Dust to Dust

While Ashes to Ashes was touted as the first Kovac/Liska book they merely had background roles in the book. Kovac was present more than Liska was, but not much. Here in Ashes to Ashes they are both in the forefront working together, but also separately on two different cases. Both of them involving the police department.

Kovac's case is personal and he's pretty much the only one who thinks that a crime actually occurred. Liska is following up on a closed case, much to the irritation of their boss.

There are times when I wonder why Liska makes such dumb choices, or ignores something that any self respecting cop would ignore. And there are times when Hoag goes off describing something or added a scene that was completely unnecessary. The book was longer than it should have been and to be honest, there were no surprises anywhere.

Who else could the killer have been? The players could all only fit into certain roles so the pieces all fit in much faster than I think Hoag was aiming for.