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It was hard not to smile as I watched Lola Dakota die. Read the first page

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3.0 out of 5 stars Law Mystery, Sep 26 2004

By	Ez (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Deadhouse (Hardcover)

The author and her protagonist, Alexandra Cooper, have some things in common - same job (head of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office), same looks (blond curls) and I wouldn't be surprised if they both bet on a US television game show. And let's not forget that both have property in Martha's Vineyard. See what I'm getting at? I don't think this series is creative - I think it's real life fictionalised, and in this case, I don't like it. (B)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Alex Cooper is a clever but vulnerable heroine, April 1 2004

By	Paul Ammann (New Fairfield, CT United) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Deadhouse (Mass Market Paperback)

This book wastes no time in setting out some very juicy bait. Shortly after faking her own death as part of a sting operation planned by law enforcement types on the Jersey side of the river, political science professor Lola Dakota is found doing an excellent job of not faking her death --- having been squished by an elevator in her Manhattan apartment building after first having been strangled. By the time you finish the first chapter, the hook is set, and author Fairstein is reeling you in like a trout. Don't fight it.

Cooper and Chapman are equals in intellect, but whenever Cooper gets knocked to the ground, Chapman is there to pick her up and dust her off. It would have been far more satisfying if just once Cooper hauled off and smacked somebody. Given some of the lowlifes Ms. Fairstein has sent up the river, I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were occasions when she felt like bypassing the legal system altogether and just opening up a jumbo can o' whoop-ass. I can't think of a better way to relieve the kind of professional stress that must surely be a part of Ms. Fairstein's life than letting her fictional alter ego dish out a little pay-back.

But then that wouldn't really be in character for Cooper. In this team, she supplies the glitz, and Chapman, the grit. In the end it's not that Cooper is a thinly-drawn character, it's that she's a subtle string quartet competing for the reader's attention with a supporting cast that's as hard to ignore as an under-rehearsed marching band --- and just as much fun. So even if she is quiet and cultured, even if she has a weekend place on Martha's Vineyard and a network news dude for a boyfriend, Cooper gets the job done, and in a fine and entertaining fashion.

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1.0 out of 5 stars silly & boring, Oct 26 2003

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This review is from: The Deadhouse (Mass Market Paperback)

Having never read anything by this author I picked up this book after seeing her interviewed on TV. I love good mysteries, especially the British police porcedurals, and thought maybe Fairstein might be somewhat like those. I thoroughly disliked Alex Cooper, finding her shallow and pretentious. The constant toing and froing amongst her & Mike was tedious and embarrassing(the Blondie thing has got to go) and the story just dragged on and on, and I really just lost interest. What a waster of paper!

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5.0 out of 5 stars New York history + mystery
I love a good mystery...and when it is immersed with bits of history of New York City, I love it even more. Read more

Published on Oct 12 2003 by Karen Kirsch

1.0 out of 5 stars This is what I picture a cheesy romance novel to be like....
....but under the guise of a murder mystery. What a bore, I was so disappointed. I am not usually one who reads crime fiction, but for some reason the backdrop setting of the... Read more

Published on Sep 9 2003 by chinacat

2.0 out of 5 stars Drags
Note that this tome is 500 pages. It's consequently filled with shopping trips, sending out Christmas gifts to family, parties, etc., adding nothing to the plot development. Read more

Published on Sep 3 2003 by Bruce Burns

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I am a big fan of Linda Fairstein's Alex Cooper series, and I loved the first three books. The Deadhouse was a major disappointment, though. Read more

Published on Jul 25 2003 by Amy