The 'Alibi Man'

Version: Abridged
Author: Tami Hoag
Narrator: Beth McDonald
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Women Detectives
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Date: February 2008
Length: 7 hours
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Overview

She was a vision. She was a siren. She was a nightmare. She was dead. Now he needed her to disappear. And he knew just how to make it happen. The Palm Beach elite go to great lengths to protect their own— and their own no longer includes Elena Estes. Once upon a time a child of wealth and privilege, Elena turned her back on that life. Betrayed and disillusioned by those closest to her, she chose the life of an undercover cop, the hunt for justice her own personal passion. Then a tragic, haunting mistake ended her career. Now Elena exists on the fringes of her old life, training horses for a living. But a shocking event is about to draw her back into the painful vortex she’ s fought so hard to leave behind.
First she finds the body— a young woman used, murdered, and dumped in a canal. Not just a victim, but a friend. As Elena delves into her dead friend’ s secret life, she discovers ties not only to the Russian mob but also to a group of powerful and wealthy Palm Beach bad boys known for giving each other alibis to cover a multitude of sins. A group that includes a man Elena once knew very well— her former fiancé , Bennett Walker, a man she knows has already escaped justice at least once in his life.
Finding her friend’ s killer will put Elena at odds with her old life, with her new lover, and with herself. But she is determined to reveal the truth— a truth that will shock Palm Beach society to its core, and could very well get her killed.

Reviews (1)

Alibi Man

Written by Kathy on May 25th, 2010

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This is a good mystery/thriller. It certainly held my interest during my commuting time. The narrator makes every character unique, and the author's descriptions of places and events are so detailed that it's easy to "see" everything that is being described.

Author Details

Author Details

Hoag, Tami

Tami Hoag was born Tami Mikkelson on the 20th of January 1959 in Minnesota. The town she lived in was very small, and there were few children her own age around her, prompting her to develop an active imagination and create stories from a young age. She completed high school and married her high school boyfriend, Daniel Hoag, in 1977.

Hoag never completed a level of schooling higher than high school, as she and her husband moved to a small town without easy college access. She spent the ten years working a variety of jobs, such as photographer’s assistant, showhorse trainer, typist, and salesperson. In 1988 she had her first publication; a romance in the Bantam Books Loveswept Line. After much success in the romance genre she switched to thrillers, where she was equally, if not more, successful and hit the New York Times Bestseller list thirteen consecutive times.

Hoag belongs to a group of women who all made the switch from romance to thriller at roughly the same time; called the “Divas”, they provide support and encouragement to each other.

Hoag currently lives in Virginia.