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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | "It's not a pretty way to die." |
| Linda Fairstein's "Killer Heat" takes places during a sultry August in New York City. Detective Mike Chapman and Alex Cooper, who is the Assistant District Attorney in charge of sex crimes, have worked together for more than ten years along with their close friend, Detective Mercer Wallace. Mike calls Alex to the scene when a decomposed corpse is found in an abandoned maritime building; the victim had been bound, tortured, and subsequently bludgeoned to death. Mike and Alex suspect that she might be twenty-two year old Elise Huff, who disappeared after a night of trolling bars with her girlfriend. Or could the body actually be that of thirty-two year old Amber Bristol, a call girl who has been reported missing by her sister, Janet? After a third brutalized woman is found dead, similarities between the cases suggest that a psychopath may have started his own killing spree.
Also on Alex's mind is the retrial of sixty-one year old Floyd Warren, who allegedly attacked twenty-two year old Kerry Hastings back in 1973. Warren fled the jurisdiction before the jury could agree on a verdict, and later, he apparently assaulted over forty other women in such places as Philadelphia, Maryland, and North Carolina. Thanks to the miracles of DNA testing, this cold case has suddenly heated up, and Alex is determined to provide justice for the long-suffering Kerry. Complicating matters is the presence in the courtroom of five members of the Latin Princes, a gang whose leader Alex helped put behind bars. Although Alex and Mike are not personally involved, there has always been a certain chemistry between the two. However, she is currently dating restaurateur Luc Rouget, who frequently travels back and forth between France and the United States. Much to her chagrin, while she is involved in this complex and troubling investigation, she has precious little time to spend with Luc. "Killer Heat" has all of the usual Fairstein touches. The knowledgeable author, who ran the Sex Crimes Unit of the Manhattan DA's office for more than twenty years, loves New York lore and she treats the reader to a host of factoids about the history and geography of Governors Island and other locales that figure in the plot. In addition, through her characters, she imparts information on how the prosecution of sex crimes has changed over the years and briefs us on such innovations as CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) and NYPD's Real Time Crime Center. As always, Alex and her cohorts are pressured by their nervous supervisors to bring their case to a quick and successful conclusion. Although there are few surprises here, long-time Fairstein fans will enjoy this suspenseful installment in a series that has remained popular since 1996. |
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