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Confessions of a Thriller Reader
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Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein
Murder! Mayhem! Psychological torture! How can we resist? Author Karin Slaughter explains why it's okay to read crime fiction.


Hell Gate
By Linda Fairstein

Alex Cooper is a fascinating heroine—an updated Kinsey Millhone with a little V.I. Warshawski thrown in—based on the equally fascinating life of her creator, who was a Manhattan prosecutor for 30 years. This latest entry in the series is about a scourge that Fairstein has seen firsthand: human trafficking.

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From the July 2010 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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