Prior bad acts

Format:

Audio disc

Title:

Prior bad acts

Author:

Hoag, Tami.

ISBN:

9781415927564

9780553502855

Edition:

Library ed.

Publication Information:

Santa Ana, CA : Books on Tape, ℗2006.

Physical Description:

10 audio discs (approximately 70 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Number in series:

General Note:

Unabridged.

Compact disc.

Summary:

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.

Subject(s):

Judges -- Crimes against -- Fiction.

Women judges -- Fiction.

Mass murder -- Fiction.

Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Fiction.

Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Genre:

Legal stories.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Audiobooks.

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Detective and mystery stories.

Added Author:

Graham, Holter.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Stayton Public Library	HOAG Tami	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

A judge's unpopular ruling places her at the center of a killer's sight. Now, Minneapolis detectives Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska must protect the judge in a case where no one is who they seem and everyone is at risk.

Author Notes

Tami Hoag was born on January 20, 1959, in Cresco, Iowa. Her first novel, The Trouble with J. J., was published in 1988. Her other works include Night Sins, Guilty as Sin, The Alibi Man, Prior Bad Acts, Dark Horse, Kill the Messenger, Deeper Than the Dead, Secrets to the Grave, Down the Darkest Road, Cold Cold Heart, the Bitter Season, and The Boy. She is a past recipient of the Career Achievement Award from the Romantic Times.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

A simple court hearing explodes into a multifaceted case at the start of this stunning meld of thriller and police procedural from bestseller Hoag. Shortly after Minneapolis judge Carey Moore decides that the many "prior bad acts" of accused serial killer Karl Dahl can't be used in his trial, Dahl escapes from jail and someone attacks Moore. Homicide cops Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska, introduced in Ashes to Ashes (1999), are assigned to protect the judge, whom the police hate for her liberal views. Moore's disintegrating marriage and her husband's shady business dealings lead the investigation in new directions, while more murders exacerbate the hunt for Dahl. Hoag, who began her career as a romance writer, has experimented with several mystery subgenres. Here she stands above the competition, creating complex characters who evolve more than those in most thrillers. The breathtaking plot twists are perfectly paced in this compulsive page-turner, which ends on a romantic note. (On sale Mar. 28) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

Law-enforcement officials throughout Hennepin County thought they'd have an advocate on the bench when one of their own--former state prosecutor Carey Moore--became a criminal-court judge. Her Honor, however, knows that she will be scrutinized for favoring the prosecution, so she makes sure to rule evenly. But even is not the way the D.A.'s office would describe her handling of the case against defendant Karl Dahl. The cops and prosecutors are sure that Dahl is the one who brutally raped and murdered a mother and her two children, but they recognize that the evidence is highly circumstantial. Admitting Dahl's prior bad acts into evidence, they argue, would establish a pattern of behavior, whereas Dahl's attorney maintains that the evidence would be prejudicial. When Carey sides with the defense, her decision ignites a series of events that begins with her being brutally attacked. Then Dahl escapes, and homicide detectives Sam Kovak and Nikki Liska give chase. A first-rate thriller with an ending that will knock your socks off. --Mary Frances Wilkens Copyright 2006 Booklist

Library Journal Review

Dust to Dust homicide detective Sam Kovac and partner Nikki Liska are stuck with protecting an unpopular judge-and then she is kidnapped. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.