The Bone Vault

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

really enjoyed it because it was a really difficult scenario - many employees and rivalries to sort through before finding the murderer - sometimes the detail was a little more than i needed. Loved all the background detail.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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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

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This is the fifth book in the series and once again just like the last few books, this one was just ok. I think I'm gonna abandon ship and read something else. I'm just not feeling it with these Alexander Cooper books.