The 9th Girl

By: Tami Hoag

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

"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.

Girl crush on Tami

I simply adore Tami Hoag’s story telling. Her stories are full of twists and turns. There is action and drama. Her characters are well developed and very relatable. David Colacci’s story telling is amazing. His voices are perfect for the characters.

good storyline

I enjoyed the narrator is rendition of the story couldn't really figure it out till towards the end enjoyable

Saw meets Mommy Dearest

Loved it. Homocide/detective stories are usually typical law and order type. This one, had a lot more twist. It's a book you don't wanna put down. It's a book you can imagine going to film soon. Narrator is amazing.

great read

narration was good. Easy to listen to. the story kept you engaged even when you needed to stop. Love Tami Hoag books.

Likeable for me.

Any additional comments?

Found this one enjoyable. I would recommend. Yes I am a prude when it comes to the characters jumping into bed, they didn't in this one.

Murder Story At It's Best!

I bought this book off the daily deal not expecting much. Wasn't I surprised! This book was awesome! The narration was easy to listen to. The story is very well written and leaves you very satisfied. It was hard for me to stop listening. I completed this book in two days at 1.5 listening speed. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did and I would definitely recommend and buy more books from the author Tami Hoag.

loved it!

loved it all around, great everything! I love that Kovac & Liska are main characters too. after you read/listen to this one follow up with cold,cold heart which should be labeled as book 2..enjoy!

A tense and dark thriller

Tami Hoag's mind goes into some very dark places. Scares me! In this book a serial killer is kidnapping, torturing, disfiguring and killing young women. He then dumps the bodies. The male and female detectives are doing their best to find him and stop him. This story starts with the body of a young girl popping out of a trunk of a car when it hits a pothole. She looks like a zombie - another victim of the serial killer.
The detectives first have to identify her and then find the killer. Then another young woman is kidnapped. It is a very interesting and thrilling story. The negatives: (1) it is way too long. Hoag goes into much extraneous detail and a lot of it should be edited out. (2) The deaths of the girls is extremely disturbing. I found it to be upsetting - too much detail on this subject. (3) I cannot warm up to the female detective - she is too hard and tough for my taste. I do like the male detective.

There are some characters that are pure evil and despicable. The kind that are fun to hate. The ending is very satisfying with a twist. The last ten chapters had me hanging on every word and wanting to skip forward to find out the ending, but I resisted. I am glad I did.

9th Girl

I found the first half repetitive and slow. I was waiting for something to happen. Finally the second half started getting interesting and finally the last quarter was intriguing.
Sorry... I finished it because I had to.

excellent descriptive details.

I loved this book. the author did an excellent job of getting the reader to know the caracters. The plot was complicated and interesting. Very hard to put this book down. I am not sure I liked the narrator. His performance was good it was just that his voice annoyed me sometimes. It did not stop me from reading the book.