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212

Written by Alafair Burke

Narrated by Eliza Foss

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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The daughter of legendary author James Lee Burke, Alafair Burke has built a considerable reputation for crafting taut mysteries herself. With 212, this former deputy district attorney pens a haunting tale investigating the terrifying realities of Internet anonymity. When a student is murdered following a series of threatening messages posted on a college gossip site, NYPD detectives Ellie Hatcher and J.J. Rogan are assigned the case. As they dig deeper, however, they discover the victim was only one of many—and the killer isn’t finished.
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Release dateMar 28, 2011
ISBN9781449808624
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Alafair Burke

Alafair Burke is a New York Times bestselling author whose most recent novels include The Wife and The Ex, which was nominated for the Edgar Award for best novel. She also co-authors the bestselling Under Suspicion series with Mary Higgins Clark. A former prosecutor, she now teaches criminal law and lives in Manhattan and East Hampton.

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Rating: 3.629032258064516 out of 5 stars
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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Quick read - good storyline, good characters, good story. Highly recommend the Ellie Hatcher series if you like a mix of police procedurals and thrillers.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A number of interesting twists and turns as Burke linked all the women & men together. Slow start but had me hooked by the first third. Look forward to reading the rest of Burke's work
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Suspense and a police procedural. Very complicated, you know not where the next turn in the timeline will take you. I wish I could have identified with Ellie Hatcher more, but her character was to flat to me. But I can recommend this book to those who are looking for a police procedual story.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The basics: 212 is the third novel in the Ellie Hatcher series. A bodyguard for a Donald Trump-like real estate magnate is found murdered in a penthouse apartment at 212, a high profile address that shares its numbers with New York City's original area code. Next NYU student Megan Gunther finds threats about her, along with her detailed schedule, posted on a campus gossip website and fears for her safety.My thoughts: After adoring Angel's Tip, I went into 212 with high expectations. I'm thrilled to report 212 is even better than its predecessor. Burke skillfully weaves multiple storylines into a narrative that is complex and smart but never overwhelming or confusing. The moving parts never become difficult to track, even as the plot's complexity increases.Ellie Hatcher is also at her best here. I didn't adore Ellie in Dead Connection, but I did in Angel's Tip. With 212, my love for Ellie (and her partner J.J. Rogan) is in full bloom. Part of the magic of 212 is seeing the plots and narrative arcs cross and weave one another, and I wouldn't dream of spoiling those intersections. I will, however, applaud Alafair Burke for her ability to be inspired by news headlines. She combines pieces of stories that will be familiar to many readers, but she skillfully uses them as stepping stones to more fascinating possibilities than those that did happen. It's simple, really: if you like contemporary mysteries, find time for this series.Favorite passage: (redacted because it would spoil much of the book.)The verdict: 212 is Alafair Burke at her very best. It's a top notch police procedural filled with smart twists and turns, and Burke's writing shines as much as her fully developed characters do. After Angel's Tip wowed me, 212 proved itself to be Burke's best mystery yet. Highly recommended, but do read Angel's Tip first.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I really plodded through this book. It got off to an interesting start with a dead body found in the corporate apartment of a wealthy NYer (sort of like Donald Trump) but then it went off in all different directions. Internet dating sites but really call girl websites, night club DJ's, threats to college girls. Could've used some editing, IMHO.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I've just turned the last page of 212 by Alafair Burke and am sitting here wondering how I've missed adding this author to my list of must read authors. 212 features recurring lead character Ellie Hatcher, an NYPD Detective. In 212 Ellie and her partner Rogan catch a homicide in a penthouse belonging to one of the city's wealthiest men. Although he claims no knowledge of how and why his bodyguard was using the suite, he seems to be trying to control the direction of Ellie's investigation. As does the judge involved....Rogan and Ellie catch a second murder case. A young college student had previously complained to the police about anonymous online threats directed at her. Those threats escalated - to murder. As they dive into their latest case, the detectives discover a link between the two murders. One that someone doesn't want found...Ellie is a great protagonist. She smart, tough, dogged and determined. The partnership between her and Rogan works - they're quite opposite personalities. I enjoyed the secondary story lines featuring her brother Jess (a dark horse I'm sure we'll hear more about) and Ellie's love life. The dialogue flows easily and the cases are realistic and not cut and dried. It was only on reading the author notes at the back, that I discovered the ideas for this book did indeed spring from newspaper headlines. That note of reality also springs from Burke's background. She herself is a former prosecutor and now teaches criminal law.212 was a really good read and a series I will now be following. ( But I had no problem reading 212 as a stand alone.) I'll also be checking out the other series Burke pens featuring Portland Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    True confession: I am a Law and Order addict, particularly those episodes with Jerry Ohrbach. Yes, it's formulaic and somewhat predictable with a tendency to be "ripped from the headlines," but it's like potato chips - you just can't stop eating them.212 reminded me of all the stuff I love about Law and Order - there's the location, the victims, the witnesses, the cops, the attorneys - everything you need for a great episode. This novel tackles cybercrime and a whole lot more within its pages. It's sharp, fast-paced, and has characters that I believed in. Yes, Ellie Hatcher is just a little bit too good to be true - all blonde-haired beauty queen and too quick promotion for heroism, but juxtaposed against her partner, J.J. Rogan (an old-fashioned wise-cracking detective), the whole thing works.I have to admit that I read this compulsively because I just didn't want to put it down. I was having way too much fun reading. If you like cop books, this is a good one.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    So I loved the previous two novels of the Ellie Hatcher series. No, really I did...or at least I think I did. The first one received four stars and the second one received five stars. They have to have been good...right? Okay, so the truth is, I really don't remember. I'm serious, I can only vaguely recall the plot to the second novel (or is it the first I'm thinking about?), but that's really about it. So maybe this two star rating is just me and not the book. During the time I read the first two books, I was going through a big mystery and chick-lit phase. That was all that I would read. I guess the fact that I've broaden my horizons was the reason I didn't really love 212 (or maybe it just wasn't that great). I just really couldn't bring myself to care. It took me about 40 pages to get into this (and I'm the type of person, when reading a mystery, if it doesn't hook me right away, then I drop it; unless of course I paid full price for it or it's a book for review) because it really shouldn't take that long to get absorbed in a mystery plot. So, already I had issues with its slowness. It got better around page 60, but then the novel was just all over the place. I really couldn't bring myself to care: about the crime or the characters. Sure, I liked Ellie enough. I liked her partner. But I just found everything "meh". I found it boring. In 212, I felt, there were also moments where the author threw in red herrings, just to throw them in. "They don't make sense? Oh well." There was just too much going on that I started to think "Was it really necessary to even go there, especially when nothing was going to come out of it?" And the crime was boring. I know I said this already, but it really bears repeating. Mystery books should never be boring. I can have any number of issues with any number of books. But mysteries are the easiest for me to get into because I really don't require much for it. Give me an interesting crime, functional characters, and don't make it overly predictable. That's all I ask. But the most important thing is for me to care about what happens to the victims. I think that Burke focused so hard on trying to make this book "edgy" ("Oooh, here's where we put the Craiglist Killer. Enter stage left is the side plot about 70s Governor") that she really failed in connecting the plot points in a tangible way. So, again, I was disappointed with 212. There were a couple of intriguing parts and I did finish it, so I guess that says something about it (what it says, I don't know, but it says something). Again, maybe this was just about my reading tastes changing a bit (but I doubt it since I've enjoyed a few mysteries since they've broadened), but I can't really recommend it. I'll still probably pick up the next in the series since I enjoyed the first two (I swear, I did. I think...).
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Kept me guessing throughout the entire book. Lots of twists and turns. Will be reading more of her books!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great thriller with current details, set in New York City and feels like an episode of Law & Order, with a very human emotional core.