The 1st Victim, Tami Hoag
The 1st Victim, Tami Hoag
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The 1st Victim

Author: Tami Hoag

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 1 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2013

Synopsis

Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska return to investigate the death of a Jane Doe in New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag’s short story "The 1st Victim."New Year’s Day is a time for new beginnings, but Minneapolis homicide detectives Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska are focused on endings: specifically, the tragic end of their latest murder victim, an unidentified young woman discovered on the side of the freeway. Believed to be the victim of a serial killer, Kovac and Liska are determined to do the girl the small justice of returning her body to her family as they investigate her case, but it is no simple task matching the broken corpse to any of the scores of missing persons reports, especially when no one seems to be looking for her.Meanwhile, recent widow Jeannie Reiser is frantic when she is unable to get in touch with her daughter, Rose, who, as an eighteen-year-old, is a legal adult rather than a missing child in the eyes of the law. Jeannie’s desperate attempts to get the police to believe her child is in trouble lead her closer and closer to the New Year’s Doe and to an evil even Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska may be unable to stop. Tami Hoag once again proves her place as “one of the most intense suspense writers around”* with "The 1st Victim."*Chicago Tribune

About Tami Hoag

Born in Cresco, Iowa and raised in Harmony, Minnesota…Tami Hoag knew she wanted to be a writer at a very young age. Her first job after graduating from high school was in the La Crosse Tribune circulation department. Before publishing her first novel, she also worked as a photographer's assistant, trained show horses, and sold designer bathroom accessories. She began her career as an author in 1988, writing category romances for the Bantam Books Loveswept Line. After several years of success in that field, Hoag switched her focus to single-title suspense novels. She has had thirteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including five in a 20-month span. Her novel Night Sins became a TV miniseries starring Valerie Bertinelli and Harry Hamlin.

Hoag and three other authors who made the leap from romance to thrillers at roughly the same time (Eileen Dreyer, Elizabeth Grayson and Kimberly Cates) have formed a group they call the Divas. The group provides support and encouragement for each other, and Hoag often thanks them in the acknowledgement section of her books.

Tami Hoag currently lives in Palm Beach County, Florida where she is also known as a top competitive equestrian in the Olympic discipline of dressage. Other interests include the study of psychology, and mixed martial arts fighting.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vintage on August 10, 2024

Prequel novella/short story to Hoag's The 9th Girl. As the title suggests, it's about the first victim in a series of serial killings. It's more about the emotional trauma and logistical nightmare of the mother who tries to get anyone to take her daughter's absence seriously since she an adult and a......more

Goodreads review by Shawna on January 11, 2025

3 stars - Mystery/Thriller Novella This is a prequel story to The 9th Girl, and it does a good job setting the stage for that book. What Rose's mother, Jeannie, had to go through to get the police to take action in her daughter's missing person case, and then finding out what happened to her daughter......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on April 03, 2019

This was not worth the $1.99 Amazon charged me. The 1st Victim is essentially a short prelude to The 9th Girl. Given that they're so related, I thought I should read this one quick, since I'm two discs in on the audio book. I shouldn't have bothered. All we really learn is the first victim's name, a......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on August 29, 2019

I don't usually rate four stars to short stories or prequels, but this one hit all the marks from the first page to the last.......more

Goodreads review by Yvonne on June 11, 2014

It’s New Year’s Day and Jeannie Reiser hasn’t heard from her teenage daughter, Rose, in several days. After the death of Jeannie’s husband, Rose always kept in close contact with her mother even though she has been away at college. Jeannie reports Rose as missing to the police but they aren’t taking......more

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