Cold Hit - by Linda Fairstein (Paperback)

About the Book

Originally published in hardcover in 1999 by Scribner.

Book Synopsis

Renowned sex-crimes prosecutor and bestselling author Linda Fairstein sends her acclaimed heroine--the stylish and steely-nerved D.A. Alexandra Cooper--on a hunt for a killer inside New York City's glitzy art world.

Alexandra Cooper has seen many murder victims, but few more disturbing than the silk-clad body of a woman, her hands and feet tied to a ladder, pulled from the turbulent waters at Manhattan's northern tip. With her colleagues, including NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, Alex races against the clock and hopes for a "cold hit"--a DNA match that would reveal the identity of the murderer by linking the crime to someone already in the police database. But as the case pulls her into the exclusive world of East Side auction houses and cutting-edge Chelsea galleries, Alex discovers she may be marked as an expendable commodity in a chilling and deadly scheme...

Review Quotes

"Glamour" A masterwork of thrills.

"Library Journal" Dazzling...fascinating and fast paced.

"People" Stylish....A fast-paced thriller.

Lisa Scottoline bestselling author of "Mistaken Identity""Cold Hit" is a sure hit! Linda Fairstein writes tough, beautiful prose about a world she knows firsthand. "Cold Hit" moves from crime scene to police headquarters to courtroom with a deftness only a true insider can manage.

Patricia Cornwell A skillfully executed plot, by a crime novelist whose powerful characters are drawn from her real-life expertise. Absorbing, intricately woven -- bring on the next.