Predictable ending (Ashes to Ashes - Tami Hoag)

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Product:	Ashes to Ashes - Tami Hoag
Date:	16/09/00 (28 review reads)
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Advantages: Will appeal to serial killer fans

Disadvantages: Predictable ending may annoy people

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 herself on the trail of the killer but it is a matter of whether she can catch him before he kills her.

This was a story that I found incredibly interesting, right up to the revelation about the identity of the serial killer. You sometimes think you can guess who the killer is going to be but I assure you, it comes unexpectedly in this one. The story is full of intricacies and plot twists but the story is easy to follow, despite its multiple characters and plotting on different levels.

The book is quite long but it never gets boring. The characters are well developed but I fee that you will see the ending coming a mile away. Sadly, there is a stereotype for nearly every type of book these days and I feel that this one runs into it with the ending. True, there are a large amount of surprises based around the serial killer but the ending for Kate Conlan is so predictable.

Still, it is a novel that you will enjoy if you like reading about serial killers.

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