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Linda Fairstein Death Dance: A Novel (Alexandra Cooper Mysteries)
Pocket 2007 074348228X / 9780743482288 Paperback New
074348228X From Publishers Weekly Reunited with fellow Manhattan crime scene investigators Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, brazen, outspoken Alexandra Cooper, assistant DA for the sex crimes prosecution unit, tackles the case of a murdered dancer with the Royal Ballet. While it was no secret that "world-renowned" Russian ballerina Natalya Galinova had a bad attitude and a cuckolded husband, that she was tossed, undetected, into the cooling unit at the Metropolitan Opera House still comes as a shock, even to a whole slew of suspects, among them her agent, Rinaldo; Broadway kingpin and voyeur Joe Berk; Berk's shady niece Mona; and the Met's slippery artistic director, Chet Dobbis. Varied clues paired with the fascinating theatrical spadework involved in the opera business lead to a sidewalk electrocution and several sabotaged stage sets. As additional suspects are tacked on, concurrent evidence and motives surface and the stage becomes increasingly deadly for everyone involved, especially Alex. Running alongside is a rape subplot involving an elusive Turkish doctor, and an unsolved urban assault case. Despite the overcrowded plot, this whodunit manages to pirouette to a satisfying climax just as the curtain drops. Fairstein (Entombed) fans will undoubtedly demand an encore. (Jan.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Booklist *Starred Review* Fairstein brings her considerable experience in the law--she served as the chief prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office Sex Crimes Unit for 25 years--to her richly detailed legal thrillers. Her series heroine, Alexandra Cooper, is a clone of Fairstein, an assistant district attorney and sex crimes prosecutor with the Manhattan DA's Office. The closeness of character to author works superbly in this series, as it does in Dick Francis' horse-racing thrillers. In this eighth outing for Cooper, Fairstein gives readers insiders' access to two worlds: the pretrial investigations of prosecutors working with homicide detectives and the inner workings of New York's theater world, especially the backstage area of Lincoln Center. A world-famous ballerina has disappeared from Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera House during a performance. Cooper teams up with two homicide detectives, laying bare the rough world of professional theater--not everything is beautiful at the ballet. At the same time, Fairstein investigates a sexual-assault case in which a doctor drugs his victims, using a particularly chilling MO. Fairstein's exploration of contemporary DFSA (drug-facilitated sexual assault) and the legal intricacies of DNA data banks proves fascinating. The latest Cooper delivers what has made this series so good: solid legal, procedural, and forensic detail surrounding an intriguing case. The book's added punch comes from Fairstein's Phantom of the Opera-like re-creations of the labyrinthine environs of the Met, beneath and behind the stage. A great read. Connie Fletcher Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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Linda Fairstein Entombed (Alexandra Cooper)
Scribner 0743254880 / 9780743254885 Hardcover Very Good
0743254880 Hardcover, Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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Linda Fairstein Entombed: A Novel (Alexandra Cooper)
Pocket Star 20060101 0743482271 / 9780743482271 MM Very Good
0743482271 Amazon Review Series heroine Alexandra Cooper, head of Manhattan's sex crimes unit, returns in a novel that might have been titled "Nevermore,": focused as it is on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe. When the body of a two-decades-old skeleton is found bricked up behind a wall in a soon-to-be-demolished building where Poe once lived, it looks like a very cold case indeed. But then that old murder is linked to a more current slaying, one that at first looks like the work of the Silk Stocking Rapist, Alex's old enemy, who terrorized the upper East Side of Manhattan several years ago but hasn't been heard from since. As usual, Alex and her good friends, detectives Mercer Wallace and Mike Chapman, take the reader to an area of New York most tourists never see--in this case, the Bronx Botanical Gardens and its wild, forested environs--and bring it dramatically to life. Just in case Poe ever has his own category on Alex's favorite TV show, there's enough trivia included about the master of the macabre's life and work to propel any reader to Final Jeopardy. Entombed is a smart, stylish, well-told tale. --Jane Adams --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly The specter of Edgar Allan Poe hovers, chillingly, over bestseller Fairstein's seventh thriller featuring Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper. Alex's labyrinthine path to a serial killer travels through a lot of forensic evidence and two initially unconnected cases: the Silk Stocking rapist is terrorizing women after a few years' respite and a woman's skeleton is discovered in the wall of an East Village building. Said discovery takes on additional dimension when it's learned that the victim was walled up alive and that the house was once inhabited by Poe. Freelance writer Emily Upshaw appears, at first glance, to be the Silk Stocking rapist's latest victim, but several details feel off to Alex and NYPD detective sidekicks Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace. Emily, it's determined, is the victim of a copycat, but she does have a tenuous link to Poe and to a secret organization called the Raven Society. These are the puzzle pieces that Alex and company work with, in a tale that develops like the proverbial peeled onion, a layer at a time. Alex, fresh from a breakup, also continues her unconsummated flirtation with Mike. It's a tribute to Fairstein's integrity and her clear, measured prose that the novel never tips into prurience. Her methodical presentation of authentic detail engages reader interest more than narrative flourish or cheap thrills. She's the real deal. Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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Linda Fairstein THE DEADHOUSE
Time Warner 2004 1416503773 / 9781416503774 Paperback
1416503773 Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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Linda Fairstein The Deadhouse
Scribner 0684849046 / 9780684849041 Hardcover Good
0684849046 Hardcover, Former library book with the usual markings and stickers, otherwise clean inside and out May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability.
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