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 Title:                  The Kills
 Author:                 Linda Fairstein
 Read By:                Barbara Rosenblat
 Copyright:              2005
 Audiobook Copyright:    2005
 Genre:                  Audiobook

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Book Description
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From Publishers Weekly
The title of the newest installment in Fairstein's Alexandra Cooper 
crime series (The Bone Vault; The Deadhouse; Final Jeopardy) 
refers not only to the several bodies that turn up in the course of 
the novel but to the creeks and channels that crisscross the watery 
periphery of Lower Manhattan. From her downtown office-and with the 
aid of NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace-the doughty 
assistant DA tackles a complicated case, the rape of 36-year-old 
Paige Vallis. Psychotic Andrew Tripping is accused of the rape as 
well as of the physical and mental abuse of his own 10-year-old son, 
Dulles. While trying to convince a jury of Tripping's guilt, Alex is 
handed another kill, this one the suffocation of elderly Harlem Renaissance 
dancer McQueen Ransome. Queenie turns out to have a fascinating history, 
having been both an espionage agent in WWII and the mistress of the 
legendary Night Crawler, King Farouk of Egypt. On her way out of the 
palace door, Queenie pocketed enough of the king's treasure to set her 
up for life, which finally gets her killed. There are complications in 
the form of CIA agents, crooked lawyers, smalltime hoods and a surrounding 
cast of friends, lovers and enemies, all adding texture and realism to the 
story. Alex survives several attempts on her life and sleuths her way to a 
solution of both murders while untangling the knotted history that connects them. 
Fairstein's style and skills have matured over the years, making this a 
consistently dependable series with a likable and intelligent heroine.