Legal Thriller
by Linda Green

     In the exciting ninth Alexandra Cooper legal thriller, the Manhattan prosecutor is confronted with the trial lawyer’s greatest fear – a witness who is destroyed on the stand. When the defense attorney shows that Kat Meade, the lead witness in Cooper’s circumstantial case against Brendan Quillian for the murder of his wife has concealed her affair with the defendant, this has a devastating effect on the prosecution’s case. As Alexandra struggles to recover, the case takes a whole new twist. An explosion in the tunnels underneath the city interrupts the trial. Not surprisingly, the defendant is connected to the disaster. The defendant was conveniently out of town on the day of the killing, but with the help of detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, Alexandra is confident she can prove Quillian paid a hit man to kill his wife.
     At the same time, Alexandra meets a mysterious and handsome stranger. Should she get to know him better? Before the answer is clear the case becomes more dangerous. Alexandra discovers there is a strong connection linking Brendan Quillian to the tunnel workers killed in the water tunnel underground. She and Chapman descend deep into the earth to penetrate the subterranean universe of Sandhogs, as the brotherhood of tunnel workers is colorfully known. Their problem soon leads to a murder victim whose blood may hold the key to Cooper’s complex case. One close-kept secret reveals another, and soon Alexandra discovers that only by unraveling ancient rivalries will she be able to solve the murder of Amanda Quillian.
     Author Linda Fairstein is a former chief of the Sex Crimes Unit in Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Her own expertise adds to the credibility of her books in terms of courtroom banter, pacing, and those small details that you couldn’t make up on your own without the knowledge of courtroom procedures and experience. Linda is the author of other bestsellers including Death Dances, The Bone Vault, Cold Hit, and Entombed, just to name a few. Come to your nearest Rapides Parish Library branch and check her out.
     Linda Green is the Reference Department Manager at the Main Library of the Rapides Parish Library.