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    Killer Look

    Written by Linda Fairstein

    Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat

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    About this audiobook

    New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein delivers a heart-pounding thriller that explores the dark secrets of Manhattan's iconic fashion scene in her latest Alexandra Cooper novel.

    New York City is one of the fashion capitals of the world, well-known for its glamour and style.  Nowhere is this more apparent than on the runway, where American haute couture continually astounds with its creativity, daring, and innovation in the name of beauty.  Yet high fashion means high stakes, as Alex Cooper quickly discovers when businessman and designer Wolf Savage is found dead in an apparent suicide, mere days before the biggest show of his career. When the man's daughter insists Savage's death was murder, the case becomes more than a media sensation: It is a race to find a killer in a world created entirely out of fantasy and illusion.

    With her own job at the DA's office in jeopardy, and the temptation to self-medicate her PTSD with alcohol almost too strong to resist, Alex is not anyone's first choice for help.  But she is determined to uncover the grime--and the possible homicide--beneath the glitz.  Along with detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, Alex must penetrate the twisted roots and mixed motives among the high-profile players in the Garment District.  The investigation takes the trio from the missing money in Wolf Savage's international fashion house to his own recovery from addiction; from the role of Louisiana Voodoo in his life to his excessive womanizing; and to the family secrets he kept so well-hidden, even from those closest to him-just as things are about to get deadly on the catwalk.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 26, 2016
    ISBN9780451484116
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    Linda Fairstein

    Linda Fairstein was chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the district attorney's office in Manhattan for more than two decades and is America's foremost legal expert on sexual assault and domestic violence. Her Alexandra Cooper novels are international bestsellers and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She lives in Manhattan and on Martha's Vineyard.

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    • 4/5
      A page turner of a mystery!!! This was the first book of Ms. Fairstein's I have read. I look forward to starting this series and the ones that follow.

      Copy provided through Net Galley
    • 4/5
      Alex is still recovering from the PTSD of her kidnapping but she gets involved unofficially with a case of the murder of a famous dress designer. Her knowledge of the garment district and the fashion houses is vital as Mike and Mercer work to find the murderer. I continue to marvel at the depth of knowledge that is transmitted over the pages in this series that always centers on a particular area of NYC and yet creates a great mystery. The ending was a stunner!
    • 3/5
      It's hard to work up any enthusiasm for a single character in the book, including Alex Cooper. Apart from some background details about the garment industry, it's simply boring.
    • 3/5
      I have been a fan of these Alexandra Cooper books and Barbara Rosenblatt, who has read many of them including this one, is excellent. I found this book to be less engrossing. I have always appreciated the corollary with these books of learning about a particular structure or landmark in NYC. In this case it was the garment district. The story, however, seemed rather flat. What especially struck me was how someone as well-educated and experienced as Alex Cooper could be so naive, indeed so dumb at times. Perhaps this can be attributed to her recent abduction and the associated trauma, but the result for me was very formulaic and not very convincing.
    • 4/5
      Latest in the series, Alex is receiving from a kidnapping and rescue . Mike is playing caretaker and has taken the role of lover . Story takes place in the garment district of New York and involves a wealthy designer who has died under mysterious conditions. While alex is on leave from her office she still can't stay away from the crime.As always the history of the area makes the story more interesting. Final jeopardy question as always remains a constant to the series.
    • 5/5
      This has been one of my favorite Linda Fairstein books. I loved the way the characters always interact. I love Coop, Mike and Mercer. They are great together. Keep these books coming. I received this ebook from Netgalley and Penguin Random House.
    • 4/5
      Alex is on leave because of what happened in the prior book. I hadn't read that book. They reference the experience and that is why she is reacting to things the way she is.An old schoolmate comes to Alex for help. She doesn't believe her father's death was a suicide. Alex gets involved. Alex is suppose to stay out of things because she isn't officially back to work. Of course Alex can't just stay home and of course investigates. The murder mystery was well done.
    • 4/5
      As New York City District Attorney Alex Cooper was recovering in Martha’s Vineyard from a traumatic experience–she was kidnapped, her significant other, Detective Mike Chapman, got called back to New York after an unidentified woman’s body was found in the East River. He returned to New York City and she decided she really didn’t want to be left alone. She flew back to NYC and, as expected, could not stay away from the case especially after Wolf Savage, the founder and head of a top design house, was found dead in a Garment District Hotel. The death was ruled a suicide and his son and brother want the body released immediately so they could have the funeral. His daughter, with whom Alex attended high school, called her and insists that her father would not have committed suicide.Alex was under orders from her boss and nemisis DA Paul Battaglia to avoid any involvement with police business until she returned to active duty. Cooper, of course, must keep up on what’s happening. (Chapman was also trying to keep her away from alcohol abuse.) The story provided the history of the Garment District. After the sewing machine was patented in the late 1840s, the area became home to textile manufacturers supplying the entire US. It was a circular project. Slaves in the South raised, picked, and baled the cotton to send to the North. The manufacturers produced the uniforms worn in the fields and plantation houses in the South. Once the producer of ninety-five percent of our clothing, it dropped to only three percent. The haute couture market, a very tightly controlled portion of the entire clothing market, only serves about two thousand customers worldwide, about half of them Muslim women. It currently is home to some of the most highly-skilled, specialized jobs in the industry, passed down through the generations. They included companies for manufacturing, supplying and/or sewing buttons, lace, zippers, etc. The Metropolitan Museum of Art was the second location detailed in KILLER LOOK. Savage scheduled a major showing at the museum for a week after his death. The book provided a brief tour of parts of the museum.Interesting comment: “You can contribute twenty-seven hundred to someone in a presidential race. For Manhattan DA? The limit is forty-four thousand.”A couple items did not ring true: The hotel used a 24-hour loop recording system. That seems much too short for any business in which the importance of some information may not be recognized for more than a day.There is an important statement “Why the other housekeeper who works that floor thinks there was a guest in Room 1010 who never registered at the front desk.” The basis, the housekeepers observation, is not mentioned previously.Like all the books in the series, the book was well-written and moved at a quick pace. The plot is somewhat standard. The same characters played their roles as do those specific to this book although Mike seems to be not very caring about Alex’s PTSD. Her relationship with her boss, as well as his activities, is still problematic. The ending promised some very interesting changes in the next one of the series.A couple chapters directly follow the action with the same characters in the same location. The chapters should have been combined. After every chapter that ended on the right- hand page, there was a blank page so the next chapter would start on a right-hand page. That’s a huge waste of paper and the trees destroyed to make the book.
    • 4/5
      Alex is on medical leave and suffering from PTS from her kidnapping. She’s too nervous to stay alone on Martha’s Vineyard and returns to NYC. She’s very interested in Mike’s latest homicide and insists she can help but he’s trying to keep her out of the investigation. When an old school friend of her’s contacts her believing that her father was murdered but her half-brothers are insisting that his body be released before an autopsy can be performed, Alex has now inserted herself into the investigation which involves the high fashion industry.