This is the first Tami Hoag novel I’ve picked up, it follows
Detectives Liska and Kovac as they attempt to solve the rather brutal murder of
a young girl, nicknamed “Zombie Doe” after she falls out of the back of a
moving car with half her face destroyed by acid. Hoag is a gritty writer, the Detectives
have serious flaws, some of which threaten to impact the investigation (Liskas’
son being very friendly with the victim).
The petty circus of high schoolers makes for an interesting
though slightly frustrating read and the victim has a very tangled and
disturbing life. The determination of the detectives to solve the crime however
is satisfying, the clever use of blogs and social media to reach the younger
kids and the use of the victim’s poetry to engage the reader all add to the
novel.
The voice of the serial killer is striking but is
frustrating snuffed out before a satisfying ending can be reading but overall
the novel is still a solid 3, I read it fairly quickly and found it fairly
gripping, I’ll definitely give another of her books a go.
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