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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.

Ok story, not a genre I usually read. Didn't propel me to read more.

In the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exquisite Temple of Dendur, a monument to an ancient world, a very modern debate is raging at a gala dinner: a controversial new exhibit is fiercely opposed by many among the upper echelon of museum donors. Alex Cooper steps into this highly charged ring of power players only to make a much more troubling discovery: a young museum researcher has been murdered, her body shipped to the Met in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. Together with cops Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, Alex must penetrate the realm of the city's cultural elite to find a killer intent on keeping some secrets buried for eternity.

A dead body that is recent is found in an old sarcophagus.This leads to mayhem in 2 large museums.

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

Following the critically acclaimed and top ten Best Seller The Deadhouse, Linda Fairstein now takes us behind the scenes of some of New York's magnificent and mysterious institutions in her most electrifying Alexandra Cooper thriller yet. The Bone Vault begins in the glorious Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where wealthy donors have gathered to hear plans for a controversial new exhibit. An uneasy mix of scholarship and showbiz. The exhibition has raised fierce opposition from some of the museum's elite: IMAX time trips and Rembrandt refrigerator magnets have no place for them at the Met. Assistant DA Alex Cooper, off duty for the evening, observes the proceedings with bemused interest until the Met director suddenly pulls her aside: the body of a young researcher has been found in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. Teaming up with cops Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, Alex must penetrate the silent sentinels comprising New York's museum society, investigating not only at the Met but also at the Museum of Natural History and the Cloisters, to find a killer. Atmospheric, chilling, and shot through with procedural authenticity.

Art mystery in New York.

in Metropolitan Museum of Arts exquisite Temp;e of Dendur a monument to an ancient world a very modern debate is raging at a gala dinner a controversial new exhibit if fiercely oppsed by many amoung the upper echelon of museum donors.

Good read. Very enjoyable.

Very good...full of suspense.

I liked this one, the background into the museums is great.