waiting on wednesday: Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein


Jill at Breaking the Spine hosts Waiting on Wednesday, a weekly event to highlight a not-yet-released title you're excited about.

It's no secret I'm a huge fan of Linda Fairstein and her Alexandra Cooper mysteries. I discovered the series a in 2003, and I always look forward to the latest installment. Fairstein's writing continues to improve, and her novels are a beautiful mix of compelling mystery and informative, especially about the history of New York City.

Fairstein's twelfth Alexandra Cooper novel, Hell Gate, comes out on March 9, 2010. In Hell Gate, Alex finds her attention torn between investigating a shipwreck that has contraband cargo-human cargo-and the political sex scandal of a promising New York congressman now fallen from grace. When Alex discovers that a woman from the wreck and the congressman's lover have the same rose tattoo-the brand of a "snakehead", a master of a human trafficking operation-it dawns on her that these cases aren't as unrelated as they seem and that the entire political landscape of New York City could hang in the balance of her investigation. As Alex looks on at the nameless victims in the morgue, she realizes she's looking at the present-day face of New York's long, dark tradition of human trafficking-a tradition that began hundreds of years ago with slave trade from Africa, now a multimillion-dollar industry that will stop at no cost, even if that cost is Alex's life.

To tide myself over, I'll reread a few older Linda Fairstein novels, but Penguing/Dutton, I'd love an advanced copy!

Comments

  1. Irresistible! Where can I send you an ARC? Linda Fairstein

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  2. I haven't read anything of hers...but I'm intrigued by the history of New York element. Happy Thanksgiving!

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  3. Linda - I emailed you my address. Thank you so much!

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  4. ohhhhhhhhh this sounds good. i had not heard about it; thanks

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