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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Enjoy this author's style and characters. Enjoyed the book. (  ) Misshkey | Nov 11, 2009 |  As I began this book, I knew it wasn't one that I would normally read. I'm not a fan of crime stories and I don't really like the way the author writes. But the next thing I knew, I was already in the middle of the book and didn't want to stop there. There were points in the book when I thought I knew what was going on and who did the crime but then the next thing I knew, I was confused again. I don't know if that was a good thing or not. I didn't much like the end because I wanted a happy love story, but it was still a pretty good book. I enjoyed it more than I thought I was going to in the beginning. (  ) boredness | Sep 5, 2008 | Andy Fallon a gay Internal Affairs investigator is found dead hanging naked in his house. Was his death a suicide? or a kinky act turned tragic?. Veteran homicide detective Sam Kovac and his partner Nikki Liska begin to dig into the young cop’s death and uncover one motive and one suspect after another. They believe his death is murder and is tied to his work. The deeper they look the more suspicious they become; someone wants the case closed quickly and forever. Kovac and Liska put their careers and their lives on the line to find the killer who will stop at nothing to keep the truth dead and buried. This thriller is a well-crafted; the plot is engaging and thickens with every chapter, the suspense at its best. I found this novel a hard book to put down. ( ) Tigerpaw70 | May 29, 2008 | Andy Fallon, a gay Minneapolis police officer, hangs dead in his bedroom. A week later Iron Mike Fallon, a former cop and Andy's father, shoots himself with his service revolver. Detectives Nikki Liska and Sam Kovac are not happy with the suspicious circumstances and the too-swift closing of both cases. They continue to nose around, causing unexpected people to react to their search with panic, threats, and attempted murder. What is the secret behind these deaths, and how are all the people connected? Hoag's story is well told; revelations come slowly and tantalizingly, and the characters are well drawn. CollegeReading | Mar 26, 2008 | Okay, but suffers from being not as good as the greats. This is a police thriller set in Minneapolis and while gripping enough she's not as good at the police stuff as Michael Connelly and not as good with the sense of place in Minneapolis as John Sandford. But a good author to turn to while you're waiting for one of the greats to write a new book. ( ) JustAGirl | Jun 5, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0553106341, Hardcover)Minneapolis has more than its share of interesting cops (Lucas Davenport of the John Sandford thrillers, for one), and Tami Hoag's homicide dicks, Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska, join the club in this thoughtful and surprisingly moving novel of dirty cops and cover-ups. Internal Affairs investigator Andy Fallon is a suicide--or is he? The word around the department is that Andy, son of Iron Mike Fallon, an old hero of Sam's, killed himself because Mike turned his back on him when Andy told him he was gay. Or maybe it was because a lover dumped him, or even (snicker, snicker) a perverted sexual practice gone wrong. That's the gossip, but Sam feels he owes it to Mike to investigate.Sam is a familiar type in this genre, and his self-awareness is almost painful at times. "You're a stereotype. The tragic hero," he's told by Amanda Savard, the strong-but-vulnerable Internal Affairs lieutenant whose determination to keep the Fallon case closed foreshadows her personal history. "The twice-divorced, smoking, drinking workaholic," Sam agrees. "I don't know what's heroic about that. It reeks of failure to me, but maybe I have unrealistic standards." But Sam's droll sense of humor is matched by his deeply ingrained crap detector. When Iron Mike apparently kills himself too, you can almost feel its needle vibrate. Then Sam and Nikki open another closed case, this one almost two decades old, and find the connections that threaten to unravel past crimes and future promises. Hoag is a writer very much in command of her craft: the pacing excels, the characters are complex and interesting, and the details well worked out. Readers will look forward to another Kovac and Liska adventure. --Jane Adams (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:11 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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