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The kills

Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper's case against Andrew Tripping, charged with the rape of investment banker Paige Vallis, is in trouble when she is handed a second case: the murder of a former Harlem Renaissance dancer, Queenie Ransome. Queenie was also a one-time mistress to Ki...

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Main Author: Fairstein, Linda A.
Corporate Authors: Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm)
Other Authors: Brown, Blair. (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, p2004.
Subjects:
Cooper, Alexandra > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Public prosecutors > Fiction.
Women lawyers > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Audiobooks.
Mystery fiction. > New York
Legal stories. > New York
Summary: Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper's case against Andrew Tripping, charged with the rape of investment banker Paige Vallis, is in trouble when she is handed a second case: the murder of a former Harlem Renaissance dancer, Queenie Ransome. Queenie was also a one-time mistress to King Farouk of Egypt, and reputedly fled the palace with handfuls of jewels. And as Alexandra begins untangling Queenie's dangerous, complex past, the threads of both cases begin to intertwine.
Item Description: Abridged.
Physical Description: 5 sound discs (ca. 6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Compact discs.
ISBN: 0743533569 :
Author Notes: Linda Fairstein was born in Mt. Vernon, New York on May 5, 1947. She received a B. A. in English literature from Vassar College in 1969 and a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1972. She was appointed to the staff of the New York County District Attorney's office in 1972. She investigated crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence. She retired in 2002. She is the author of the Alexandra Cooper Mysteries series and one nonfiction book entitled Sexual Violence: Our War Against Rape.

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