The Alibi Man by Tami Hoag Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Alibi Man
Book Review: Loved it!
Summary: 4 Stars
The setting of this novel in Florida's horse community was unique. I enjoyed reading it and will be waiting for her next one.Book Review: Mesmerizing... yours truly, the splendor of mystery writer Tami Hoag...
Summary: 5 Stars
In her acknowledgment, with class and grace Tami Hoag salutes those who assist in making a bestseller: "My job [on a book]--which is conception, gestation, and birth--is only the beginning. There is a large extended family that sees me through my process, ...from there... turns the daydreams and nightmares of my imagination into the book [you will hold in your hands] -- 'The Alibi Man'. As in Hoag's breathtaking 'Dark Horse' (one of my all-time favorites as an avid reader and reviewer), Elena Estes is back in another spine-tingling tale of a former undercover cop, murder, power, and interfering elements in Elena's past. The tingling begins with a ringing phone and a voice "She was a dream... a siren... a vision, a mythical goddess... . She was a nightmare. She was dead." And the voice placing the phone call says urgently: "I need an alibi." Elena rides Arli, always preferring the company of horses vs. humans, just as the 'sun was beginning to break', in layers of fog, where alligators waited... she sees first an arm reaching out of the black water... hair floating above the water. The victim is someone she recognizes... Irina Markova, whom she worked with at Sean's stables. Turns and twists lead to the 'Alibi Club', the Russian mafia, Elena's re-encounters with an ex-lover... Read it! You can't miss with a Tami Hoag novel! Josephine Kaszuba Locke, Book Hugger, Ace Reviewer[...]
Book Review: Rich guys from alibi's for each other
Summary: 5 Stars
A thoroughly suspenseful story that was very hard to leave. I have read all of Tami Hoag's books and this might be the best. A group of rich men think they have devised a way to cover themselves from guilt by lying and giving alibi's for each other when one of them is in trouble. It works great for them as long as they all stay together when they give their alibi's for each other, but will they be able to continue to do just that?
Elena Estes used to be a cop but she decided that she liked the company of horses much more than those she had to confront as a cop. A good friend of hers, Sean Avadon, owned a horse farm and Elena had gone to work for him after her time as a cop. Elena loved to ride horses, enjoying the freedom one gets while roaming the peaceful countryside. But when she finds the body of a woman in a canal during one of her rides, her enjoyable ride turned nasty all at once. An alligator and some of the many flesh eaters in a Florida canal were enjoying the body. Elena phoned her old police friend, James Landry, and he started the cops rolling to the remote area. The victim turned out to be Irina Markova, a co-worker of Elena's at the horse farm.
Elena being an ex-cop was told by Landry not to start investigating on her own since she was no longer a cop. But Landry knew Elena would not listen and would delve into the case secretly, especially since she knew the victim fairly well. In the area was a famous polo club, the International Polo Club, where the rich loved to play. One of the rich star polo players was Juan Barbaro, a handsome man that loved good looking and rich women and while Elena was not rich, she was good looking. Barbaro was a member of the Alibi Club as was Elena's former fiancé. Bennett Walker. Elena hated Walker's guts and couldn't stand being around him and she knew in her mind that with all the bad things he had done when she was associated with him, he could have had something to do in the murder.
Barbaro wanted Elena and she wasn't too unhappy being with him except for his alibi connection. When Elena is contacted in a far too menacingly way by a member of the Russian mob, Alexi Kulak, she got scared and knew there was much more to this murder along with the murder of another girl that showed up dead in the area. Now it appears to be a possible prostitution ring connecting the Russian mob and the Alibi Club rich guys.
If all of the above doesn't spark your desire to read this book nothing will. Tami Hoag has written a non-stop action thriller that connects many facets of Palm Beach, Florida rich polo life, and Russian mobs with the police interaction keeping Elena in the action all the way. Though scared she was not one to quit when her friends were involved. A MUST read.
Book Review: Riveting Suspense.
Summary: 3 Stars
The Alibi Man by Tami Hoag has twists and turns that will catch you off guard. With its Florida back drop the story unfolds between a group of polo players, rich middle aged men who feel they are entitled to do as they please and the little people who work around them and feel they are entitled to get want they want out of life, regardless of what that is. The rich old men want only to debauch the beautiful, spirited young women. The poor, beautiful young women want to use sex to get at the old guys money and lifestyle. Elena is her usual contrary, cynical self and doesn't want anything to do with anybody, but ends up in the middle of it all anyway. This is a gritty story of haves and have nots dealing with right and wrong. There are no innocents in this war and no prisoners taken. Those who are corrupting others come in contact with those that have the similar interests. Some become friends and others become an unimaginable nightmare.
Like most Hoag stories there's a lot of soul searching and the justice is the kind that comes from life, not the court system. The story's point is a clear one, if you hang with bad people, bad things will happen to you, and in this story it doesn't matter how rich or how poor or how entitled the characters are, bad things happen.
Book Review: Struggling to get thru it, trying to stay interested.
Summary: 3 Stars
I love Tami Hoag's book. The Alibi Man...hmm, I am half way thru it and trying my hardest to stay focused and finished the book. Its not bad, but its not good either. I am too far in to just put the book down and forget about it, and staying with it is a struggle. I will stick it out and try to finish, but I hope the next Hoag book is better than this one.