Bone Vault

Written by Linda Fairstein

Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat

This “chilling” (USA TODAY) New York Times bestseller from Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein sends Assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper on a harrowing investigation deep inside New York City’s most magnificent and mysterious museums.

In the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exquisite Temple of Dendur, a monument to an ancient world, a very modern debate is raging at a gala dinner: a controversial new exhibit is fiercely opposed by many among the upper echelon of museum donors. Alex Cooper steps into this highly charged ring of power players only to make a much more troubling discovery: a young museum researcher has been murdered, her body shipped to the Met in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. Together with cops Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, Alex must penetrate the realm of the city's cultural elite to find a killer intent on keeping some secrets buried for eternity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Mar 8, 2011
• ISBN: 9781442342675

Linda Fairstein

Linda Fairstein was chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the district attorney's office in Manhattan for more than two decades and is America's foremost legal expert on sexual assault and domestic violence. Her Alexandra Cooper novels are international bestsellers and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She lives in Manhattan and on Martha's Vineyard.

Reviews for Bone Vault

[doondeck · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Interesting stuff about the Metropolitan Museum, but otherwise a pedestrian effort. Characters very one-dimensional. Not much of a plot

[kathy89_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Alex, Mike and Mercer solve the case of a modern day woman murdered by arsenic poisoning hidden in asarcophagus at the Metropolitan Museum. Lots of behind the scenes info at the museum.

[librisissimo · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Everything was interesting except the characters and the sleuthing. Motive was not clued well; nothing substantive until after the murderer was disclosed (NOT detected). Fascinating trivia about archeology and museums.

[deep220_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The Bone Vault was the first of Linda Fairstein's book that I have read. I normally don't read a lot of murder mystery type of books but Linda brings a realness to each story. Her back ground as a former prosecutor focusing on crimes of violence against women and children and the head of the sex crimes unit in the Manhattan District Attroneys office enables her to create scenarios with authenic victims and human responses. I picked up Bone Vault because of the interguing tie in to the Mesuem of Natural History and Epgytian antiquities. She didn't disappoint. I am now working my way through the Alex Cooper series.

[skinglist · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Apart from the story, which I liked because I absolutely adore the Museum of Natural History, I liked this one for how it handled 9/11. It's only natural that Mercer, Coop and Mike, among others, would have a strong reaction and that at least one of them would be in danger. Alex said to Nina: No one who wasn't there can ever understand the magnitude of this, the agony of these victims which is something I 'get', I wasn't in NY at the time and though I had the panic of trying to reach loved ones, I didn't deal with the daily aftermath, especially not in the way they would have to.The story though, makes me certain that I never want to cross a museum employee. One of the better ones in the series, less predictable. Coop stayed outta trouble this time.

[jepeters333 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Begins in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's glorious Temple of Dendur, where wealthy donors have gathered to celebrate a controverial new exhibit. Met director Pierre Thobodaux pulls aside Asst DA Alexandra Cooper - there's an urgent problem ouut at a loading dock on a New Jersey pier. A 12th Dynasty mummified princess was supposed to be shipped in a sarcophagus to Cairo, but in her place is the body of a woman who ends up having connections with the Met and their neighbor the Museum of Natural History.

[carl_alves_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The setting for the murder that is at the center of The Bone Vault takes place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Alexandra Cooper is investigating the murder of a woman who used to work there. She was working on a modern bestiary that was a joint venture between the Met and American Museum of Natural History. Cooper finds the murder victim in a sarcophagus intended for an Egyptian princess. Setting plays a key role in this novel as much of the investigation takes place at the respective museums as the investigation reveals that the victim was involved in bringing back old remains to the land in which it originated.I feel mostly ambivalent about this novel. The setting definitely adds to the novel. It?s a mixture of high culture, high society, and big-game hunters. It was not the typical scene for a murder mystery. Much of the plot is convoluted and kind of meanders. The killer is not set up very well. When the reveal happens, I didn?t have a reaction that was ?oh, that makes sense.? It was more like, ?Really?? In the end, this wasn?t a bad novel, it was more of a mediocre one. There was nothing exceptional about it, but it was a solid read.Carl Alves ? author of Blood Street

[drapple_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This time assistant DA Alex Cooper takes us behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History and the Cloisters to solve the mystery of a murdered girl found in an Egyptian sarcophagus. As always it's a lively mystery and you learn about New York institutions.

[kace_12 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This was the first book I read in this Linda Fairstein series. I fell in love with all the characters. I had to go back and read all the ones that came before it, and every time a new one comes out I devour it.

[rdurant1217 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Faster paced than most Linda Fairstein novels I've read, this was a pretty quick read. The characters were interesting and although it dragged a bit at times, it got bogged down in itself less than usual. The ending was a little anti-climatic, but overall a decent read.