Search - The Bone Vault (Alex Cooper, Bk 5)

Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper and her partners policeman Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace investigate the murder of a museum curatorwhose body turns up in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus priot to the opening of a new exhibit at the Metropolitam Museum of Art.

Intense, a real page-turner with fascinating information about ancient funeral rites, mummies, and museums. Alexandra Cooper is a well developed, interesting character. Fifth book in the series. Look forward to more featuring Alexandra Cooper. Highly recommend.

Linda Fairstein writes a great plot - plus! I always learn from her books as well. This one is full of great information about the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Written from the perspective of a writer with real life prosecution experiences of sex offenders. Best part is the snappy dialogue.

I found the setting more interesting than the characters. Maybe because this was the first book in the Alex Cooper series that I read I thought the peolple were one dimensional and unappealling. I have also read "Entombed" which I liked better, however I probably won't read any more by this author.

The basic plot of this book is great, and the beginning drew me in right away with the entrance into the Egyptian display in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, once the initial crime was introduced, it seemed to get left behind for a while in a muddled pool of sub-plots and veering off into other areas that did nothing but confuse me. The story goes back and forth from the Met to the Cloisters, back to the Met, then the Cloisters. A major character and suspect leaves and nothing more is said about him/her until nearly the end of the book. I kept thinking, 'What happened to ___?' I struggled to get through this one, and was disappointed. I've read at least one other by Linda Fairstein and I never give up with just one book, so I'll read another of hers.

Despite all of that, I learned so much about the Metropolitan Museum of Art and especially a lot about Egyptian art history, which I did very much enjoy about the book.

This was the first Fairstein book I read. Couldn't put it down. A bit bizarre at points but a really enjoyable read.