Amazon.com When Linda Fairstein describes the route Alexandra Cooper takes from the district attorney's office to NYPD headquarters, you know she's walked that way many times herself. "I took the shortcut over to One Police Plaza, cutting behind the Metropolitan Correctional Center and alongside the staggeringly expensive new federal courthouse, which made our digs, complete with oversized rodents and roaches that obviously thrived on Combat, look like judicial facilities in some third world country." Like her fictional counterpart, Fairstein is a Manhattan assistant district attorney in charge of a sex-crimes unit. As she did in Final Jeopardy and Likely to Die, Fairstein mires her somewhat unlikely heroine (a beautiful 35-year-old blond with an Ivy League education, a house in Martha's Vineyard, and an affection for betting on quiz shows at cop bars) in a wealth of procedural detail. The "cold hit" of the title, for example, refers to a computer match between DNA samples from a recent rape case with evidence from an older crime. With her trusty cop sidekicks Mike Chapman (who eats everything in sight and drops wisecracks like they're crumbs) and Mercer Wallace (who is a big fellow and can take a bullet meant for Alex without flinching), Cooper is working on two major cases--a serial rapist who has suddenly decided to come out of hiding and a couple of murders linked to the nasty underground world of fine-art sales. But she also has time to give her fellow sex-crime prosecutors advice on how to handle everything from a man shooting video up women's skirts at a Star Trek convention to a guy who takes his love for racehorses well past the legal limits. Once again, Fairstein has produced a story whose entertainment value is very high. --Dick Adler --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly The discovery at Manhattan's northern tip of the body of a woman tied to a ladder leads Assistant District Attorney Alexandra "Alex" Cooper, head of the borough's Sex Crimes Unit (as is her creator, Fairstein), and her associates, NYPD Detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, on a circuitous trek through the rarefied but far from savory New York art world. Denise CaxtonAcollector, co-owner of a gallery and estranged wife of wealthy connoisseur Lowell CaxtonAseemed to want for nothing, but as Alex and her team dig into the victim's background, they uncover contradictions and conflicts in her privileged existence. What part did gallery partner Bryan Daughtrey or antiques expert Frank Wrenley play in the dead woman's life? Her investigation into Denise's shady deals come to endanger Alex, and the lives of those close to her as well. Fairstein (Final Jeopardy; Likely to Die) once again uses her own experience and knowledge of the city to strong advantage in balancing the case at hand with the day-to-day workings of the system. Her thick layerings of the legal background at times slow the action, but they add immeasurably to the reader's understanding and appreciation of what is entailed in making a case. Fairstein's rough-and-tumble courthouse scenes ring true, as do her descriptions of the mundane police work of Mercer and Mike, whose easy wisecracking and addiction to the television show Jeopardy are a cover for their affection for each other and Alex. Alex herself remains a shining protagonist, comfortable in the upper echelons of New York society but eager to roll up her sleeves at work, her heart aching for her staff and the victims they defend. Fans of the assistant D.A.'s previous adventures will be mightily pleased with this one. Mystery Guild main selection; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternate selections; 7-city author tour. (Sept.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews
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这本书的魅力在于它的“气场”。一旦进入作者营造的氛围,就很难抽离出来。我通常是个容易分心的读者,但这本书让我完全沉浸其中,外界的一切喧嚣仿佛都被隔绝了。作者的遣词造句充满了独特的韵律感,即便是描述一些看似平淡无奇的场景,也能被赋予一种近乎诗意的质感。故事情节的发展不像传统小说那样线性,它更像是一张巨大的网,信息点散落在各处,需要读者自己去串联,这种互动性极大地增强了阅读的乐趣。更难能可贵的是,尽管探讨的主题深刻,但作者的叙述却从未流于说教,他通过人物的行动和内心的独白来展现观点,非常高明。我向身边所有喜欢挑战阅读难度的朋友强力推荐,它绝对能让你体验到文学作品的极致魅力。
评分读完这本书,我唯一的感受就是“震撼”。震撼于作者构建世界的完整度和逻辑性,每一个细节似乎都经过了最严密的考量,相互之间形成了严密的支撑,没有一丝一毫的松懈。这本书的叙事视角非常灵活,经常在不同的时间线和人物内心之间快速切换,但作者的过渡处理得天衣缝合,让人感觉自然流畅,完全不会感到混乱。那些关于选择与命运的讨论,在我看来,已经超越了一般小说的范畴,更像是一部探讨存在主义的哲学导论,只是它披着引人入胜的故事外衣。我特别赞赏作者在处理人物心理上的层次感,角色的转变是渐进的、合理的,而非突兀的,这使得整个故事的说服力大大增强。这是一部需要你静下心来,带着敬畏之心去阅读的作品,它值得被反复品味和研究。
评分我花了整整一个周末才读完这本厚厚的书,过程既煎熬又满足。煎熬在于,有些段落的哲学思辨实在太过密集,需要我反复阅读才能真正消化其中的含义;而满足则源于,每一次的理解深入,都像解开了一个复杂的谜团,成就感十足。这本书的格局非常大,它构建了一个宏伟的背景,但作者的厉害之处在于,他能把这种宏大叙事和个体命运紧密地联系起来,让你看到时代洪流中,普通人的挣扎与光芒。我尤其喜欢作者在处理冲突时所展现出的克制,那种“不言自明”的力量,比任何激烈的嘶吼都更有冲击力。通篇读下来,我感觉自己仿佛经历了一场漫长而深刻的洗礼,它强迫你去审视自己的价值观,去质疑那些习以为常的定论。对于寻求深度阅读体验的读者来说,这本书无疑是不可多得的宝藏。
评分这本小说简直是本年度的惊喜之作!从翻开第一页起,我就被作者那娴熟老到的笔触深深吸引住了。故事的节奏把握得恰到好处,不紧不慢,却又步步为营,让你在不经意间就沉浸到那个构建的奇妙世界里。角色的塑造尤其出彩,每一个人物都有着鲜明的个性和复杂的内心世界,他们的抉择和挣扎都让人感同身受。尤其是主角,那种在困境中不断自我救赎和成长的轨迹,读来令人动容。我特别欣赏作者在描绘场景时的那种细腻入微,仿佛身临其境,就连空气中弥漫的气味似乎都能通过文字感受到。这本书不仅仅是在讲述一个引人入胜的故事,更像是在探讨人性深处的某些永恒主题,读完后留给我很多值得回味和思考的空间。绝对是那种会让你在深夜里辗转反侧,忍不住想再读一遍的佳作。
评分说实话,我原本对这种类型的文学作品抱持着一种审慎的态度,总觉得很多打着“深刻”旗号的作品,读起来却干巴巴的,缺乏真正的感染力。然而,这本书彻底颠覆了我的认知。它的语言风格极其大胆和自由,充满了跳跃性的思维和意想不到的转折,读起来有一种酣畅淋漓的感觉。作者似乎毫不费力地在不同的叙事层次间穿梭,时而宏大叙事,时而又聚焦于微小的细节,这种掌控力令人惊叹。情节设计上更是精巧,那些看似不相关的线索,到最后都会以一种令人拍案叫绝的方式交织在一起。我甚至在阅读过程中多次停下来,默默回味刚刚读到的那句话,那种文学上的美感和结构上的严谨性,简直是教科书级别的范本。它带给我的阅读体验是多维度的,不只是感官的刺激,更是智力上的挑战和愉悦。
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