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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780385523974
ISBN number: 0385523971
Label: Doubleday
Manufacturer: Doubleday
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: March 11, 2008
Publishing house: Doubleday
Release Date: March 11, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 140418
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It’s August in New York, and the only thing that’s hotter than the pavement is Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper’s professional and personal life. Just as she’s claiming an especially gratifying victory in a rape case, she gets the call: the body of a young woman has been found in an abandoned building. The brutality of the murder is disturbing enough, but when a second body, beaten and disposed of in exactly same manner, is found off the Belt Parkway, the city’s top brass want the killer found fast, before the tabloids can start churning out ghoulish serial killer headlines.
Between dodging the bullets of the gang members who are infuriated by Alex’s most recent courtroom victory and keeping a rendezvous with a charming restaurateur, a serial killer on the loose is the last thing she needs on her plate right now. Then a third victim is found, and it becomes clear to Alex and her team that time is not on their side.
Through Alex’s peerless interrogation skills—and one big break—the search becomes focused on someone who has a twisted obsession with the military, and things grow increasingly dangerous when the chase leads to a chain of small, abandoned islands around New York harbor.
Once again Linda Fairstein brilliantly orchestrates a page-turning mix of cutting-edge legal issues and forensics, New York City history, and spine-tingling suspense. And at the center of it all is Alex Cooper—stunning, single-minded, accomplished, and not to be trifled with whether she’s in or out of a courtroom.
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I am a big fan of Fairstein,however, this book did not live up to my expectations. I'm getting sick of the "formula" and this book wasn't as gripping as the others. It's a decent read but I do not think it is a must read.
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I have been a fan of Linda Fairstein and her Alexandra Cooper series for a long time. I don't know when I started reading her books, but I've read all of them and thoroughly enjoy each one. I think this is one of the best mystery series out there - great characters and relationships, interesting and unique situations, along with great mysteries that are both realistic and interesting.
The latest in the series is Killer Heat. This was a good addition to the series, but not the best. The mystery kept me intrigued but not glued to the book as it has in the past. And this one is definitely a 'series book' as you don't get any back story on the characters, nor are the relationships explored very much.
Any good mystery has at it's core a great plot and this book does that very well. However, the great mysteries, whether in a series or not, has good character and relationship development. In my opinion the previous Alex Cooper novels do both plot and character well, while Hell Bent left me wanting a bit more.
I am rating this as four stars because it's an interesting plot that keeps you wanting to know more, but it's not five stars like I've rated the last few in the series due to the lack of further character development.
If you've not read any of Linda Fairstein's novels and are a mystery series fan, I do highly recommend them! Start with Final Jeopardy. I promise you will enjoy the series. If you are already a fan of this series, I do recommend reading it. It's a good addition to the series, just not a great one.
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I don't recommend it as your very first Linda Fairstein novel, because you'll enjoy it more if you have background knowledge of the characters. There are nuances on Mike's side that you will not get - at all - if you don't "know" him. Start at the beginning - it's worth it! The plot itself is typical Fairstein, with lots of New York history. Frankly, the only time I've ever found that particularly interesting is when she explored the work of Edgar Allen Poe, but that's not why I read these books....the writing is good quality, the legal aspects are interesting, and the tension between Mike and Alex is so much fun!
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In this Linda Fairstein novel "Killer Heat" you are taken to a hot summer in New York with Manhattan District Attorney Alex Cooper. She is celebrating because she just closed her rape case. The celebration ends quick due to a phone call about the body of a woman who was beaten and raped. Then again another body shortly after also turns up murdered in the same manner, so this case becomes top priority. Time adds additional pressure to the case because the news reporters were all over it.
"Killer Heat" is a great thriller because of it's complex story mixing Alex's career as a D.A. with some of her personal life when she meets a charming restaurant owner. So she is juggling it all and then the body of a third victim turns up. All of these incidents take her to the islands around New York Harbor with a new development in the case. I love the way Fairstein mixes intriguing facts of forensic science, legal issues, and personal life battles making this novel one the is really outstanding.
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Linda Fairstein's books are always excellent. Her plots, characters, the New York City landscape continue to fascinate. I have been a fan since her very first book, Final Jeopardy. Killer Heat is another great book by this very talented writer -- a superb story. I'm eagerly looking forward to her subsequent title
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