Ashes to Ashes - Softcover

Hoag, Tami

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553579606 ISBN 13: 9780553579604

Publisher: Bantam Books, 2000

Synopsis

"Without a doubt . . . one of the most intense suspense writers around."--Chicago Tribune

"[Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game. Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust."--People

He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies ablaze. He has already claimed three lives, and he won't stop there. Only this time there is a witness. But she isn't talking.

Enter Kate Conlan, former FBI agent turned victim/witness advocate. Not even she can tell if the reluctant witness is a potential victim or something more troubling still. Her superiors are interested only because the latest victim may be the daughter of Peter Bondurant, an enigmatic billionaire. When Peter pulls strings, Special Agent John Quinn gets assigned to the case. But the FBI's ace profiler of serial killers is the last person Kate wants to work with, not with their troubled history. Now she faces the most difficult role of her career--and her life. For she's the only woman who has what it takes to stop the killer . . . and the one woman he wants next.

"You'll want to lock the doors while you're reading."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

"An up-all-night read."--The Detroit News

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Review:

Some doctoral candidate is doubtless hard at work as you read this, trying to explain why and how the serial killer suddenly became every thriller writer's favourite subject. Meanwhile, the irrepressible Tami Hoag shows us in her latest sure-to-be-a-best-seller how the theme should be handled--with sensitivity, wit, and enough energy to heat a small city.

A monster known as the Cremator is killing prostitutes in Minneapolis parks and setting their bodies on fire. When one of his victims turns out to be the daughter of a local millionaire, 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. Conlan and Quinn share a painful personal history; now they have to work together against a very smart lunatic who seems to be able to read their minds.

Although none of this is actually groundbreaking material, Hoag leaps into her story as if she were the very first writer to have thought of it. And guess what? Her innocence and verve are contagious. We throw scepticism to the winds and gladly go along for the thrilling and romantic ride, just as we did in other Hoag hits (Cry Wolf, Dark Paradise, Guilty As Sin). --Dick Adler

Review:

"Without a doubt...Tami Hoag is one of the most intense suspense writers around."--Chicago Tribune

"[Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game....Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust."--People

"[A] detail-packed thriller...The Silence of the Lambs comes to mind more than once."--Entertainment Weekly

"Tami Hoag is the queen of the crime story."--New York Post

"You'll want to lock the doors while you're reading."--Star Tribune, Minneapolis

"An up-all-night read."--Detroit News

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0553579606
• ISBN 13: 9780553579604
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 566