BLOOD OATH by Linda Fairstein

BLOOD OATH

by

Linda Fairstein

            Blood Oath, the twentieth (20th) book in Linda Fairstein’s Alexandra Cooper series, will be released on March 26, 2019. And, this milestone book is a blockbuster.

            After some difficult times and a leave of absence, Alex Cooper returns to work. She meets Lucy Jenner, a young woman who had been a witness to murder ten years earlier. Something had happened to Lucy while she was a witness; something untoward, committed by someone who had a great deal of power and prestige. As Alex delves into the events and tries to find the truth about what had happened to Lucy, the danger rises and threatens Alex and those close to her.

            I have always enjoyed Fairstein’s Alexandra Cooper series. The books present good mysteries with some history mixed in and are well written. In Blood Oath, the history component deals with Rockefeller University, a prestigious and somewhat secretive research institute and hospital in New York City. In many of the books, the police have a murder and Alex helps them resolve the case. But, Blood Oath feels a bit different. Fairstein seems to have returned to her roots, so to speak. Although there is still overlap between the police and their case and Alex and her legal work – as one would expect to find with an attorney working for the district attorneys office – this book focuses on Alex's work as an attorney. There is a sense of realism, or authenticity, that permeates the book.

            In Blood Oath, Alex is back – and back with a vengeance. Fairstein is back, too. She has put together a powerful, awe inspiring book that goes beyond the “normal” good quality found in her Alexandra Cooper series.

            My one regret is that my Blood Oath reading experience is over. Blood Oath is truly one of Fairstein’s finest.