Dust to Dust - A Novel

Zusatztext “Without a doubt! one of the most intense suspense writers around.”— Chicago Tribune   “[Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game. Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust.”— People   “Tami Hoag is the queen of the crime story.”— New York Post Informationen zum Autor Tami Hoag ’s novels have appeared regularly on national bestseller lists since the publication of her first book in 1988. She lives in Florida. Klappentext "[Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game. Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust."-People Sorry. The single word is written on a mirror. In front of it hangs a Minneapolis Internal Affairs cop. Was it suicide? Or a kinky act turned tragic? Either way, it wasn't murder. At least not according to the powers that be. But veteran homicide detective Sam Kovac and his wisecracking, ambitious partner, Nikki Liska, think differently. Together they begin to dig at the too-neat edges of the young cop's death, uncovering one motive-and one suspect-after another. The cloud of suspicion falls not only on the city's elite, but over the very heart of the police department. Someone wants the case closed-quickly and forever. But even with their careers and their lives on the line, neither Kovac nor Liska will give up. As they unearth a connection between a two-month-old murder case and one that has been closed for twenty years, they find themselves chasing a killer who will stop at nothing to keep a dark and shattering secret. "Without a doubt, one of the most intense suspense writers around."-Chicago Tribune "Tami Hoag is the queen of the crime story."-New York Post"They oughta hang the son of a bitch came up with this shit," Sam Kovac groused, digging a piece of nicotine gum out of a crumpled foil pack. "The gum or the wrapper?" "Both. I can't open the damn package and I'd rather chew on a cat turd." "And that would taste different from a cigarette how?" Nikki Liska asked. They moved through a small throng of people in the wide white hall. Cops heading out onto the steps of the Minneapolis city hall for a cigarette, cops coming back in from having a cigarette, and the odd citizen looking for something for their tax dollar. Kovac scowled down at her from the corner of one eye. Liska made five-five by sheer dint of will. He always figured God made her short because if she had the size of Janet Reno she'd take over the world. She had that kind of energy--and attitude out the wazoo. "What do you know about it?" he challenged. "My ex smoked. Lick an ashtray sometime. That's why we got divorced, you know. I wouldn't stick my tongue in his mouth." "Jesus, Tinks, like I wanted to know that." He'd given her the nickname--Tinker Bell on Steroids. Nordic blond hair cut in a shaggy Peter Pan style, eyes as blue as a lake on a sunny day. Feminine but unmistakably athletic. She'd kicked more ass in her years on the force than half the guys he knew. She'd come onto homicide--Christ, what was it now?--five or six years ago? He lost track. He'd been there himself almost longer than he could remember. All of his forty-four years, it seemed. The better part of a twenty-three-year career, for certain. Seven to go. He'd get his thirty and take the pension. Catch up on his sleep for the next ten years. He sometimes wondered why he hadn't taken his twenty and moved on. But he didn't have anything to move on to, so he stayed. Liska slipped between a pair of nervous-looking uniforms blocking the way in front of the door to Room 126--Internal Affairs. "Hey, that was the least of it," she said. "I was more upset about where he wanted to put his dick." Kovac made a sound of pain and disgust, his face twisting. Liska grinne...

Product details

• Authors: Tami Hoag
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.05.2013
• EAN: 9780345547385
• ISBN: 978-0-345-54738-5
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 191 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska; Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense