Tami Hoag is the queen of the crime story. Without a doubt, one of the most intense suspense writers around.- Chicago Tribune 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. But even with their careers and their lives on the line, neither Kovac nor Liska will give up. Someone wants the case closed-quickly and forever.

The cloud of suspicion falls not only on the city's elite, but over the very heart of the police department. Tami Hoag Dust to Dust: A Novel (Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska) Mass Market Paperback by Tami Hoag (Author) 821 ratings Book 2 of 5: Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska See all formats and editions Kindle 6.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Together they begin to dig at the too-neat edges of the young cop's death, uncovering one motive-and one suspect-after another. But veteran homicide detective Sam Kovac and his wisecracking, ambitious partner, Nikki Liska, think differently. At least not according to the powers that be. Was it suicide? Or a kinky act turned tragic?Įither way, it wasn't murder. In front of it hangs a Minneapolis Internal Affairs cop.

Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust.- People Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust.Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game. Loyal to a fault, he always stays on the right side of the law.But everything changes the night he is awoken by the sound of masked kidnappers entering his home. As Ko vac and his partner, Tinks Liska, peel back the layers of this complex case, they will find their careers and their lives on the line, because someone wants the truth left dead and buried. It begins to look as if Andy Fallon might have hit on something that got him killed.

With the help of Amanda Savard, Fallon's supervisor, Kovac begins to investigate the cases that Andy was working on and the deeper he digs, the more suspicious he becomes. He believes Andy's death is tied to his work, and he presses lead detective Sam Kovac to find another answer - one that won't be popular with anyone. But Andy Fallon's ex-lover doesn't believe Andy died by his own hand - accidentally or otherwise. But Andy's death looks like suicide - or an unfortunate and embarrassing accident: death by auto-erotic misadventure - and the pressure is on from the top brass to close the case as soon as possible. Andy Fallon was gay, and he was investigating a possible cop connection in the brutal murder of another gay officer. The death of internal affairs investigator Andy Fallon is a potential political bomb for the Minneapolis Police Department.

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