Killer heat

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Title:

Killer heat

Author:

Fairstein, Linda A.

ISBN:

9780751538069

Personal Author:

Fairstein, Linda A.

Publication Information:

London : Sphere, 2008.

Physical Description:

453 pages : maps ; 18 cm.

Series:

The Alexandra Cooper novels ; v. 10

Alexandra Cooper novels ; v. 10.

General Note:

Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 2007.

Abstract:

Its August in New York, and the only thing thats hotter than the pavement is Manhattan D.A. Alex Coopers professional and personal life. Just as shes 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 citys 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 Alexs 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.

Subject Term:

Cooper, Alexandra (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Public prosecutors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.

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Summary

In District Attorney Alexandra Cooper's line of work, the discovery of a corpse isn't unusual. Not even the corpse of a young woman who was bound, bludgeoned and tortured to death. It's the location which is unusual - an abandoned Ferry Terminal at the southern tip of Manhattan. The ferries from here only went to one destination, the now uninhabited Governors Island. Also known as Ghost Island.

The corpse is identified as that of a part-time prostitute with a side-line in kink and a high-end client list. A list to kill for and, clearly, to die for... but the list is missing, and so is another girl. Alex, along with Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, fear the killer will find more victims before they can identify him. And when another young woman disappears at an isolated site not far from Governor's Island, Alex has no hesitation in joining the desperate hunt for a singularly depraved murderer. A chase which catapults her into one of the most chilling encounters of her life.