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A richly nuanced synthesis of history and suspense, The Deadhouse showcases Linda Fairstein's immense talent as never before. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem?
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Preview — The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein. The Deadhouse Alexandra Cooper, 4 3. One of the most haunting buildings in New York City, and perhaps the most dramatically beautiful, the Deadhouse sits on a small island in the middle of the East River. The abandoned structure, like the ghostly remains of a castle, plays in the imagination as a site of mystery and intrigue Following on the bestselling success of Cold Hit, Likel One of the most haunting buildings in New York City, and perhaps the most dramatically beautiful, the Deadhouse sits on a small island in the middle of the East River.
Paperback , pages. Published January 1st by Pocket Books first published June 30th To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Deadhouse , please sign up. Lists with This Book. And this is where I leave this character. This whole book made about zero sense, but seemed to just be there to push things to a head with Alex and Mike.
They both suck in this one and Alex does a woe is me thing when she finally realizes that Mike is seeing someone and shockingly enough seems to be happy. It's also gross when Alex throws out that the woman that Mike is seeing is similar to her so that means he has feelings for her. Yeah I don't know I just rolled my eyes a million times while r And this is where I leave this character. Yeah I don't know I just rolled my eyes a million times while reading this.
This series should just be called the Alexandra Cooper and Mike Chapman series at this point. There is zero development of anyone in this series. We have Mercer still getting over being shot almost to death after the events in the last book. He is moving on with his life, but you barely see it being a blip on Alex's life. She gets mad at her boyfriend about something that really isn't her business and runs out into the night to make Mike do something about it. Mercer seems to just be that magical negro that has barely anything to do in this series and he really deserves better.
I think I finally had enough when Alex gets judgmental about a potential rape victim the young woman drank a lot and made out and had initial consensual contact with someone and then we find out that she was lying. And the last book had another potential rape victim that lied too.
I will say that Fairstein at least acknowledges that most rapes are between two people who know each other. The actual murder case makes zero sense that Alex is even involved. A woman whose husband tried to have her killed, who shows up murdered later was not raped. We hear that Alex is involved cause it was domestic, but that felt like a stretch.
Fairstein spends too much time on the history of every little thing and I didn't care. Alex finds herself in danger a freaking gain and weeps because Mike must not be coming cause he's too busy with his new girlfriend. Apr 24, Ralph rated it it was amazing Shelves: A strangely surreal murder-for-hire plan leads to a mysterious murder freighted with academic intrigue, sex, drugs, misappropriated government funds, and a treasure hunt in the ruins of a lunatic asylum on Roosevelt Island in NYC.
Is that a photo of Miss Cooper on the back of the book? Although the narrating attorney is indeed a tall, vivacious, well-dressed, very pretty blonde girl, th A strangely surreal murder-for-hire plan leads to a mysterious murder freighted with academic intrigue, sex, drugs, misappropriated government funds, and a treasure hunt in the ruins of a lunatic asylum on Roosevelt Island in NYC.
Although the narrating attorney is indeed a tall, vivacious, well-dressed, very pretty blonde girl, the tall, vivacious, well-dressed, very pretty girl in the photograph is actually author Linda Fairstein, a former prosecutor in the DA's Office. Well, you should always write about what you know best, and of course always follow Socrates' advice. A writer presenting a first-person story always plays a balancing act, making a character think and expound and interpret everything going on around her, advancing the story without giving too much away.
The narrator has to solve the mystery through her own efforts, sorting out everything in her head, but without giving it all away too soon--she has to think about everything, but be selective about what she releases to the reader. At the same time, she has to remain baffled by events without seeming a dunce. The character is at the top of her game when observing suspects, winnowing the truth from the lies, interpreting clues, and evoking suspense and atmosphere through her own reactions; she's at her worst at least for me when she shares the gritty girlishness of her personal life.
For me, there are two highlights in the book. The first is her navigating amongst the prickly personalities and hidden peccadilloes of the furtive and mendacious students and teachers of King's College that emerge after the murder of popular and unpopular teacher Lola Dakota. For various reasons many having nothing to do with the murder everyone lies, some much more convincingly than others.
Fairstein's descriptions of collegiate corruption and academic internecine warfare are very convincing and help set up the climax of the novel. The other thing that Fairstein does excellently is making the history of Roosevelt Island or Blackwell Island come alive.
The urban ruins of the penitentiary, the lunatic asylum, and New York's first pathology laboratory and attendant deadhouses make for an appropriately eerie backdrop. What I did not enjoy about the novel was the character of Detective Mike Chapman, Cooper's foil and sidekick. It's not that he's a male chauvinist pig and totally un-PC fortunately for me, neither of those are prosecutable crimes Were we to take away Cooper's acceptance of the way he acts, no one would like him He's cartoonish and brutal, shallow and mean-spirited; he's like a distillation of every bestial trait that women assume every man possesses but which most men don't.
His dialogue would have been considered offensive and dated even by the standards of the pulp magazine era, from which Fairstein seems to have time-napped him. For me, he's a definite detraction in this otherwise enjoyable and appealing series, but not enough of one to stop reading them. This book, as well as others in the series, would appeal to both fans of the police procedural and the cozy mystery -- step-by-step investigation and the presentation of a limited set of suspects in a closed environment.
Although there is some courtroom action, it occurs only because she has to show up for court from time to time as a practicing attorney, and does not have the same focus as in other books with lawyer protagonists. What also does not have much of a focus in the novel is the reason for the murders and all the intrigue; when revealed to the reader it assumes the character of a McGuffin, but its incongruous nature does nothing to detract from Fairstein's story. Well worth reading, and the readers who look up other books in the series will be rewarded for their efforts. One of the best books I have read.
Didn't know who did it till the very end. I also love the detail description of all the NY sites. Also the history background. One of my new Fav. Jun 03, Katie. I actually finished a book! Hope this reading slump ends soon. May 18, Bev Taylor rated it really liked it. Jan 31, Ed rated it really liked it Shelves: This time it's Roosevelt Island, an East River site with an abandoned smallpox asylum. Alexandra Cooper takes on one of her darkest 4 in the Alexandra Cooper series. Alexandra Cooper takes on one of her darkest cases yet. Alexandra, aided by homicide detective Mike Chapman, must sift through the testimonies of Dakota's close-mouthed colleagues at small, experimental King's College.
Despite bitter December weather, the professor was engaged in an archaeological dig on the city's Roosevelt Island for clues about the criminals and mental patients shipped there a hundred years ago and left to die. Cooper, who had been working with Dakota to apprehend her abusive husband, now reaches out to Lola's resistant family and legal counsel in New Jersey, where she has been hiding out.
And what of Charlotte Voight, a young woman who disappeared several months ago? The city is ablaze with holiday lights and cheer, Mike is acting peculiarly, team member Mercer Wallace injured in Final Jeopardy rejoins them late in the game, and Alex and new love Jake, a news correspondent, might be breaking up. I feel like these are so quick and snappy and easy to read and understand.
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Apr 16, Kristen rated it really liked it Shelves: This is another intense thriller from Linda Fairstein in this series. Great drama with some historical background and good suspense. Aug 17, Sue rated it liked it. Fairstein could write a strong, independent main character who didn't whimper when the going gets tough Sep 26, Pat Timpanaro rated it really liked it.
I was really enjoying this book until I got to the end, when it just ended. I felt like the ending was too sudden, too abrupt, that there should have been more. That said, this is a very interesting story. I like the way Fairstein features a New York City landmark or place of interest in many of her books.
Here it is Blackwell's Island, the then-uninhabited part of Roosevelt Island. The book was published in and I think large parts of the abandoned buildings have been reclaimed. As someone w I was really enjoying this book until I got to the end, when it just ended. As someone who grew up in the New York metropolitan area, I enjoyed that parts of the book went outside on Manhattan. The book starts with a scene in Summit, NJ, the town next to the one where we lived. And later, on a day when there is snow in the forecast, several of the characters head to White Plains, NY.
The comment about it not being a good day to drive to the country cracked me up -- only someone from Manhattan could ever think of White Plains as "the country! Unlikeable professor Lola Dakota is murdered is found dead in a lift and everything points to her brutal abusive husband. As the story moves on there are the usual thrills and twists and excitement that form part of Linda Fairstein's series about Alexandra Cooper the ADA in charge of all cases 'female-abuse' related in New York City.
The story is very fast paced and keeps the reader guessing. Without being repetitive there are a few problems for me with this series that makes the books 4 star rat Unlikeable professor Lola Dakota is murdered is found dead in a lift and everything points to her brutal abusive husband. Without being repetitive there are a few problems for me with this series that makes the books 4 star rather than 5. Whilst the stories themselves are really good the main character and wanna be comedian police side kick Mike Chapman are both unlikeable for different reasons; her whiney and him unfunny and both annoying as hell.
My main gripe though, as I've said in other reviews of this series is that the Police don't seem to be able to move, interview a suspect, go to a crime scene etc. Her role should be to supervise her department and take cases to trial but those seem to be the least of her worries. Anyway it is a good series and the Deadhouse is definitely worth a read. May 27, Kellie rated it it was ok Shelves: I had read a few books from this series a long time ago. So, after all of these years, I decided to read the next in the series.
First, I did enjoy the storyline between Alex and Mike. Lola Dakota, a brilliant university professor had been an abused wife.
However she would not cooperate when Cooper wanted to charge her husband with assault. When Lola Dakota is murdered he could be the logical suspect, however he had been arrested just before the murder.
The Final Jeopardy
Alex has to find another suspect. Driven by the guilt of being unable to protect Lola alive, Alex is determined to find this killer and bring justice. Due to this history, The Deadhouse had a special attraction for Lola and most of her university colleagues. What seems surprising that all these minor characters Cooper meets during the investigation wanted Lola dead.
You cannot discuss of Alex Cooper series without mentioning the latest novel in the series, Terminal City. This is the newest book that was published early This is simply another break neck thriller; it captures the heart of New York City, the possibility, its glamour and worst of all an endless capacity for its darkness. If you have closely read Alex Cooper previous series you will notice a change in our heroine.
She seems to degrade, at the start of the series Alex was our smart and strong DA and smart for any killer. She was able to take matters to their own hands with success. Today however, she becomes the one person that things are done to. She is always scared, stressed, swigging and shaking.
The men with her life lead her around and Alex is the person to be saved. She has information or must get a witness to spill out some details but generally she is the victim. A second body is found nearby and appears to have been committed by the same person; this is due to the unusual markings and marks on both bodies. What complicates the situation is that the president of the USA is due to come to NYC to address the United Nations and plans to arrive through this terminal. These critically acclaimed, explosive thriller series are books that only prosecutor Linda Fairstein can write.
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