The Bone Vault (Alexandra Cooper Series) [Paperback]

'The Bone Vault will spin your head and race you away on a blast of originality, chilling real-world detail, and turbo-charged writing. If being a nationally acclaimed prosecutor wasn't enough, Fairstein has become one of America's most promising and exciting crime novelists.' Patricia Cornwell 'A tour de force. Shivers not only the bones but the marrow.' Frances Fyfield 'THE BONE VAULT is nothing short of brilliant.' Nelson DeMille

'fascinating reading in a mystery which stretches far beyond New York.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

In this brilliantly written thriller, Linda Fairstein captures both the high drama of the courtroom and the taut New York atmosphere. A compelling page-turner that leaves the reader gasping for breath. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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.

Linda Fairstein was the Assistant DA of Manhattan's sex crimes unit before taking early retirement in 2002 to concentrate on her writing. She divides her time between New York and Martha's Vineyard.