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Written by Linda Fairstein - Audio book performed by Blair Brown - Abridged Fiction - 5 COMPACT DISCS - 6 hours

Publisher, Random House Audiobooks (March 11, 2008)

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It’s August in New York, and the only thing that’s hotter than the pavement is Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper’s professional and personal life. Just as she’s 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 city’s 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 Alex’s 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.

Through Alex’s peerless interrogation skills—and one big break—the search becomes focused on someone who has a twisted obsession with the military, and things grow increasingly dangerous when the chase leads to a chain of small, abandoned islands around New York harbor.

Once again Linda Fairstein brilliantly orchestrates a page-turning mix of cutting-edge legal issues and forensics, New York City history, and spine-tingling suspense. And at the center of it all is Alex Cooper—stunning, single-minded, accomplished, and not to be trifled with whether she’s in or out of a courtroom.

About the Author: Linda Fairstein is one of America's foremost legal experts on crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence. For twenty-five years, she was the chief prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office Sex Crimes Unit, and is currently a media consultant on criminal justice issues for the three major networks, CNN, and other cable news programs. Her bestselling thrillers include The Kills and Entombed. She lives in New York City and on Martha's Vineyard.

About the Performer: Blair Brown appeared on Broadway in Copenhagen (Tony Award), Cabaret, James Joyce's The Dead and Arcadia. Her film credits include Dogville, Space Cowboys, and Altered States. On television, she starred in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd and has appeared on ER, Smallville and CSI: Miami. Ms. Brown has narrated over 50 documentary films and audiobooks.