The Alibi Man by Tami Hoag Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Alibi Man
Book Review: The Alibi Man
Summary: 4 Stars
Thank You!Book arrived in good condition just as discribed.The Book was posted & in my mail box in a timely manner.Book Review: The Alibi Man by Tami Hoag
Summary: 1 Stars
I had a hard time getting through this book. I usually like her books. I did not care for the characters at all.Book Review: The Alibi Man, by Tami Hoag
Summary: 5 Stars
Like always book came quickly and in good condition. It is alway good to look for titles by certain authors that you missed when new.Book Review: The plot galloped right along
Summary: 4 Stars
I really enjoyed THE ALIBI MAN as a novel that kept a good pace and had no really boring or slow moving moments. I read a few reviews that described this novel as unnecessarily graphic. I just didn't see that. I thought it was delightfully graphic where it needed to be. When one is dealing with horrific murders and with unmerciful people who wish to terrorize potential witnesses or perpetrators, what would you expect? I think this would have been a 5 star book for me had the main character, Elena, been just a little more likable. I did grow somewhat tired of her continueing to try to act tough. She's an adult now. Grow up and get over it. Okay, your adopted dad was a jerk. Move on! Detective Landry was well done. I could actually believe he was a cop with a sense of duty and he was pretty competent at his job. Weiss was a bit hard to take and he just kind of disapeared towards the end of the book. I don't know how to describe Bennett Walker, but Barbaro was my pick as the biggest sleeze in the book. I was really hoping something awful was going to happen to him. I won't give away any details in the way of spoilers. I will conclude with something of a spoiler though: Way to go, Svetlana! All in all, this was a very good novel, fast paced and interesting. Another nice piece of work from one of my favorite authors.Book Review: The return of Tami Hoag's best character so far.
Summary: 4 Stars
Elena Estes, the battlescarred (literally and figuratively) cop from "Dark Horse," is back to seeing that justice is served in this fast-paced murder mystery.
Elena had given up on a lot-- her career as a police officer, her relationship with Detective Landry, and her having her own home-- and seized a last chance at happiness when she went to work for her horse-owning friend Sean Avedon. Unfortunately for her, the seedy crime world of Palm Beach has followed her from the horse show grounds to the polo arena, and this time it's personal. This time she knew the victim well, and the potential suspect even better...
As most sequels go, this was not as good as the original. Tami Hoag knows her stuff when it comes to the horse world, and I missed that commentary a lot in this book; most of the subject matter nominally involves the polo social scene and actually involves the Russian mob instead. There was also a bit too much down time that somehow allowed to Elena to spend most of her time being in places she never should have been able to get into, and then pondering it for a while. It was still fast-paced, but I found it much easier to put down than Dark Horse.
However, I'm still giving it four stars because I love Elena's attitude. Tami Hoag has a serious talent for creating likable-but-flawed characters who can also deliver great one-liners. Elena's characterization saves this thriller from being too ordinary.