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33rd out of 47 books
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22 voters
The Deadhouse (Alexandra Cooper #4)
One of the most haunting buildings in New York City, and perhaps the most dramatically beautiful, the Deadhouse sits on a small island in the middle of the East River. The abandoned structure, like the ghostly remains of a castle, plays in the imagination as a site of mystery and intrigue...a likely place for murder.
Following on the bestselling success of Cold Hit, Likel
...morePaperback, 528 pages
Published
December 31st 2002
by Pocket Books
(first published June 30th 2001)
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Once again I tried to pick a book off the display shelf at the library, and this one turned out to be pretty good. There is a main character who is in more of the author's books, but you don't need to read them in order to understand the story, or the main character. I found this book an attention catching one from the start. The first line really takes you in. I did not solve the crime puzzle until the last couple of chapters, which is always a plus I feel. One drawback for me was that there we...more
4th but not best -- plus we have a peeve...
So here we have Linda Fairstein's fourth novel about her leading lady Alexandra Cooper. Fairstein in real life (not sure when she does her writing) shares the same job as Cooper in fiction, head of the Sex Crimes Unit of the DA's Office in Manhattan; so the streets of Gotham are once again our setting. And the now familiar supporting cast, especially Alex' foil, detective Mike Chapman and a few others in bit parts, are reprised from the first three st...more
So here we have Linda Fairstein's fourth novel about her leading lady Alexandra Cooper. Fairstein in real life (not sure when she does her writing) shares the same job as Cooper in fiction, head of the Sex Crimes Unit of the DA's Office in Manhattan; so the streets of Gotham are once again our setting. And the now familiar supporting cast, especially Alex' foil, detective Mike Chapman and a few others in bit parts, are reprised from the first three st...more
Went out of order. This is my 3rd Alexandra Cooper book but it is 4th in the series. Average story about a college professor who is killed in her apartment building. There is no shortage of suspects including, her ex-husband, co-workers and students. Learned a lot about the history of Roosevelt Island that is next to Manhattan. I usually really enjoy the repartee between Cooper and her detectives but it was totally lacking this time in fact they almost seemed hostile. The plot was a little convo...more
Feb 20, 2012
Jack Balthus
marked it as to-read
Very slow in building to a final ending to the last 100 or so pages. A lot of gobbly goop that failed to hold my attention. I'll stick with Lee Child for great suspense.
New York city may be a big apple (rotten) and I'm sooooo glad I don't live within 1500 hundred miles of such a crime festering place. With all that crime how does the author have time to write?
Took me forever to get through this one. Must have given up on it 20 times. I must say at this point that the only reason I continued to p...more
New York city may be a big apple (rotten) and I'm sooooo glad I don't live within 1500 hundred miles of such a crime festering place. With all that crime how does the author have time to write?
Took me forever to get through this one. Must have given up on it 20 times. I must say at this point that the only reason I continued to p...more
Christmas is coming and offices are getting bare…but crimes keep coming. Alexandra has been working with Lola Dakota, a college professor whose husband has abused her and is found dead. In trying to determine if the husband is a suspect, Alex and Mike get drawn in to the world of college research and politics, long-closed isolation hospitals, jails, and other unsavory buildings. The technical details and rather documentary narrative keep the reader clinically detached from the violence while the...more
**Detail/Review** This is Linda Fairstein's fourth novel about her leading lady Alexandra Cooper. Cooper is head of the Sex Crimes Unit of the DA's Office in Manhattan and works with Detective Mike Chapman, sincer Mercer Wallace is out of action after being shot in the last outing. This time, Alex has a serious boyfriend in NBC news correspondent "Jake".
The plot this time is about college professor Lola Dakota who has been stalked by an ex-husband so ruthlessly that the NJ DA's office stages a...more
The plot this time is about college professor Lola Dakota who has been stalked by an ex-husband so ruthlessly that the NJ DA's office stages a...more
Well Ms Fairstein, you might be a hot professional, but you are a lousey writer. Is it a television series you're after now you have probably retired? All that dialogue and no content (literary, that is). And also Ms Fairstein, you refer to: "Tasmanian Indian tribe". Tasmania! Australia! There are no Indians in Australia, they are aborigines you blockhead! So much for researching your material, or were you showing off what a clever, well-educated person you are? Perhaps you were being ironic! We...more
This was another good Alexandra Cooper mystery from Linda Fairstein. As with the previous novels, my favorite part is the interaction between prosecuter Alex and the detectives she often works with, Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace. Mercer Wallace did not play a large role in this book, but Mike Chapman was in the forefront of the story as usual. In this book, a college professor is murdered, and Alex is involved because she had dealt with the woman in the past, trying to convince her to prosecut...more
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This is one of her earlier books and I enjoyed it more because of that. This is the first appearance of her recurring stalker Shirley Denzig. The main character Assist D.A. Alex Cooper is a lot like Trixie Belden in that she gets herself into bad situations. Most of the time she gets herself out. Nothing really historical except the background of Roosevelt Island.
When an archeologist is found dead in her apartment building, assistant DA Alexandra Cooper begins an investigation which leads to "The Deadhouse" -- an abandoned hospital on New York's Roosevelt Island. This book is rich in historical detail about Roosevelt Island and its use as a place of incarceration for mental patients and criminals a century ago.
Really wasn't all that impressed with this thriller. Picked it up because it used Roosevelt Island in NYC as a major part of the setting, and I remember exploring the island as a teen. The story didn't really hold my interest all that well, and I didn't care much for any of the characters, I was much more interested in the NYC trivia.
my introduction to Linda Fairstein and I am definitly hooked on her writing and character, Assistant District Attorney, Alex Cooper. Not sure why I start with # 4 haha so I have to go back..and start at the beginning. Great character and locale in this NYC tale of murder and deceit.
This book is filled with cliche. Although the book is not trying to be a classic, in the mystery genre it makes it exciting to have a thread of the truth. This book is so filled with what one expects a mystery to be, you can't feel the truth of it, so, for me, it was a dud.
Good book. LOVED the history of NY woven in between the investigation. And, I had no idea who the murderer was until she revealed it to us. However, I really want her and Mike Chapman to become more than just friends already!!! LOL!
Love this particular series of hers, the characters of Assistant DA Alex Cooper & Detectives Mike Chapman & Mercer Wallace are well crafted & I enjoy the dynamics between them plus she writes a good mystery to go with them.
Overblown, too many characters, too American, 'schmultzy'. Some interesting detail about the history of mental illness in New York, but it is mainly an inferior version of a Patricia Cornwell, which aren't that great either! Don't bother unless you are stuck in an airport or somewhere.
My absolute favorite of Fairstein's Alexandra Cooper mysteries. The topic/subject of this book is something I've always wanted to do, and intrigues me. This book kept me up at night because I never wanted to put it down.
May 25, 2009
Shoshi
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Shoshi by:
Sharon Olken
This book was recommended to me on a bookstore 'crawl' of sorts following a 2 week course between semesters of my senior year. I didn't think much of it from the cover but gave it a shot - and found it quite entertaining.
This is a good basic mystery. I like Linda Fairstein's books, especially for the historical injections, and this was no exception. I did feel that it was a little predictable but a fun quick read nonetheless.
DA Alex Cooper is involved in hunting down the killer of Lola Dakota. Whilst on the case with nypd detective Mike Chapman, they become become involved in solving a mystery which leads them to Roosevelt Island and it's plague ridden past.
Good page turning read.
Good page turning read.
Sep 06, 2009
Kona
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery,
tried-and-failed
I give up. I am half way through and it took forever to get that far. The story moves way to slow with a lot of seemingly extraneous activity. I don't care what happens at this point. I want to read something good.
Still love the characters, but the back story was too confusing and not that interesting to me. Maybe history buffs (NY history buffs) would enjoy it, but not so much for me.
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Can not remember whether I have read it or not. Perhaps it wasn't very memorable. Need to add another shelf. "Books I own-but forget". Just joking.
Good author for stories in NY city...good legal/murder mystery...fascinating aspects of history and architecture and waterways...good 'beach' read...
Ugh. Boring predictable characters who I have no interest in spending any time with. Reads like a vanity project for the author.
Would not have stuck to it was it not for Blair Brown's reading. Still, much better than most of the books on this shelf.
3.5 stars - This is another good detective/D.A. murder mystery. I enjoyed the main characters and plot development.
Very interesting. It went into lots of the history of New York. I had no idea! Very cool as a mystery and a history.
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Linda Fairstein (born 1947) is one of America's foremost legal experts on crimes of violence against women and children. She served as head of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's office from 1976 until 2002 and is the author of a series of novels featuring Manhattan prosecutor Alexandra Cooper. Ms. Fairstein is married to Justin N. Feldman, retired counsel to the New York offi...more
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