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Silent mercy [LP]

Prosecutor Alexandra Cooper is called to a Baptist church in Harlem, originally built as a synagogue, where the body of a young woman has been decapitated and set on fire. Was the fire meant to destroy the body or to draw attention to it? A second corpse is found at a cathedral in Little Italy. Alex...

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Main Author: Fairstein, Linda A.
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2011.
Edition:Large print ed.
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Cooper, Alexandra > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Public prosecutors > Fiction.
Serial murderers > Fiction.
Religion > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Legal stories.
Mystery fiction.
Large print books.
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Summary:Prosecutor Alexandra Cooper is called to a Baptist church in Harlem, originally built as a synagogue, where the body of a young woman has been decapitated and set on fire. Was the fire meant to destroy the body or to draw attention to it? A second corpse is found at a cathedral in Little Italy. Alex mines the depths of Manhattan's many houses of worship to find a connection that will take her into terrible danger.
Item Description:"Thorndike Press large print core."
Physical Description:575 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
ISBN:9781410434920
1410434923
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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