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Title: Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag ISBN: 0-553-57960-6 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 27 June, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.96 (166 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not wild about serial killers
Comment: I would like to read more of Tami Hoag's stories if they are not about serial killers or sex crimes. I don't like it when a book tries to get into the mind of a pervert. It might be more interesting if the book is based on a real story, but this is a novel. What I find interesting in a good mystery, is the way the main character finds clues and tracks down the culprit. It is also more enjoyable to me when a murder is committed for motives you can maybe guess yourself--like greed, love, etc. Sick, incestuous, cannibalistic and violent sex just isn't my cup of tea. Come to think of it, I wouldn't even want to read a book about someone real who is fits that description.
I also thought this book dragged on way too long. I listened to the audio version, unabridged. It was about 16 hours. The narrator was pretty good. A bad narrator can ruin any story you are listening to.
Rating: 5
Summary: Chilling thriller to keep you up all night
Comment: Kate Conlan is a former FBI agent turned victim/witness advocate. She treats her clients like family, always eager to be there for them, to support them and give them the encouragement they need. She has only one rule: she doesn't work with kids.
When a murderer strikes again, leaving his signature mark of a charred corpse in the middle of a very public park, the cops know they're dealing with a serial killer. His first two victims didn't garner too much attention - after all, they were only prostitutes. Surely, government money could be put to better use than finding their killers? But the third victim is different. She's thought to be the daughter of a billionaire. Too bad the killer decapitated her before burning her, which leaves the cops very little options for identification. Except, this time, there's a witness. She's young, perhaps fifteen or sixteen, and living on the streets has made her stubborn, uncooperative and unreliable.
When Kate is assigned to work with this witness, she's appalled. There's a reason she doesn't work with kids. They take too much emotional involvement, and Kate has already lost her daughter - she's not sure she can deal with having any more children taken away from her. Then things get even more complicated as the best FBI profiler, John Quinn, is brought in on the case. Unfortunately for Kate, he's also her ex-lover, and the only man she's ever really loved.
This was my first introduction to Tami Hoag's writing, and I have to admit, I'm speechless. Her talent is extraordinary, as she's able to craft an intensely suspenseful story that kept me turning pages well into the night. In fact, I finished this book at 5:00 AM, unwilling to put it down through the last four hundred pages. I needed to know what would happen next. Every twist and turn of this fabulous mystery thriller brought me to the edge of my seat... and just when I thought I had it figured out, another twist in the story would develop, nullifying everything I thought I knew.
I truly felt connected to the main characters. Both John and Kate were endearing; both having had to suffer through so much and deal with an inordinate amount of stress. I was rooting for them to find the happiness and peace they so richly deserved. Of course, with a psychopath on the loose, it's a little hard to find time for romance.
A word of warning: some scenes are extremely graphic, and quite disturbing. In particular, the autopsy scenes, and those written from the killer's point of view are especially chilling. So settle in with a blanket, a cup of hot chocolate, and this exquisite thriller - and make sure to lock those doors!
Rating: 4
Summary: Good thriller/suspense with well-developed characters
Comment: I'll avoid the review of the plot that you can find above or in other reviews and just give you my opinion. This is one of the better Tami Hoag books that I've read - it's, for the most part, well-paced and kept my interest up as a good thriller should.
I particularly enjoyed getting to know the characters, especially Kate, Angie, and Quinn. Even the smaller characters around the police station were interesting. (Interesting enough to make me seek out "Dust to Dust" to try and learn more about them!)
My one complaint is that I sometimes found the characters hard to keep straight as many of them were referred to alternately by first name, last name, or nickname -- it took me stopping and checking to realize that Nikki, Liska, and Tinks were all the same woman!
Still, I'd highly recommend this book. It's about as fun as reading the exploits of a serial killer can be, all things considered!
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Title: Dust to Dust by Tami Hoag ISBN: 0553582526 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 26 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Guilty as Sin by Tami Hoag ISBN: 0553564528 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Thin Dark Line by Tami Hoag ISBN: 0553571885 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Cry Wolf by Tami Hoag ISBN: 055356160X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dark Paradise by Tami Hoag ISBN: 0553561618 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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