A horrifying triple murder in the Minneapolis area seems to
be solved when drifter Karl Dahl, with a long record of
minor offenses, is arrested. This record, coupled with
other evidence linking Dahl to the victims, is important to
the prosecution's case. But Judge Carey Moore provokes a
public outcry when she rules that Dahl's "prior bad acts"
will not be admissible in court. This action sets off a
chain of violent events, including an attack on the judge
in a parking garage and threats to her life and family. A
burnt-out cop, haunted by the murder scene, begins making
plans for his own brand of justice in the case. And in the
midst of it all, Dahl escapes --a desperate fugitive who'll
stop at nothing to get to freedom.
Detectives Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska are assigned to
protect Judge Moore while assisting in the manhunt for
Dahl. When Kovac discovers Carey's husband is leading a
secret life, he begins to wonder if the attack on her was
related to the murder trial after all. Meanwhile, bodies
begin to turn up as Dahl remains on the loose -- but is he
the only killer out there?
This is one of those books that hooks you from the very
start and takes you on a roller coaster ride. Liska and
Kovac are a great team, and Dahl is a truly creepy
character. Hoag is a master at ratcheting up the suspense
and keeping readers guessing. There's also a nice
relationship that develops between Kovac, Judge Moore and
her young daughter that provides some softer moments in
what can sometimes be a rather gruesome story. If you're
not a fan of Tami Hoag yet, I think you will be
after reading this book. If you're already a fan, you won't
be disappointed.
It was a crime so brutal, it changed the lives of even the
most hardened homicide cops. The Haas family murders left a
scar on the community nothing can erase, but everyone agrees
that convicting the killer, Karl Dahl, is a start. Only
Judge Carey Moore seems to be standing in the way. Her
ruling that Dahl’s prior criminal record is inadmissible
raises a public outcry–and puts the judge in grave danger.
When an unknown assailant attacks Judge Moore in a parking
garage, two of Minneapolis’s top cops are called upon to
solve the crime and keep the judge from further harm.
Detective Sam Kovac is as hard-boiled as they come, and his
wisecracking partner, Nikki Liska, isn’t far behind. Neither
one wants to be on this case, but when Karl Dahl escapes
from custody, everything changes, and a seemingly
straightforward case cartwheels out of control.
The stakes go even higher when the judge is
kidnapped–snatched out of her own bed even as the police sit
outside, watching her house. Now Kovac and Liska must
navigate through a maze of suspects that includes the
stepson of a murder victim, a husband with a secret life,
and a rogue cop looking for revenge where the justice system
failed.
With no time to spare, the detectives are pulled down a
strange dark trail of smoke and mirrors, where no one is who
they seem and everyone is guilty of Prior Bad Acts.
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