Killer Look by Linda Fairstein
You got to love an Alexander Cooper book ... and this is, would you believe it, the eighteenth Cooper offering from Fairstein. I have to admit, I've read the one and all and I love them. Killer look is no exception. Set in the world of fashion, glamour and glitzy New York it's a joy to read. Cooper is as feisty and fabulous as ever. A definite five stars from me.

You know what you are getting with a Linda Fairstein book, and this does not disappoint!

I was so excited to see a new Linda Fairstein novel, and this did not disappoint. Unlike other novels in this series we find Alex Cooper helping solve the crime and not actually prosecuting. After her terrible kidnap ordeal Alex has been ordered to rest. This works out fine as she has seen her boss , Paul Battaglia, in a compromising position and she is very angry with him. She is contacted by a girl she knew at school who is concerned about her estranged fathers death and the fashion business he has headed for many years. Most of the action takes place in the New York Garment District, which is now unfortunately mostly high end restaurants, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The story flows and Alex Cooper together with Chapman and Mercer , her police colleagues, start to work it all out. I'm delighted after many, many books that at long last Alex and Chapman are an item. Good read.

Love the interaction between these characters. Another great story,pulls you in from the first page and keeps surprising you right to the end.

Thank you Netgalley for letting me review the latest book by one of my favourite authors. Alex has now recovered from her recent kidnapping but it suffering a little bit. This book had a lot of sometimes too much detail regarding certain areas of New York City but saying that I really enjoyed it.

I have to admit that I was unsure that I would like this story because of the fashion angle. I have read two books previous in this series and have enjoyed them both so I hoped it would turn out to be just as good as they had been. And, yes, despite my lack of fashion interest did this book work out for me. But, then again, a killer in the fashion world doesn't seem that far-fetched when you think about it. All those egoistic, megalomaniacs that only care about earning more money would probably kill without any problems if that meant earning more money. I mean some of them already do that with poor working conditions, buildings collapsing and minimum wagers. Sorry, I got off the track...

In Killer Look is Alex Cooper recuperating after being kidnapped in the previous book, and what better way to get back than to help an old school mate to find out the truth about her father's death. Everything points to suicide, but Alex is not so sure and together with detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace is she investigating the case. Or rather they are and she is unofficially helping. But, perhaps she should have stayed out of this and focused on getting better because there seemed to be danger lurking in the fashion world...

I ended up quite liking the book. I especially like the fact that Alex and Mike are now official a couple, it will be interesting to read the previous books to see how that happened since they have been just friends for years. I liked the case and I liked the tidbit of fashion history that Linda Fairstein includes in the story. That's one of the best things about this series besides the cases. I just love reading books that include interesting tidbits. The case may have started off a bit slow, but it got more interesting as the story progressed and it seems that a lot of the people around Wolf Savage has secrets...

Killer Look is a superb book, although personally, I can't understand why you want to spend so much money on clothes when you can buy books instead...

What is the link between the dead body of a woman recovered from the river and the death in suspicious circumstances of top fashion designer Wolf Savage ?

Suffering PTSD after her recent traumatic abduction, and on sick leave from her position in the DA's office , Alexandra Cooper is looking for anything to take her mind off her troubles .When Wolf's daughter , an old school friend , asks Alex to look into his death as she suspects murder - Alex asks her colleague , and lover , Mike Chapman to utilise her knowledge of the fashion world and include her unofficially in his case .
The case causes a media frenzy and the family are desperate to keep the memory of Wolf's achievements to the fore rather than his murky past of addiction and multiple marriages .
The race is on to find the murderer and Alex must use this time as a means to put her trauma behind her and use her brilliant mind to help bring the perpetrator to justice .

The Author uses her knowledge of New York's Iconic Buildings and the history of the various Districts to paint a vivid picture and brings life to an excellent crime thriller.

I look forward to the next book in this series .

I was given an Arc of this book by the Publisher and Netgalley in return for an honest review .

I've read a few of the books in the Alex Cooper series and I really enjoy the way Linda Fairstein uses her expertise as a former District Attorney in her writing. There's always a sense of authenticity and a lot of detail, particularly about New York.

This story is set around the fashion industry, something I know very little about, but I was quickly drawn into that world. It's well paced and with twists that keep the attention right to the end. My only reservation with this story is the extent to which it dwells on Alex Cooper's 'issues', including alcohol and trauma. And her relationship with Mike Chapman isn't working for me. I find it intensely irritating although both are strong and very different characters. Overall I enjoyed it; it can be read as a standalone, but there's a lot of character development throughout the series and it helps to know what's happened in some of the earlier books.

Killer look by Linda Fairstein is a mystery and thriller read.
New York city is one of the fashion capitals of the world, well- known for it's glamour and style. Yet high fashion means high stakes, as Alex Cooper quickly discovers when business man and designer Wolf Savage is found dead in an apparent suicide, days before the biggest show of his career.
Fantastic read with brilliant characters. I loved the story too. I loved Alex and Mike. Especially how they were with each other. I do hope there is more to come. Highly recommended. 5*. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book from netgalley.

I really love the Alex Cooper series and eagerly anticipate the release of a new one but this one did annoy me a bit. Alex is suffering the after effects of a trauma and has turned to alcohol and hiding away. She wasn't working officially in this book but managed to get herself in on the investigation by hook or by crook. Mike's attitude to Alex annoyed me and I'm sure the Alex of earlier in the series wouldn't have stood for the way he spoke to her. Also we saw very little of Mercer and Vickee which always disappoints me.

It was a pleasant read and I will continue with the series but I do hope the next one returns to the series I love. I think if I hadn't read the previous 17 books I might not have been so willing to try another one but if anyone reads this as a standalone I would urge them to read the rest of the series too.

New York City is one of the fashion capitals of the world, well-known for its glamour and style. Yet high fashion means high stakes, as Alex Cooper quickly discovers when businessman and designer Wolf Savage is found dead in an apparent suicide, days before the biggest show of his career. When Savage's daughter insists his death was murder, the case becomes more than a media sensation.


With her own job at the DA's Office in jeopardy, and spiralling into a reliance on alcohol, Alex is not anyone's first choice for help. But she is determined to uncover the grime - and the possible homicide - beneath the glitz. Soon she and police detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace are investigating the family secrets Savage kept so well hidden, even from those closest to him - just as things are about to get deadly on the catwalk.

Ok, but the series is getting a little tired.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK for a review copy of Killer Look, the 18th novel to feature ADA Alex Cooper and her sidekicks Detectives Mike Chapman and Wallace Mercer.

It is a completely different Alex we meet in Killer Look. She is cowed and afraid after her kidnapping so she is on sick leave, twiddling her thumbs and frightened of being alone. This does not stop her from muscling in on Mike investigation of the suicide of famous fashion designer Wolf Savage, especially when his daughter, Lily, an old school acquaintance contacts her to say she is sure he was murdered.

Over the years I have read the first 14 novels in the series and this is the first novel in the series I have read since then but the old favourites are there, small snippets of New York history, the warm friendship between the protagonists, the Jeopardy fixation (which I never get right), Mike's rubbish jokes and a topical theme. The difference is Alex and her PTSD. I much prefer the kickass Alex than this annoying, paranoid, self absorbed shadow. I'm sure her reactions to such a horrific event are realistic but they don't make for empathetic reading.

The plot itself is a bit muddled as it sometimes gets lost in all the fashion industry padding. The fashion stuff is an interesting peek behind the scenes but in this case I think a little less would have been more. Having skipped a few books I am not wholly conversant with the background to the subplot of DA Paul Battaglia's dirty dealings but it rumbles on with nothing really concluded in this novel.

I like the characters, including the city of New York, so I enjoyed the novel. I think 3.5* is a fair rating.