• The 9th Girl

  • By: Tami Hoag
  • Narrated by: David Colacci
  • Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (3,186 ratings)

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The 9th Girl

By: Tami Hoag
Narrated by: David Colacci
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"Kovac had seen more dead bodies than he could count: men, women, children; victims of shootings, stabbings, strangulations, beatings; fresh corpses and bodies that had been left for days in the trunks of cars in the dead of summer. But he had never seen anything quite like this...."

On a frigid New Year’s Eve in Minneapolis, a young woman’s brutalized body falls from the trunk of a car into the path of oncoming traffic. Questions as to whether she was alive or dead when she hit the icy pavement result in her macabre nickname, Zombie Doe. Unidentified and unidentifiable, she is the ninth nameless female victim of the year, and homicide detectives Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska are charged with the task of not only finding out who Zombie Doe is but who in her life hated her enough to destroy her. Was it personal? Or could it just have been a crime of opportunity? Their greatest fear is that not only is she their ninth Jane Doe of the year but that she may be the ninth victim of a vicious, transient serial killer they have come to call Doc Holiday. Crisscrossing America’s heartland, Doc Holiday chooses his victims at random, snatching them in one city and leaving them in another, always on a holiday. If Zombie Doe is one of his victims, he has brought his gruesome game to a new and more terrifying level. But as Kovac and Liska begin to uncover the truth, they will find that the monsters in their ninth girl’s life may have lived closer to home. And even as another young woman disappears, they have to ask the question: Which is the greater evil - the devil you know or the devil you don’t?

©2013 Tami Hoag (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Now a Tami Hoag fan!!

I loved this book. Great detail into the characters lives. Super story line, keeps you guessing until the end. Can't wait to listen to more from this author.

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A Great Team

Sam Kovac and Nikki Lyska make a great detective team, Kovak is an old school, loaner, sleuth and Syska is a younger, divorced mother of two. Both are flawed but their flaws only add to their charm, they fit together and offset each other at the same time. Tami Hoag did an outstanding job of making this a stand alone book while keeping it intriguing enough to make me want to start with the first book in the series. The relatability of the characters and the crisscrossing threads of the mystery, helped to keep the pace up and the story interesting.

There is a zombie girl, a serial killer and a kidnapping. What more could you want from an entertaining crime thriller. David Colacci always dose a fabulous job narrating, his voice is perfect for Kovac and even added to Lyska's personality.

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This is No Alibi Man

Is there anything you would change about this book?

There is a lot of discourse between teenagers, I don't really want to listen to that. This is not one of Hoag's best.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

The ending was the best part of the book, I really didn't foresee it.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

I might wait until it's On Demand.

Any additional comments?

If you are a fan of Hoag's Alibi Man and Deeper Than the Dead, you may not be impressed by this one.

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A bit of a twist...

...but I figured it out way too soon. Tami Hoag writes good books. David Colacci did a good job narrating. Makes for pleasant listening.

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Dont waste your time

This was pure garbage. A waste of time. Not well written, not original. There was really nothing I liked about it. I love mysteries but this one was not worth my time.

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not as good as I had hoped

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

this book was very disappointing. Im a big Hoag fan..but this was some what of a let down..and the ending really sucked!!

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

better ending

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

she was fine

Was The 9th Girl worth the listening time?

no..very disappointing

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Narrator takes this book to another level

Mediocre authors should be queuing up for David Colacci to be their narrator. He certainly did an excellent job with this far fetched plot and actually made the package quite entertaining and enjoyable. This was a story you always knew was a story; not once did it become credible and if you can accept that then there is no reason not to enjoy this excellently read crime romp.

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Not for me

I couldn't get into this book and had trouble enjoying the narration - ended up abandoning the book a third of the way.

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Very good! I liked it very much.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, Tami Hoag's books are always good.

What about David Colacci’s performance did you like?

Easy to listen to, he's very articulate without being boring.

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Not what I expected

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Teenagers?

Would you recommend The 9th Girl to your friends? Why or why not?

No, it was too much "high school" too much about the bullying and acceptance of others by their piers. Might be okay for someone much younger

Did David Colacci do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Yes, was able to tell who was talking just by the tone of his voice

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