Lethal Legacy

Assistant district attorney Alex Cooper and her crew are drawn into the strange and privileged world of rich collectors,... (more)

Assistant district attorney Alex Cooper and her crew are drawn into the strange and privileged world of rich collectors, eccentric library trustees, and the treasures of the great New York Public Library after a librarian disappears and a woman's corpse turns up in the missing librarian's abandoned apartment. (less)

When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr's apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, she fi... (more)

When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr's apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have been stolen. As Alex pursues the murderer, she is drawn into the strange and privileged world of the Hunt family, major benefactors of the New York Public Library and passionate rare book collectors. (less)

"Andrea Wheaton thought her parents{u2019} tragic deaths were accidental{u2014}until she{u2019}s attacked during a burgl... (more)

"Andrea Wheaton thought her parents{u2019} tragic deaths were accidental{u2014}until she{u2019}s attacked during a burglary at their home. Now she{u2019}s also being targeted. Her ex-sweetheart Sheriff Deputy Bryce Caldwell insists on protecting her, though she refuses to trust him again. But with a killer closing in, can she and Bryce uncover her family{u2019}s secrets before it{u2019}s too late for them both?"--Back cover. (less)

Assistant district attorney Alex Cooper and her crew are drawn into the strange and privileged world of rich collectors,... (more)

Assistant district attorney Alex Cooper and her crew are drawn into the strange and privileged world of rich collectors, eccentric library trustees, and the treasures of the great New York Public Library after a librarian disappears and a woman's corpse turns up in the missing librarian's abandoned apartment. (less)

In Linda Fairstein's outstanding new novel, the New York Public Library houses dazzling treasures and deadly secrets. Wh... (more)

In Linda Fairstein's outstanding new novel, the New York Public Library houses dazzling treasures and deadly secrets. When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr's apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. (less)