Bad Blood (Alexandra Cooper Mysteries)
by Linda Fairstein
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Author: Linda FairsteinEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-26
ISBN: 1416521518
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Pocket Star
Accessories:
- Final Jeopardy (Alexandra Cooper Mysteries)
- Cold Hit (Alexandra Cooper Mysteries)
- Likely to Die (Alexandra Cooper Mysteries)
Book Reviews of Bad Blood (Alexandra Cooper Mysteries)
Book Review: Hard to visualize, cluttered with unimportant details
Summary: 2 Stars
Let me begin with this book's strengths:
* the information about the underground tunnels and the Sandhogs is interesting, although I suspect Fairstein has exaggerated the extent to which they are an intermarried, insular subculture.
* for most of the book, there is just enough of an intriguing plotline to keep you wondering what's going to happen next. Plot is definitely Fairstein's strength in this entire series.
* Mike is sliiiiightly less extremely annoying here than in some of the earlier novels in the series.
And now the weaknesses:
* Having just finished the book, what's foremost in my mind is how frustrating it is to try to visualize/imagine the scenes that Fairstein is describing. Perhaps not all readers do this, or even care, but when I'm reading I like to to imagine the scene in my mind. In the final scene (especially), the physical layout of the scene is very complicated and important to the story, yet it is impossible to visualize from the scattered, vague descriptions we get. I don't want to say more and give anything away.
* Things were not well tied-up at the end. I'm still not sure who did what, why, or why now.
* Fairstein resorts to the Batman technique of explaining many of the details in the last chapter by having the good guy and the bad guy perform a protracted Q&A. The whole "but before I kill you, I want to tell you what I did and why" silliness.
* The requisite, tiresome episode at Martha's Vineyard with bad dialogue and a oh-so-fabulous love interest who serves no purpose here but as a set-up for a future novel.
* Just eat a freaking cookie already, Alex.
Summary of Bad Blood (Alexandra Cooper Mysteries)
Hundreds of feet below Manhattan, a treacherous tunnel maze is inhabited by the sandhogs, teams of workers who are rebuilding New York City's deteriorating water supply system. Their dark and dangerous world turns deadly when a catastrophic explosion rips through Water Tunnel #3, sending shock waves that are felt throughout the city and inside the courtroom where Alexandra Cooper is dead-set on nailing young businessman Brendan Quillian for the murder of his wealthy wife. The blast sends Alex's case in a shattering new direction -- and pulls her and detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace underground to dig up ancient rivalries and homicidal secrets that may pull Alex in too deep....Brimming with Linda Fairstein's trademark blend of brilliant detective work, cutting edge forensics, and electrifying legal drama, Bad Blood melds two distinctive and riveting New York domains with seamless authenticity and nerve-jangling suspense.
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