Cold Cold Heart

In Tami Hoag's Cold Cold Heart, this standalone thriller will leave you feeling chilled and numb after you finish the story. Dana Nolan was abducted in Minneapolis and taken hostage by a cold-blooded serial killer. She fought for her life and killed her abductor. But her former world as a rising TV reporter had changed forever in the blink of an eye. Though she survived as the 9th victim of Doc Holliday's reign of terror, she had suffered brain damage and scars and a mixed-up perception of reality. After months of rehab, she returns home to Shelby Hills, Indiana, to start her long road of recovery of her new life, while she heals and deals with her new situation. Everything's not as close as it appears to be for Dana. But she didn't want to be the focus on TV. What haunted her the most was the disappearance of her best friend Casey Grant. When a familiar face appears in her life, it started a chain reaction of events as she's on the hunt to find out what happened to her and to solve the mystery. She reunites with her former high school sweetheart Tim Carver and searches for clues and understanding. She also deals with her step-father's reelection campaign and more swirling questions and memories from the past. The closer she gets to the truth, it leads her to lurking danger. And in the end, she leans about the shocking truth and whodunit when it hit her real close to home.


This was a dark and spine-tingling stand-alone thriller from Tami Hoag. I did care for Dana and what emotinal hell she had been put through. Though she needed a break, I did become concern on her getting way too close to the truth and closer to the dark truth of it all. I did feel bad for John, who had grown up in a turbulent household and had dealt with his post-war afflictions of his own. He just wanted to live his own life. I did like the dual locations of Minneapolis and then in Shelby Mills, Indiana. It was a change of pace from her serials in Minneapolis. This has a lot of twists and turns to keep you bitting your tongue and shaking your head and moaning a lot. This has plenty of non-stop action, tons of drama, suspense and a hint of a mystery to keep you intrigued from first page to last.

Will you witness a cold cold heart tonight?

Special review: Prior Bad Acts from October 2008

In the 3rd installment of Tami Hoag's Kovac/Liska thriller series, Prior Bad Acts, this duo went out to solve another disturbing case.  Everyone agreed that convincting Carl Dahl was a start, when he committed the crime of killing the Haas family. Only Judge Carey Moore stood in the way and put her in grave danger.  When someone attacked her in a parking lot, that's when Kovac and Liska were on the scene to protect her from further harm, when no one wanted to be on this disturbing case. But when Dahl disappeared from custody, everything went out control. Then the judge was kidnapped, when reopened the case and searched for new clues to the true killer of that grisly murder to serve justice.

This was another terrific Tami Hoag thriller in the Kovac/Liska series. This was so gripping and disturbing, you couldn't put it down. I did care about the Haas family members, for Kovac and Liska and for Judge Moore. I totally thought Dahl was disturbing as hell, too. I loved the Minnesota location in the twin cities. This would leave you speechless with chills in the end. Great drama, terrific suspense, and lots of intrigue and action to the end.

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Down the Darkest Road

In the third installment of the Oak Knoll series, Down the Darkest Road,  Tami Hoag delivered us some chills. We were introduced to Lauren Lawton. For four years, she searched for answers in the disappearance of her daughter. That's every parent's worst nightmare. Not knowing if she was dead or alive in the pursuit of justice for answers. Her youngest daughter suffered as well, since her father committed suicide. When they've started over in Oak Knoll, we watched how they suffered in the hands of the Sheriff's Office. And we were enthralled in a dark and dangerous cat-and-mouse came between her family and the sexual predators. This would send you chills, when you werre welcomed into her nightmares, when we observed how she fought for survival and answers in the end. Be careful of the people you know and the company you keep...

This was an excellent way to close out the Oak Knoll trilogy series. I loved how we were introduced to the Lawtons, when it happened years later from the first two books. I felt sadness for the Lawtons and shook my head in disbelief for the Sheriff's Office. I continued to love the Oak Knoll, California location, one more time. This would grip you from start to finish, right to the shocking jaw-dropping conclusion. Nonetheless, a fitting ending as well, too. Great drama, tons of thrilling and surprising action, and plenty of twists on every page to leave you feeling cold and numb in the end.

Ready to walk down the darkest road? Grab a flashlight and a copy today!

The 9th Girl

In the 4th installment of the Kovac/Liska series, The 9th Girl, which happened years later since the last book, this dealt with real life everyday events that happened close to home. It was New Years Eve, when a dead body was found bouncing out of a car trunk. It was so unrecognizable, it looked like a zombie. It was now up to Kovac and Liska to identify her and find out what happened to her. We also would go into their minds and see what they dealt with as they believed it could be the ninth victim of a serial killer. While they do it, Liska's son Kyle was having his own life issues at home and being bullied at a special school for gifted students. This also dealt with cyber-bullying of sorts as well. When they worked this case, therewas a serial killer on the prowl and made his next move to his next victim. While they questioned the victim's family and friends, they go back and forth on doubting them. This book had a shocking ending that you wouldn't see coming to leave you breathless. This is so well done!

This was an excellent thriller. This dealt with hard core issues that's so on the news these days. I loved the pairing of Kovac and Liska, when things have changed over the years for them. I loved how it was after the holiday season and took place in a cold Minnesota winter. I didn't like how the victim was bullied and was killed either. I loved how it focused back and forth from Liska's home and career, when it dealt with the same subject matter. This would send chills down their spine. Great drama, excellent action and suspense, and a great mystery wrapped up in a thriller.

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Ashes to Ashes

If you love fantastic thrillers, you'll enjoy this one from Tami Hoag. In Ashes to Ashes, the first book in the Kovac/Liska series, Kate Conlan was a former FBI Agent and now a victim advocate for court in Minnesota. She had been introduced on a new case, when the only victim who witnessed the Cremator in action.  With two dead prostitutes and one millionaire's daughter who saw it, she talked to Angie DeMarco. John Quinn from the FBI resurfaced into her life after five years, when she was now divorced and lost her daughter to illness. Now she had to battle her emotions from the past and focused on the case before. Later on, the tables were turned, when puzzling new evidence was into play, and the truth of the role of her witness also came into play, when she realized how the killer was on to her and wanted her dead. This would keep you guessing right to the end.

This was a great introductin to Kovac and Liska. I did feel worried about Kate, Angie, and Peter Boudrant's daughter. I became interested, when John came back into Kate's life.  I loved the backdrop of Minnesota for the series. The Cremator gave me the creeps and the chills. This would make you turn you head and shake it in disbelief. Great drama, plenty of creepy and eerie suspense, nice action in a great flowing pace.

Ready for a great read? Enjoy a copy this weekend!

Secrets to the Grave

In Tami Hoag's Secrets to the Grave, the second installment in the Oak Knolls trilogy series, it happened one-and-a-half years later after the See-No-Evil murder, when the police found a dead woman with her crying baby girl. Now it was up to the police and Vince Leone to protect the little girl, while they figured out more about Marissa Fordham's murder and her mysterious background. The deeper they dig, the most confusing they wind up solving this baffling mystery. Meanwhile, Anne Navarre Leone was the only person who visited Dennis Farman, who was a juvenile menace to society, and wanted a family of her own, when she became attached to the little girl. But for both Anne and Vince, danger loomed near them, when their lives were on the line, especially when Gina Kemmer wound up missing and almost dead. What a rush!

This was another enjoyable thriller in the Oak Knolls trilogy series. I did continue to love the timeline and the location of Oak Knolls, California. I did care about Marissa's baby and for Anne and Vince as well.  I loved the angle of the FBI and the 1980s, when forensics weren't too far advanced back then. I also cared a little bit about Dennis Farman as well, when he was still hurting from the deceit in his family. Great drama, tons of thrilling action and suspense, and an intricate intriguing mystery as well.

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Dark Paradise

In Tami Hoag's Dark Paradise, this was one of her earliest novels before she wrote thrillers as a romantic suspense. It had all the drama of a thriller and passion from a romantic suspense novel. Mary Lee Jennings left California to meet her friend Lucy in New Eden, Montana. Little did she know, she discovered her friend had ended up dead, and learned the shocking truth of the secrets of this small town, while she was putting herself in danger on living on a ranch, and falling in love with a stubborn cowboy. A great read to enjoy any day of the year.

This was another great novel from Tami Hoag. I did feel bad for Mary Lee, when she found out about Lucy's death. I loved the idea of picturesque Montana and on a ranch for the location of this town. This gave me goosebumps and shivers down my spine. It also left a bad taste in my mouth. Call you a thriller or a romantic suspense, I'll consider it a romantic novel per se. Great drama, lots on tension and intrigue, and plenty of action to left you shaking all over.

Welcome to your dark paradise! Read it and enjoy!

Deeper than the Dead

In Tami Hoag's, Deeper than the Dead, the first book in the Oak Knoll series trilogy, it was a stellar thriller. It centered on a sleepy quiet college town, when four  school kids discovered a murder in a park, and woke up the neighborhood. Secrets came out in full force, when the investigation was in full wing, and shocking surprises disturbed the whole community of Oak Knoll, California. Taken place in the 1980s, way back before forensic science and technology took place, that's when the FBI came in with Vince and Ann, the school teacher. Even a possible romance blossom between them wrapped things up in a surprising ending of who committed the crime.

I loved this series. I loved how it taken place in Oak Knoll, California, in the 1980s. Even nowadays, we can see how far advanced we've gone in forensic science and technology since then for solving crimes. I loved how Ann and Vince team up to solve this murder and fall in love. I didn't like the way the crime was committed and why though. I did feel sorry for the Whitman family, too. That just broke my heart, even for the victim's family as well. Great drama, tons of throwback suspense, with plenty of action in the heart of this thriller.

Get ready to flashback in the 1980s with Deeper than the Dead. Pick up a copy today!