Cold Hit

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Author: Linda Fairstein
Narrator: Allison Janney
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Legal Thriller
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: November 2003
Length: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 3.5/5
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  • CD

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Overview

Alexandra Cooper has seen many murder victims, but few more disturbing than the silk-clad body of a woman pulled from the waters at Manhattan's northern tip. Alex races against the clock and hopes for a "cold hit" -- a DNA match that would reveal the identity of the murderer by linking the crime to someone already in the police database. But as the case pulls her into the exclusive world of East side auction houses, Alex discovers she may be marked as an expendable commodity in a chilling and deadly scheme...

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Good story, bad narrator

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 3/5

Cold Hit

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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Good story, bad narrator

Written by Anonymous on July 19th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 3/5

This is a fairly good mystery - I didn't guess who the killer was nor his motive. I also enjoyed the art information. However, I did not like the narrator. It was hard to differentiate between the characters, her male and female voices sounded exactly the same.

Cold Hit

Written by Anonymous on September 5th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I had never listened to a Linda Fairstein book before, so I probably missed some of the nuances from previous ones. This was an excellent mystery - kept me guessing, and I will definitely read more!

Ehhh...

Written by DLCT on August 4th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 3/5

OK, the good stuff: I like Alison Janney's narrating most of the time. I love the art stuff, both factual and the creatively made up. Good characters, well-drawn, nice interactions and dialogue. Bad stuff: Janney starts out reading this like she's in a speed talking contest -- and winning!. Too too fast. Lots of characters and not too much to differentiate the minor ones and the bad guys. The "cold hit" of the title seems like a reach for a title as it's only mentioned twice, doesn't seem like it's that integral to the story, and Fairstein really has to push to get the phrase in. Just pick another title... Not bad, but there are probably better books out there to listen to. If you're out of other choices, this one will do.

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Good story, bad narrator

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 3/5

Cold Hit

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Fairstein, Linda

"Linda Fairstein was for twenty-five years America's foremost prosecutor of crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence as head of the Sex Crimes Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, she is a graduate of Vassar College and the University of Virginia School of Law. Recipient of the prestigious Nero Wolfe Award for ""literary excellence in the mystery genre"" for THE DEADHOUSE, a New York Times bestseller, she is also the author of FINAL JEOPARDY (an ABC Movie of the Week starring Dana Delaney), LIKELY TO DIE, and COLD HIT, all international bestsellers. Her nonfiction book SEXUAL VIOLENCE was a New York Times notable book in 1994. She lives with her husband in Manhattan and on Martha's Vineyard. Visit Linda Fairstein's Web site at www.lindafairstein.com."