Achieve Tot Stof Vergaan Imagined By Tami Hoag Paper Copy

up. Good stuff. Believable cast of characters, lots of tension and suspense, Nice details. Very competently written. The only criticism is I thought the killer turned out to be too much of a cliche, Also thought the sex scenes were a little over the top, You know, where both characters climax together and the world moves and fireworks explode in the sky kind of sex, . . Hoag continues to exploit the theme of mutilated women A Thin Dark Line,, etc, in a romance thriller about the hunt for a serial killer, Someone in Minneapolis is tying down women, then raping, torturing, and killing them, While they're still alive, the attacker sticks knives into the soles of their feet, then cuts off their nipples and aureoles, After they die, he stabs them in a ritual pattern, slices off their tattoos, and burns their bodies beyond recognition to relive his moments of triumph, he audiotapes their screams for mercy and death.
He's the "Cremator": just another "sadistic sexual serial killer" with low selfesteem and an abused childhood behind him, His first two victims are prostitutes, but when he turns his hand to Jillian Bondurant, the daughter of a billionaire, Minnesota calls in FBI agent John Quinn, worldfamous expert on serial killers and related ilk.
In the Twin Cities, Quinn is reunited with his exlover Kate Conlan, a former FBI expert in violent crime and the only woman he could ever really love.
After the death of her daughter and a bitter divorce, Kate has moved to Minnesota and become a victim and witnessadvocate, In that capacity, she's assigned to watch over Angle DiMarco, a runaway teenager who spied the Cremator while she was turning a trick in the park.
As lots of tawdry details are dug up about Jillian incest, etc, the killer tortures and murders another woman, kills a small dog in romance, always a sign of irredeemable evil, then begins to plot against Kate herself.
Hoag's strong dose of SampM resolves in fire, blood, stabbings, and Kate spreadeagled on a table, Though Hoag grows more and more adept at juggling a complex plot, her sort of violent entertainment isn't for everyone,

Spoilers Here
Kate Conlan and John Quinn are our heros/romantic interest, Angie DiMarco is the witness and we find out, also, assistant to The Cremator, The Cremator is none other than the man who helps "lost" girls and is the boss of Kate Conland, Rob, Well that just goes to show how much character development there was, I can't remember his last name, Kovac and Liska were supporting characters that helped the story, Michelle was the sister of Angie, Rob's lover, and Jillian's best friends with friends like these, In the end, Rob takes Kate to her basement and begins torturing her, stabs her in the foot, etc, Michelle is shot when she tries to blackmail Bondurant, Angie is now holding the knife, poised about Kate's breast, She stabs Rob. He dies. She slices her wrist and falls to the ground, A fire breaks out but Kate is rescued by Quinn, Quinn and Kate continue to see each other, The story was fine but not great, I enjoy Gerritsen's serial killer stories more, There was some heat between Kate and John but not enough, Hoag also tells us who the characters look like compared to movie, George Clooney, etc, I hate that. I'll picture who I want, Just give me the description, I am sorry but I had to stop reading this book, Gruesome and way too graphic, Decapitations. Torture. Live cremations. Excessive swearing and just silly language by the police officers involved, I won't repeat it here but highly inappropriate language, And the book is too long, I hope she goes well in the future with her writing, I have read others by her and they were a lot better, Ashes to Ashes
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Synopsis
A killer known only as The Cremator tortures his victims and sets them on fire.
Victims advocate Kate Conlon is called in to help a reluctant witness to the latest murder, However, things are not at they seem and Kate, together with FBI profiler John Quinn ,must get to the truth before Kate becomes the next victim.



The book ispages too long,

The serial killer plot has potential but becomes bogged down with the characters internal

dialogue that is repetitious and tedious.


It is difficult to warm up to the main characters and their romance lacks chemistry by the time they get over their angst, you don't care anymore.
Kate comes across as cold and distant and John's burn out symptoms overshadow his profiling abilities,

There is too much focus on the various characters' emotional baggage and their constant internal ruminations really detract from the murder mystery and investigation.


No more for me in this series but will give the author another chance, Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag is the first book in the Kovac and Liska Mystery series, A serial killer known as the cremator is burning his victims, and when the latest victim appears to be a tech billionaires daughter, FBI profiler agent Quinn is called in.
I enjoyed the book, although it seemed that former FBI agent and now victim advocate Kate Conlon and FBI agent John Quinn were the main characters and main investigators with Kovac and Liska having a secondary role.
I liked the characters who all seemed to work well together, but I found the story a bit long and drawn out.
Otherwise an interesting and captivating mystery, My coworker and I were always baffled by this book, Running a small used bookstore, we never understood why we had seven copies of this title and no other Tami Hoag, When an eight one rolled in, I decided I had to know, It was either a horrible disappointment or was go good that it had been issued to every mystery fan in the area.


I read it, It was the latter.

A vicious serial killer, wonderfully realized characters, citylevel political intrigue, and one of those introspective romances, I can be critical of mystery novels, but this immediately went on my Manager's Pick shelf, This serial killer thriller is full of tension and I really didn't know who the serial killer was until the author wanted me to know.
Well written Tami Hoag! This is the first book I've read by this author and I will look forward to the next one.
Besides the thriller aspect I enjoyed the interplay between the police detectives and the relationship between FBI specialist Quinn and Kate the victim advocate.
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