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Lethal legacy a novel

Assistant district attorney Alex Cooper and her crew are drawn into the strange and privileged world of rich collectors, eccentric library trustees, and the treasures of the great New York Public Library after a librarian disappears and a woman's corpse turns up in the missing librarian's...

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Main Author: Fairstein, Linda A.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Cooper, Alexandra > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
New York Public Library > Fiction.
Public prosecutors > Fiction.
Map collections > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > New York.
Summary: Assistant district attorney Alex Cooper and her crew are drawn into the strange and privileged world of rich collectors, eccentric library trustees, and the treasures of the great New York Public Library after a librarian disappears and a woman's corpse turns up in the missing librarian's abandoned apartment.
Physical Description: 372 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780385523998
0385523998
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.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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