''Ashes to Ashes'' is a 1999 crime/thriller novel written by
Tami Hoag
Tami Hoag (born Tami Mikkelson; January 20, 1959) is an American novelist, best known for her work in the romance and thriller genres. More than 22 million copies of her books are in print.
Biography
Hoag was born in Cresco, Iowa and raised in t ...
. It is the first novel in the Kovac/Liska Series.
Synopsis
A serial killer known as "The Cremator" is killing
sex workers in
Minneapolis park
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...
s and setting their bodies on fire. When one of his victims turns out to be the daughter of a local
billionaire
A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least one billion (1,000,000,000, i.e., a thousand million) units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterling. The American busin ...
, and a homeless teenager claims to have witnessed the burning, it brings together former
FBI agent Kate Conlan (now working as a victim-witness advocate) and the Bureau's top serial-killer profiler, John Quinn.
Reception
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Kirkus Reviews
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'' praised Hoag's ability to "juggle a complex plot" but warned that the graphic violence may not appeal to some readers. ''
Publishers Weekly'' noted the crisp dialog and engaging love scenes, and praised her for "granting a humanizing dignity to the victims' corpses".
References
External links
Tami Hoag's official website
Novels by Tami Hoag
1999 American novels
American thriller novels
American crime novels
Novels set in Minneapolis
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