Terminal City
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4.0 • 11 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
With her latest Alexandra Cooper novel, Terminal City, New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein delivers another breakneck thriller that captures the essence of New York City -- its glamour, its possibilities, and its endless capacity for darkness.
Grand Central Terminal is the very centre of the city. It's also the sixth most visited tourist attraction in the world. From the world's largest Tiffany clock decorating the Forty-Second Street entrance to using electric trains since the early 1900s, Grand Central has been a symbol of beauty and innovation in New York City for more than one hundred years.
But 'the world's loveliest station' is hiding more than just an underground train system, and in Terminal City, Alex Cooper and Mike Chapman must contend with Grand Central's dark secrets as well as their own changing relationship.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The area of Midtown Manhattan around Grand Central Terminal, with its host of landmark buildings, serves as the backdrop for bestseller Fairstein's gripping 16th novel featuring ADA Alexandra "Coop" Cooper (after 2013's Death Angel). An unidentified young woman lies dead in a luxury suite on a high floor of the Waldorf Astoria hotel, with "lines that appeared to have been sliced by a sharp instrument into her upper thighs." With the U.S. president scheduled to arrive at the Waldorf in just a few days, Coop teams with Special Victim Unit detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, the highest-ranking African-American in the squad, in a race against the clock to track down the deranged individual responsible for this and subsequent brutal murders with the same m.o. Meanwhile, a complicated and evolving romance between Mike and Coop muddles the pursuit, as the detective's shady recent past puts Coop on edge. The tour of Midtown, both above and below ground, is alone worth the price of admission.
Customer Reviews
Terminal City
Disappointing. Not one of her best by a long way