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Linda Fairstein

LINDA FAIRSTEIN, America's foremost legal expert on crimes of sexual assault and domestic violence, led the Sex Crimes Unit of the District Attorney's Office in Manhattan for twenty-five years. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, she is a graduate of Vassar College and the University of Virginia School of Law. Her first novel, Final Jeopardy, introduced the critically acclaimed character of Alexandra Cooper and was made into an ABC Movie of the Week starring Dana Delaney. The celebrated series has gone on to include the New York Times bestsellers Likely to Die, Cold Hit, The Deadhouse (winner of the Nero Wolfe Award for Best Crime Novel of 2001, and... Read full bio

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Cold Hit will be released on June 29, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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The Plot Thickens will be released on May 11, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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Linda Fairstein Boxed Set will be released on April 26, 2011 in eBook
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Occidental Rapes Punished by Book Report After Brief Suspension
BusinessWeek, June 13, 2013
...police because the assailants may be friends or acquaintances, and the victims may not want them arrested, said Linda Fairstein, former head of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney. The involvement of alcohol or drugs may also delay...
Hot choices for reading in summer 2013
Sacramento Bee, June 9, 2013
...and adventure as he and his crew thwart Napoleon's planned invasion of England. � "Death Angel" by Linda Fairstein (Dutton, $26.95, 400 pages; July 30): Prosecutor Alexandra Cooper returns for the 15th time to track down a serial killer. Fairstein is a...
How To Find The Nerve To Switch Careers
Forbes.com, June 7, 2013
...dream career and . A fab resource is LinkedIn LinkedIn When I was first considering writing mysteries, I called Linda Fairstein, the former prosecutor turned crime novelist and invited her to lunch. Hearing her describe her new work was totally...
Lethal Leagacy by Linda Fairstein- book review!
LUUUX, March 31, 2013
...time to read this book, and here is my book review! It is a book "Lethal Legacy" by Linda Fairstein. NY police quickly respond to allegedly assault, but the female vicitm will not cooperate. The very next day police is back to the same place to find...
Linda Fairstein Joins K2 Intelligence as Senior Advisor and Leader of K2's New Sexual Misconduct Consulting Group
FinanzNachrichten.de, March 7, 2013
.../PRNewswire/ --Jules B. Kroll, Chairman of K2 Intelligence, announced today that Linda Fairstein, the pioneering former Chief of the New York County District Attorney's Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit, is joining the firm as a Senior Advisor and leader of...
Linda Fairstein Joins K2 Intelligence as Senior Advisor and Leader of K2's New Sexual Misconduct Consulting Group (PRN)
AlphaTrade Finance, March 7, 2013
.../PRNewswire/ --� Jules B. Kroll, Chairman of K2 Intelligence, announced today that Linda Fairstein, the pioneering former Chief of the New York County District Attorney's Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit, is joining the firm as a Senior Advisor and leader...
Library lending figures: what books are most popular?
Guardian.co.uk, February 8, 2013
...Dick King-Smith 100,000 C 205 Claire Llewellyn 100,000 C 206 Heather Amery 100,000 C 207 Linda Fairstein 100,000 A 208 Catherine Cookson 100,000 A 209 Martin Handford 100,000 C 210 Hilary Robinson 100,000 C 211 Lucy Daniels 100,000 C 212 Jane...
How To Find The Nerve To Switch Careers
Forbes.com, June 7, 2013
...dream career and . A fab resource is LinkedIn LinkedIn When I was first considering writing mysteries, I called Linda Fairstein, the former prosecutor turned crime novelist and invited her to lunch. Hearing her describe her new work was totally...
Attention Rapists: You've Met Your Match
Glamour US, June 6, 2013
...reflects a mood that’s going mainstream. “It really feels like we’re nearing a tipping point,” marvels Linda Fairstein, legendary head of the sex crimes division of the Manhattan district attorney’s office from 1976 to 2002. “People are...
Why Cops and Prosecutors Get Away With Throwing Innocents in Prison
AlterNet.org, May 16, 2013
...under scrutiny but none of them have suffered as a result of their actions.” Lederer’s boss,  Linda Fairstein , also made quite a name for herself in the ensuing years. She became a best selling author and a wealthy woman after the prosecution....
Why Cops and Prosecutors Get Away With Throwing Innocents in Prison
RINF.com, May 16, 2013
...under scrutiny but none of them have suffered as a result of their actions.” Lederer’s boss,  Linda Fairstein , also made quite a name for herself in the ensuing years. She became a best selling author and a wealthy woman after the prosecution....
When Cops and Prosecutors are Racist Criminals – Half of Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners in America Are Black
RINF.com, May 15, 2013
...in Breaking News 22 mins ago The ironically named criminal justice system in this country is good at prosecuting and creating many criminals but not very good at producing any justice. The United States would not have the largest prison population of...
When Cops and Prosecutors are Racist Criminals ? Half of Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners in America Are Black
Global Research, May 15, 2013
...The ironically named criminal justice system in this country is good at prosecuting and creating many criminals but not very good at producing any justice. The United States would not have the largest prison population of any other country on earth if it...
The Central Park Five
American Conservative, May 3, 2013
...its failure to explore the real thoughts of the detectives, or subsequently, the two prosecutors, Elizabeth Lederer and Linda Fairstein, who put their game faces on and successfully prosecuted young people most in the city thought deserved to rot in...