Hell gate / Linda Fairstein.
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TextPublication details: London : Little, Brown, 2010Description: 382 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN: 9781408700815Subject(s): Cooper, Alexandra (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Public prosecutors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction | Human trafficking -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery stories. DDC classification: 813.6 Summary: Detective and mystery stories. New York City politics have always been filled with intrigue and shady deals. Assistant DA Alex Cooper and her NYPD colleagues find themselves investigating a shipwreck involving human cargo - illegally trafficked immigrants - at the same time a sex scandal threatens the career of a promising young congressman. When Alex discovers that a young woman who died in the wreck and the congressman's murdered lover have the same tattoo - the brand of the mastermind behind the trafficking operation - she realizes that the city's entire political landscape hangs in the balance.
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First published in the United States by Dutton, 2010.
Detective and mystery stories. New York City politics have always been filled with intrigue and shady deals. Assistant DA Alex Cooper and her NYPD colleagues find themselves investigating a shipwreck involving human cargo - illegally trafficked immigrants - at the same time a sex scandal threatens the career of a promising young congressman. When Alex discovers that a young woman who died in the wreck and the congressman's murdered lover have the same tattoo - the brand of the mastermind behind the trafficking operation - she realizes that the city's entire political landscape hangs in the balance.
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