Linda Fairstein
Författare till Final Jeopardy
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Linda Fairstein was born in Mt. Vernon, New York on May 5, 1947. She received a B. A. in English literature from Vassar College in 1969 and a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1972. She was appointed to the staff of the New York County District Attorney's office in 1972. She visa mer investigated crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence. She retired in 2002. She is the author of the Alexandra Cooper Mysteries series and one nonfiction book entitled Sexual Violence: Our War Against Rape. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Linda Fairstein
The Prosecution Rests: New Stories about Courtrooms, Criminals, and the Law (2009) — Redaktör; Bidragsgivare — 46 exemplar
Cold Hit And Deadhouse 1 exemplar
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The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Bidragsgivare — 387 exemplar
A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Bidragsgivare — 45 exemplar
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- Födelsedag
- 1947-05-05
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Mount Vernon, New York, USA
- Bostadsorter
- New York, New York, USA
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA - Utbildning
- Vassar College
University of Virginia (School of Law) - Yrken
- lawyer
Prosecutor - Organisationer
- American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
New York County District Attorney’s Office (Prosecutor, Sex Crimes Unit) - Agent
- Esther Newberg
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- Verk
- 44
- Även av
- 7
- Medlemmar
- 14,049
- Popularitet
- #1,638
- Betyg
- 3.5
- Recensioner
- 470
- ISBN
- 616
- Språk
- 8
- Favoritmärkt
- 26
After one of her cases blows up in court, Alexandra Cooper goes missing. She had left her friends at a local bar and restaurant and then vanished before she could get into the Uber she'd called. The NYPD and the DA's office all get involved in the search with Mike Chapman nearly going of the rails with concern and worry. What has happened and who has taken their beloved friend and colleague? The entire cohort is stymied, and every criminal connected to Alex is a possible suspect. There are a lot of possibilities.
This was my least favorite of all the books I've read in this series. I did not care for the main voice in this story to be that of Mike Chapman with Alex putting in only a cursory appearance at the beginning. I missed all the legal and courtroom drama -- one of the main reasons I read these novels. The plot got really bogged down with a lot of historical detail that was basically irrelevant, especially when it got to the Irish criminal aspects and the connection to Chapman. The whole scenario and reason for Alex's disappearance was just not very compelling. I actually don't care that much for Mike Chapman despite the fact that now he and Alex are in a romantic relationship. It just doesn't seem like a match made in heaven to me. Regardless, I thought the whole last half of the book was actually rather boring.
One thing I did enjoy was the audio version due to the skills of the narrator. The male/female voices and the accents were really well done making each character stand out clearly.
I will likely read future installments hopeful that the story lines will return to the typical legal thrillers they were in the past.… (mer)