Ashes to Ashes - Tami Hoag

Ashes to Ashes - Tami Hoag: A macabre series of killings (781 words)
by sunmeilan - written on 24.03.06 (Very useful, 262 readings)
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Introduction Tami Hoag is an author I would probably have never come across if I hadn't lived overseas and suffered from a shortage of books in English. However, I did get to read quite a few, ranging from the frankly dreadful to the really very good. This particular book and its sequel, 'Dust to Dust' are two of the best and are incomparable with most of her other books, in particular the dreadful 'Lucky's Lady'. This is not a book for the faint-hearted, the descriptions of some of the murders are very graphic and probably unnecessary, although they do help to build up the suspense. An excellent book, one that I would thoroughly recommend. The ...

Predictable ending (309 words)
by LukeCroll - written on 16.09.00 (Very useful, 28 readings)
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The story begins in Minneapolis, where a dead body is burnt. The newspapers call the killer the ‘Cremator’ and he soon brings his total to four victims. However, a teenage girl sees his face and she can bring him down. However, the girl refuses to speak, not even to her advocate, Kate Conlan. Conlan was once an FBI agent but she had to leave after a scandal. Now, she is happy to protect people rather than try to catch the criminals – but here, something is not right. Is the girl a witness, a potential victim or something else? Special Agent John Quinn turns up; a man from Kate’s past who has a powerful secret. Kate finds ...

Ashes to Ashes - Tami Hoag: Ashes to Ashezzzzzzz (439 words)
by yaffle - written on 07.11.00 (Useful, 66 readings)
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I picked this up at a discount bookshop, and on reading it realised why it was discounted. The premise is simple enough; a serial killer is on the loose in Minneapolis, dubbed "The Cremator" by the press because he burns the bodies of his victims. A young prostitute witnesses him burning one of his victims, and Kate Conlan from the Victim Protection Unit is assigned to look after her and draw the evidence from her. The book follows Kate, and through her the police investigation into the crimes. It attempts to fool the reader into suspecting one or other periphary characters of being the Cremator, and tries to keep a romantic interest between ...