Killer heat : a novel

Summary: <p>It&#8217;s August in New York, and the only thing that&#8217;s hotter than the pavement is Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper&#8217;s professional and personal life. Just as she&#8217;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&#8217;s top brass want the killer found fast, before the tabloids can start churning out ghoulish serial killer headlines.<br><br>Between dodging the bullets of the gang members who are infuriated by Alex&#8217;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.<br><br>Through Alex&#8217;s peerless interrogation skills<b>&#8212;</b>and one big break<b>&#8212;</b>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.<br><br>Once again Linda Fairstein brilliantly orchestrates a page-turning mix of cutting-edge<b> </b>legal issues<b> </b>and forensics<b>,</b> New York City history, and spine-tingling suspense. And at the center of it all is Alex Cooper&#8212;stunning, single-minded, accomplished, and not to be trifled with whether she&#8217;s in or out of a courtroom.</p>

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