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Title: Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein ISBN: 0-671-01012-3 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.62 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: First-Rate First Novel!
Comment: Linda Fairstein has served for many years as New York's Assistant District Attorney in charge of prosecuting sex crimes. And according to all accounts, she is brilliant at her job. Well, Fairstein can put another notch in her belt, because she is a fine writer as well--right up there with the best of the genre.
"Final Jeopardy," her debut novel, introduces Alexandra Cooper, coincidentally an Assistant District Attorney in charge of prosecuting New York's sex crimes. Along with her very likeable sidekick, wisecracking but brilliant cop Mike Chapman, Alex works diligently to see that "her" victims, dead or alive, get justice. It's a grueling, wrenching task, but Alex thrives on it.
The book is off to a racing start as Alex, more than a little bit startled, reads her own obituary in the morning papers. And it never lets up from there. The confusion about Alex's "death" is solved quickly, but tragically. It seems that a good friend of hers, sexy bombshell actress Isabella Lascar, has been murdered while spending a supposedly incognito weekend at Alex's private Martha's Vineyard retreat. Was the murderer after Isabella? Or was it a case of mistaken identity--was the bullet really meant for Alex herself?
Those questions are only the beginning as Alex finds herself increasingly tangled in an incomprehensible web of intrigue. Who is the murderer? Try and guess. I did--and wasn't even close. There are enough colorful characters in the book, nefarious and otherwise, to make the reader keep turning the pages to find out who the "perp" is--and even more importantly, why the crime was committed in the first place.
From the first page to the breath-stopping last, this book has a ring of authenticity, and why not? Fairstein has lived what she writes, and it shows. Rumor has it that Ms. Fairstein has recently retired from her day job. Good! That means she can devote ALL her time to writing more juicy crime novels for those of us who are hooked!
I'm thrilled to have found her, and have already started the second in her Alexandra Cooper series. If you haven't treated yourself to Ms. Fairstein, give her a try. You will not regret it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent debut novel
Comment: The title, "Final Jeopardy" refers to the quiz show which plays only a minor role in the novel. Although the identity of the murderer was somewhat precictable (my first guess at the beginning of the book was incorrect; my second guess in the middle was correct), the characters were real enough to be believable and the contrast in setting between New York City and Martha's Vineyard was well done. I enjoyed the character of Alexandra Cooper and felt that Ms. Fairstein gave her just the right touch of grit and femininity. I hope that Ms.Fairstein will write more Alexandra Cooper novels where she will further develop her character and give us more information about Alex's past
Rating: 4
Summary: Decided to go back and read the first one...
Comment: Even though most mystery writers give a little past history in the first few pages of their new books, the information I kept getting in the next three books of Fairstein's novels about an ADA who works in sex crimes division on behalf of the victims...well it wasn't enough, and I felt I needed more knowledge obviously given in the first book in order to tie the series into a whole.
For Fairstein's first book she did an admirable job. This area of criminology tends to scare me off...and there are some writers of mysteries who write about children and abuse, and I just out refuse to read them. Fairstein handles this area with great delicacy...she doesn't make the readers go through every traumatic incident. If she did, I would never have made it this far in the series.
I especially like the characterization of Fairstein. The plot is important but way too often do writers forget to fill out their characters and make them three-dimensional. This is not a problem here. As a real ADA Fairstein has dealt with the good, the bad, and the ugly, and she is able to give the readers a real 'feel' for the person she is talking about. The ridiculous betting done between Cooper and her cop friend Mike over the final question in Jeopardy is a hoot, and a realistic trait that I sure someone does somewhere. The title can be seen to have more then one meaning because of this/
Other reviewers have given a bit about the plot line so I won't do it. One thing, if this is Fairstein's first book, she definitely gets better as she goes along. Very enjoyable series.
Karen Sadler
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Title: The Bone Vault by Linda Fairstein ISBN: 0743436679 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Kills by Linda Fairstein ISBN: 0743223551 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter ISBN: 0380820889 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Kisscut by Karin Slaughter ISBN: 0060534044 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Keeper Of The Bride by Tess Gerritsen ISBN: 1551669358 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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