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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (18 Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752826913
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752826912
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 133,767 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Some doctoral candidate is doubtless hard at work as you read this, trying to explain why and how the serial killer suddenly became every thriller writer's favourite subject. Meanwhile, the irrepressible Tami Hoag shows us in her latest sure-to-be-a-best-seller how the theme should be handled--with sensitivity, wit, and enough energy to heat a small city.

A monster known as the Cremator is killing prostitutes in Minneapolis parks and setting their bodies on fire. When one of his victims turns out to be the daughter of a local millionaire, 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. Conlan and Quinn share a painful personal history; now they have to work together against a very smart lunatic who seems to be able to read their minds.

Although none of this is actually groundbreaking material, Hoag leaps into her story as if she were the very first writer to have thought of it. And guess what? Her innocence and verve are contagious. We throw scepticism to the winds and gladly go along for the thrilling and romantic ride, just as we did in other Hoag hits (Cry Wolf, Dark Paradise, Guilty As Sin). --Dick Adler

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Kate Conlan, ex FBI agent, finds herself protecting a teenage runaway from a serial killer who burns women alive... Known as the Cremator, the serial killer has already claimed three victims, and there's only one witness, who's not talking. Kate Conlan can't tell if she's working with a reluctant witness, a potential victim, or something more sinister still. As she battles with demons of her own, and amidst the frenzy of media attention, Kate finds herself on the trail of the Cremator. She's got what it takes to stop him. And he wants her alone...

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars unputdownable, 7 Aug 2000
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This is the first Tami Hoag book that I have read but it certainly will not be the last,I can't wait to read them all if they are as good as this book,you would not guess who the killer is,It is in the same league as kathy reich,patricia cornwell,a truly excellent crime thriller!
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1.0 out of 5 stars A big fat book full of nothing, 2 Sep 1999
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I read this book from cover to cover - partly because I wanted to find out whodunnit, which I suppose means it is a success to some degree - but partly because I wanted to find out if the stilted prose, the unbelievable cliches, the totally unconvincing love interest, and the tooth-grindingly awful dialogue could possibly get any worse. And they did. Page by ludicrous page.

We're introduced to a 'plucky' heroine who is apparently able and willing to tackle the odd stray gunman with ... wait for it... her shoe. You just know she's going to end up staring death in the face and coming up with a smart remark (in fact her unfeasible fortitude later in the book puts her right up there with the martyrs). And a hero who is chisel jawed and handsome, a world-weary genius who emerges from her murky past and woos her with the kind of dialogue one would expect to find in a Barbara Cartland novel.

Hero and heroine, along with a bunch of unbelievably cliche'd hard-assed cops, are pitted against a serial killer - the 'Cremator' - whose evil deeds, while undeniably bloody (burned corpses with chunks removed and suitably artistic arrangements of wounds) are frankly without credibility. And the further one gets into the book, the more lacking in credibility they become. Like the previous reviewer, I was kept guessing - in the face of a number of red herrings that screamed "I'M A RED HERRING!" (subtlety is not this author's strong point) until a few chapters before the big denouement. But that's largely because the whole plot was so preposterous, and the characters so one-dimensional, that it didn't make any sense anyway. Oh - and I probably missed quite a lot because I was laughing so hard at the love scenes I was temporarily blinded by tears of mirth.

A really, really disappointing read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I love her books, 20 Sep 2001
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I've read quite a few Tami Hoag books, and have yet to read one that ddin't enthrall me from start to finish. I am currently reading the sort-of sequel Dust to Dust featuring Kovak and Liska and find it unputdownable. Night Sins and Guilty as Sin were the first of her books I read, and the way the situations twist and turn is mesmerising. A damn good read if you enjoy serial killer novels.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Marvellous, Brilliant!
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