Rated of 5
by La Deana Killer Heat by Linda Fairstein Killer Heat is one of those riveting books that makes you want to ignore your family, skip your job and stay up until midnight reading to the very end! Linda Fairstein has consistently proven herself to be a top-notch suspense author in the vein of Patricia Cornwell or Kathy Reichs. Her plotlines are fast-paced but believable and her characters are richly drawn and endearing. Well, not the bad guys! Linda does an excellent job of keeping us guessing until the end. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to read!
Rated of 5
by Barbara Killer Heat
Linda Fairstein is a former Sex Crimes Prosecutor from New York City, and her knowledge of the law makes this book both educational and entertaining. She tackles two different cases in this novel.
Alex, Cooper, the main character in Fairstein's novels,retries a case using new DNA evidence in a rape trial which resulted in a hung jury 30 years previously. Fairstein does a great job in describing the emotional scars which linger for the victim after so many years.
The second thread in the novel revolves around a present day serial killer who brutally rapes and murders his victims. Fairstein does a great job of solving the crime in a way that keeps the reader guessing until the end.
Rated of 5
by Kelly As expected
Linda Fairstein books are not great literature but that is not a criticism. She writes thrillers, and Killer Heat delivers a good thrill. It is a fast paced story and she does a fine job of fleshing out her characters and giving them each a unique "voice". My only criticism would be that there are a couple of sub-plots that detract from the main story. These sub-plots are not developed and come across as filler material rather than complementing the main plot.
Overall, the book is a good rainy afternoon read that will not disappoint either fans of the series or those reading their first Alexandra Cooper adventure.
Rated of 5
by Ashley Fairstein dishes out another
I've read a total of two of Linda Fairstein's Alexandra Cooper novels previously and felt extremely let down by the poor character development and often boring chapters within the book. However, "Killer Heat" far outshined my minuscule expectations. The plot is fast-paced without the boring and unnecessary chapters mixed in.
There's also a plot within a plot that takes up what could have been used as filler space, making it an interesting and quick read.
"Killer Heat" was definitely worth the time to read it, with its interesting plot and thoroughly developed characters (even the "villain" was highly developed, and it was obvious in the writing). I'd definitely recommend this to someone who likes crime mysteries; and even a Fairstein reader who has been disappointed in the past.
Rated of 5
by Shirley Killer Heat
The breezy prose and conversational style allow this formula mystery an easy flow. The interjection of historical perspective fits well with the plot. What detracts from its content is the improbable situations the reader is expected to believe. Too many coincidental encounters take away from the credibility of the story and some of the subplots are unnecessary. The historical content is what keeps the reader interested rather than the story which is unconvincing.
Rated of 5
by Patricia Killer Heat, Killer Read
Fairstein's words are experienced rather than read. The sights, sounds, smells, feelings, even the tastes are all there to make the reader part of Alex Cooper's life. In this episode an extremely brutal rapist-killer is followed to places in and around New York City that the average person is seldom aware of and would not normally visit, a situation that might change after New Yorkers read this one. As is normal in the real world, several police and court cases are part of the plot, each pulling the reader in to the harried and often thankless lives of the people involved. Their shared experiences create for them a world and a family that is separate from the "real" world, and the reader will be involved in both. Read this one!
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