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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I was excited to read this book. I saw an interview with Fairstein and thought it sounded like my kind of book - a mystery in a library. Unfortunately, the book did not live up to my expectations. I found nothing to care about in the characters and the mystery just didn't hold my attention.  lmmayo | Sep 27, 2009 |  Lethal Legacy is the eleventh Alexandra Cooper mystery. The story opens in a unique way: with a live victim of sexual assault hesitant to complain, press charges or undergo an examination. It was certainly an interesting departure, and it sets up this crazy cast of characters wonderfully. The rest of the story focuses on the New York Public Library, specifically its map and rare book collections and the greedy shenanigans of those rich enough to collect the world's most rare and valuable items. Linda Fairstein is a master at combining intellectual knowledge, a compelling cast of characters and a riveting mystery. Lethal Legacy had the most intelligent backstory yet. I'm far from an expert on rare maps, but after reading this book, I could charm a collector at a cocktail party and surprise most people at trivia. The good news is Lethal Legacy is Fairstein's best mystery yet. The bad news is there won't be another one for at least a year. (  ) nomadreader | Sep 22, 2009 | Filled with fascinating information about the New York Public Library, rare maps, and bibliphiles, this is an entertaining mystery that keeps you guessing. (  ) DrApple | Sep 10, 2009 | Linda Fairstein, the author of this book was a district attorney in Manhattan for more than twenty years. This gives her work an authentic tone. More than that she is a good writer. This novel deals with murders connected with the New York Public Library and librarians would find the wealth of information about the library and its rich doners interesting. Excellent sense of place and plot. The main character is not so interesting,one doesn't get much of a sense of her, but the details of old maps,rare books and eccentric doners made up for that with me. (  ) mlanzotti | Aug 31, 2009 | This my first experience with Linda Fairstein, and to be completely honest, I probably will not return to her. Considering the vessels of story delivery, books and murder, I thought I would enjoy Lethal Legacy with gusto. Despite the plot's great potential it fell flat. The characters, though well developed, were hard to get to know. ADA Alex Cooper is almost a cliche. There were interesting details and histories, particularly relating to books and maps, but in the end Lethal Legacy was not worth the read for me. (  ) thesecretllama | Aug 22, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr’s apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have been stolen.
Alex discovers that the apartment belongs to a member of the wealthy Hunt family, longtime benefactors of the New York Public Library. As Alex, Mike, and Mercer meet each member of the eccentric family, they like them less and less. But does that mean they could be capable of murder? The search for the answer leads them to forgotten underground vaults in lower Manhattan where the Hunt patriarch took his greatest secrets to the grave—literally.
In this beguiling mix of history and suspense, the New York Times bestselling author of Killer Heat truly outdoes herself as she takes readers on a breathtaking ride through the valuable first editions, lost atlases, and secret rooms and tunnels of the great New York Public Library.
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