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 Cold Hit byLinda Fairstein Little, Brown 407 pages, 1999 ISBN 031 644420 Reviewed by our South African Editor Merilyn Tomkins adams.west@saol.com - Adams Bookshop, Durban, SA On a steamy August evening after an exhausting day in court, Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cooper is called to a sombre crime scene. Alongside her colleagues, NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, she views the body - a young woman pulled from the water with her hands and feet obscenely tied to a ladder. Who is she? Her elegant clothes and manicured nails suggest affluent connections, but just how well-connected surprises even Alex. From a luxurious Fifth Avenue apartment, to famous mid-town auction houses, to the avant garde galleries of Chelsea, Alex, Mike and Mercer hunt for a killer in a very special world where priceless art meets big money in a lethal mix. Determined to crack the case, they know that sometimes they have to rely on luck, like a "cold hit" which will match DNA from the crime scene with a suspect's DNA profile in the police database - or is it a more sinister kind of "cold hit" which claimed the victim's life in this bizarre case? Discovering that well-heeled villains are as vicious as ones from the slums, Alex and her police colleagues move ever closer to personal danger as they investigate a case which will have profound effects on them all. Cold Hit delivers the impact of a vintage Patricia Cornwell novel: nail-biting suspense. Linda Fairstein combines all the ingredients for an excellent read, with engaging characters and an intelligent story full of twists and terrific tension. The author obviously undertook some careful and detailed research into the world of art. This novel has earned its position on the bestseller list and is highly recommended. |
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