Rick H. (WileyCoyote) reviewed on 7/29/2006 + 98 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

The overwhelming number of ladies versus men in PBS is getting to me! Here is ANOTHER LADY AUTHOR with a HEROINE audio! I have to keep checking to see if anything else is changing besides my authors/characters. OK - on to the audio - I really get involved in a good mystery, and I'll admit it, I got involved here. I guess what really grabbed me about this novel is the "HISTORY" lesson you get about New Your! Ms. Fairstein's heroine Alex Cooper gets involved in the murder of a King's College professor, Lola Dakota (sounds like a name you might see on a marquee). After discovering a piece of paper with some numbers on the victim's body, we are magically transplanted to Roosevelt Island, just off the shore of Manhattan. In the 1800s the island was a dumping ground for society's dregs, and unwanted. Let's say that the inhabitants of the island were criminals, the insane, and Smallpox victims. The Roosevelt Island history was a welcome diversion from the straight line Mystery. Although I feel this book was not up to the level of Fairstein's previous books, it is nevertheless a good listen! If you are a fan of Linda's, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this one to you, however, if you are just starting to listen/read Fairstein, I would recommend you start from the beginning of the series with: "Final Jeopardy", so you don't miss the development of the characters. Whatever book you decide on, ENJOY! After all - that's why we do this - right?

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