Ashes to Ashes (novel)
{{short description|Novel by Tami Hoag}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox book|
| name = Ashes to Ashes
| image = Cover of Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Tami Hoag
| illustrator =
| cover_artist =
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| publisher = Bantam Books
| release_date = 1999
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 592
| isbn = 0-553-57960-6
| oclc= 44591308
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = Dust to Dust
}}
Ashes to Ashes is a 1999 crime/thriller novel written by Tami Hoag. It is the first novel in the Kovac/Liska Series.{{cite web |title=Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/SKL/sam-kovac-and-nikki-liska |website=Penguin Random House |access-date=29 April 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Wisneski |first1=Ken |title=Mayhem in Murderopolis |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/195624475 |work=Star Tribune |date=30 July 2000 |location=Minneapolis |page=84 |language=en}}
Synopsis
A serial killer known as "The Cremator" is killing sex workers in Minneapolis parks and setting their bodies on fire. When one of his victims turns out to be the daughter of a local billionaire, 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.{{cite news |last1=Keenan |first1=John |title=Strong Women Drive Tami Hoag's Fiction |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/892360664 |work=Omaha World-Herald |date=28 March 1999 |page=219 |language=en}}
Reception
Kirkus Reviews praised Hoag's ability to "juggle a complex plot" but warned that the graphic violence may not appeal to some readers.{{cite web |title=ASHES TO ASHES |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tami-hoag/ashes-to-ashes/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=29 April 2023 |language=en |date=1 February 1999}} Publishers Weekly noted the crisp dialog and engaging love scenes, and praised her for "granting a humanizing dignity to the victims' corpses".{{cite web |title=Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780553106336 |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=29 April 2023 |date=1 March 1999}}
Booklist also reviewed Ashes to Ashes.{{Cite web |date=1999-01-01 |title=Ashes to Ashes |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Ashes-to-Ashes-Tami-Hoag/pid=165169 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Booklist}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.tamihoag.com/ Tami Hoag's official website]
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Category:American thriller novels
Category:American crime novels