her book with rich detail when it comes to police procedure. She conveys through her characters the frustration and rewards of the legal system as well as the unflattering political side of it all. Sergants, Kovac and Liska provide an excellent foil for Agent Quinn's proactive investigation and are engaging characters that hook you with their dedication to the job. Rounding out this story is the dark dynamic between Angie DiMarco and Kate Conlan whose seemingly fleeting bond becomes their true salvation against a serial killer.
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