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| Original Title: | The Kills |
| ISBN: | 0743436687 (ISBN13: 9780743436687) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Alexandra Cooper #6 |
| Characters: | Alexandra Cooper |
Commentary To Books The Kills (Alexandra Cooper #6)
From New York Times bestselling author and former top prosecutor Linda Fairstein comes an electrifying new thriller rich with the riveting behind-the-scenes authenticity that only she can offer....
It's going to be a tough trial. Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper's case, involving an attack on investment banker Paige Vallis, would be difficult to prove even without the latest development -- it seems that Paige has something to hide.
Most of her story is clear. She'd had dinner with New York consultant Andrew Tripping three times before the March evening when she accepted his invitation to accompany him to his apartment. But what occurred that night? Why didn't she leave the apartment when he started to act strangely? What about Tripping's little boy, Dulles? What happened to the child that fateful evening? And who is the strange man whose appearance in the courtroom seems to terrify Paige?
While Alex's police detective friend Mercer Wallace helps her learn more of the sad details behind the increasingly puzzling rape case, colleague Mike Chapman is uptown in a decaying Harlem brownstone where eighty-two-year-old McQueen Ransome has been murdered, her apartment ransacked.
What could this impoverished, elderly woman have possessed that could have inspired such violence? Photographs on the wall suggest that "Queenie" was once a beautiful and voluptuous young woman who traveled to faraway places. Could there be a clue to her murder in her exotic background?
Her murder will be only the first. Others follow, as the tragic strands of the Paige Vallis and McQueen Ransome cases begin to converge in a poignant alliance of two women from very different worlds.
Faced with formidable personal and professional choices, Alex must learn the old lesson that appearances can deceive, even as she heads for a showdown in which her wits and her courage will be tested as never before.
With its winning combination of courtroom drama, historical detail, and the intriguing lore of a rare object whose fabled provenance provides a glistening thread through the story, The Kills is powerful, stylish writing from a hugely appealing crime-writing star.
Details Containing Books The Kills (Alexandra Cooper #6)
| Title | : | The Kills (Alexandra Cooper #6) |
| Author | : | Linda Fairstein |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 512 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2005 by Pocket Star (first published January 1st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller |
Rating Containing Books The Kills (Alexandra Cooper #6)
Ratings: 3.95 From 5143 Users | 173 ReviewsCriticize Containing Books The Kills (Alexandra Cooper #6)
This one starts with a fairly detailed courtroom scene in which Alex is prosecuting a rape case that also involves a child who is in need of protection from his father. Simultaneously there's a elderly black woman who has been murdered. At first these two crimes seem to have no connection, but then one by one there are an increasing number of people connected to both, but it's still unclear why. Again, the most interesting portion is the telling of Queenie's story rather than the mystery itself.I liked the suspense, pacing, thrill of danger and sense of place. I didn't like that Cooper consumes her closest work associates. Fairstein's been excommunicated now and awards withdrawn but her writing is still good.
Okay, I'm binging on these books because I cannot put them down. Fairstein puts together another convoluted tale about the Double Eagle gold coin, the last king of Egypt, a 1930s dancer, and a series of contemporary rape/ murders. When the cases draw together and overlap, Cooper, Chapman, and Wallace have their work cut out for them.Oh yes, the title "The Kills," while Chapman uses it to denote murders, it really refers to the small uninhabited islands between Staten Island and New Jersey.
A nasty human being
The Alex Cooper books will never set the world on fire. If you want gritty, real life crime stories then look somewhere else. These are all set in places like museums, art galleries. This one involves rare coins.It was OK, I found myself asking why I was reading these books when I got to the end. I swear I will scream if she has to re-tell the story about her old fiance one more time (yes I realise not everyone has read all of the books so she has to re-cap, but even patrica cornwell can dress
The Alex Cooper books will never set the world on fire. If you want gritty, real life crime stories then look somewhere else. These are all set in places like museums, art galleries. This one involves rare coins.It was OK, I found myself asking why I was reading these books when I got to the end. I swear I will scream if she has to re-tell the story about her old fiance one more time (yes I realise not everyone has read all of the books so she has to re-cap, but even patrica cornwell can dress
So here is the reviews !!!!This is far better than I had expected in the first half you will feel a bit bored because the story goes in a flow, smooth, which you don't expect in a crime thriller.But once the story start taking turns it becomes more and more intersting.First there's a rape then there are murders....many suspectors and one question are these murders and murderers related to each other or each one had a different motive....🔍🔍🔍So read to find out how Alex a prosecutor who only fight
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