The Devil’s Bridge

by Linda Fairstein

                The seventeenth installment in Fairstein’s Alexandra Cooper series is a wonderful departure from her previous novels. In The Devil’s Bridge, the story is told almost exclusively from the perspective of Cooper’s new love interest, and old friend, Detective Mike Chapman. Fairstein shows a different Alexandra Cooper, one seen through the eyes of others.

            The novel opens with a successful cyber-attack on the files of Cooper. Files that contain everything about a current case; a case that is now horribly compromised. When Cooper turns up missing, the police wonder who orchestrated this attack, and did they also kidnap Cooper.

            Devil’s Bridge also shows a side of Mike Chapman that is new. When Cooper goes missing, it is not the detective in Chapman who works the case, but the lover who is distraught and not thinking clearly. As one clue leads to another, we are left wondering who will eventually find Cooper, the detective or the lover, and what price will he pay?

            This is a wonderful addition to the Cooper series. While it is a mystery, it is also an excellent character study of Cooper and Chapman. First time readers as well as fans who have followed this series will enjoy the different perspective on these two characters.

            Scheduled for publication on August 11^th, this is a book to buy and enjoy.

Disclaimer: I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.