Ashes to Ashes
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Ashes to Ashes

by Tami Hoag

1999•Thriller•566 pages

Taste attributes: thrillercrimepsychologicaldramaunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringrescue/escape/jeopardytroubled leadsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeA dark, weighty thriller: intricate and stirring. Best if you like edge over warmth.

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About This Book

The first book in the Kovac / Liska series. (Liska is the wisecracking one). Although, here, they are not the main characters: it's former FBI agent turned victim/witness Advocate, Kate Conlan and Special Agent John Quinn here battling a mass murderer who first tortures his victims, then anoints them and sets them ablaze.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ThrillerCrimePsychologicalDramaRescue/escape/jeopardyTroubled leadsInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

Government investigatorsSerial murderersSerial murdersSuspenseUnited StatesPsychological fictionSuspense fictionMurderers

Details

Author
Tami Hoag
Published
1999
Pages
566
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