"He was dog tired.
Not for the first time-or the hundred and first time-he thought. I'm getting too old for this. In the
next thought, he wondered what Liska was doing. He wondered how bored she was.
He thought of cold case squads as the place old Homicide dicks went when they
couldn't keep up anymore. Then he remembered with no small amount of depression
that he was an old Homicide dick. ..."
The Bitter Season returns
as the fifth book in the Detectives Kovac and Liska series. Its November, 25
years ago in cold Minnesota for sex crimes detective Ted Duffy. Burned out on
the everyday horror, dragged down by those closest to him who can't understand
him. He becomes a homicide case.
Move to present day. Nikki
Liska is on a new job for a cold case unit. Giving her regular hours to spend
with her kids, making this a good fit for her. Against her judgment of which
cases are solvable, the Duffy murder becomes her next case.
Meanwhile, her ex partner
Sam Kovac is running through new partners and missing Liska. Working the
homicide unit with the current "trainee' Michael Taylor. They have their
own serious things to deal with when Professor Chamberlain and his wife are
brutally murdered in their home.
On the other side of town
a young woman by the name of Evi is living a good life. So much better than the
one she started out with. Coming from a foster home and turning her life into
something so much better. Something or someone from the past is about to reach
out and try to take it all away from her. Memories for everyone involved in
these crimes come back to haunt them. Some things you never forget.
Who killed Ted Duffy?
After all this time is there really anything to go on? What about Professor
Chamberlain and his wife? Who would want them dead? Gruesome and scary.
Sometimes a fresh set of eyes is the answer to an old situation or even a new
one. The answers you think you know will surprise you.
From there the story is
tied to together in some surprising turns. In classic Tami Hoag writing, an
exciting fast paced story. I'm never let down by her work. If you like crime
and detective series this is definitely an author you'd want to read. If you
already read her you'll know what I'm talking about and you'll want to read
this book for sure.
Thank you Netgalley and
Penguin Books Dutton
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