The Kills.THE KILLS. Linda Fairstein Linda Fairstein (born 1947) is one of America's foremost legal experts on crimes of violence against women and children. Ms. Fairstein is an honors graduate of Vassar College (1969) and the University of Virginia School of Law (1972). . 2004. Read by Barbara Rosenblat. 8 tapes. 11 hrs. Recorded Books. 1-4025-8654-x. $72.00. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. A Prosecutor Alexandra Cooper knows that rape cases are rarely straightforward, but when her client is murdered, the case takes a substantial turn toward the bizarre. What seemed a case of date rape date rape n. forcible sexual intercourse by a male acquaintance of a woman, during a voluntary social engagement in which the woman did not intend to submit to the sexual advances and resisted the acts by verbal refusals, denials or pleas to stop, and/or physical with the addition of child endangerment has the sudden potential to be an embarrassing international incident chock-full of priceless coins, murdered starlets and dead kings. Alex doesn't see the connection, but she knows she'd better find out, because it appears that she's next on the hit list. Rosenblat adds emotional texture to the fast-paced and convoluted mystery. Alex is smart, gutsy guts·y adj. guts·i·er, guts·i·est Slang 1. Marked by courage or daring; plucky. 2. Robust and uninhibited; lusty: "the gutsy . . . and confident and Rosenblatt easily pumps those elements into her reading. The bad guys are appropriately smarmy with airs of self-importance, if not outright aggrandizement ag·gran·dize tr.v. ag·gran·dized, ag·gran·diz·ing, ag·gran·diz·es 1. To increase the scope of; extend. 2. To make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation. 3. . Rosenblat makes it satisfying to hear them fall. Recommended where others in the series have been purchased. Jodi L. Israel, MLS See multilevel security. , Jamaica Plain, MA A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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