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Zusatztext Fairstein! whose professional resume includes groundbreaking work in the field of sex crimes prosecution! manages to both entertain and educate! as Alex Cooper struggles wth the evidentiary challenges of the Warren rape case and with tracking a vicious s Informationen zum Autor Linda Fairstein is a former prosecutor and one of America's foremost legal experts on crimes of violence against women and children. For three decades she served in the office of the New York County District Attorney, where she was Chief of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit. In 2010 she was the recipient of the Silver Bullet Award from the International Thriller Writers association. Her Alexandra Cooper novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have debuted on the Sunday Times and the New York Times bestseller lists, among others. She lives in Manhattan and on Martha's Vineyard. Klappentext In District Attorney Alexandra Cooper's line of work! the discovery of a corpse isn't unusual. Not even the corpse of a young woman who was bound! bludgeoned and tortured to death. It's the location which is unusual - an abandoned Ferry Terminal at the southern tip of Manhattan. The ferries from here only went to one destination! the now uninhabited Governors Island. Also known as Ghost Island. The corpse is identified as that of a part-time prostitute with a side-line in kink and a high-end client list. A list to kill for and! clearly! to die for ... For BAD BLOOD 'Handled with the assurance we know expect from Fairstein ... distinctive and biting.' Express 'A triumph of complexity ... culminating in a superb denouement beneath the streets of Manhattan.' Guardian 'She certainly knows how to tell a good story.' Mirror Another authentic, spine-tingling thriller from the woman who has been there herself. Zusammenfassung Another authentic, spine-tingling thriller from the woman who has been there herself....
