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Apr 08, 2019JustaThot rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Hurray! I have finally found a mystery writer who is, to me, on a par with my beloved Louise Penny. And that despite the fact that the Tami Hoag book I grabbed off the New Releases shelf is the sixth (and last) in her Kovac and Liska series. My preference is always to start with the first book in order to absorb the characters' development as the story progresses across multiple novels. How did I get so lucky to find an author capable of producing a book that is both a standalone and a continuation at the same time? Dunno'. What I do know is that I will be ordering "Ashes to Ashes" (1999) in which readers meet detectives Kovac and Liska for the first time, and then I'll proceed from there. Guess I shouldn't be so surprised by Hoag's deftness in plot and character development. She's had 15 consecutive books on the New York Times bestseller list. I highly recommend that you read this one.