The Killing of Mindi Quintana (Signed and Inscribed First Edition, Association Copy)

Cohen, Jeffrey A.

ISBN 10: 1566499585 / ISBN 13: 9781566499583

Published by Welcome Rain Publishers,US, New York, 2010

About this Item

8vo., 247pp. Sharp First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save perhaps a tiny, gentle bump to the crown. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($24.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Warmly inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the half- title page to long-time New York City bookseller Jeff Bergman who had shops on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. A beautiful collectable copy of the author's surprisingly uncommon first book.

Seller Inventory # 018266

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Killing of Mindi Quintana (Signed and Inscribed First Edition, Association Copy)
• Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers,US, New York
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566499585
• ISBN 13: 9781566499583
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed/Inscribed
  • Author's First Book/Novel
  • Mystery/Suspense/Crime Drama

About this title

Synopsis

"The crime at the heart of the story is brutal, senseless, sensational...and [the novel is] more than memorable--it's haunting."

            --David Bradley, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author of The Chaneysville Incident

 

"Clever, twisted and ultimately insightful, Jeff Cohen's The Killing of Mindi Quintana upends legality and redefines justice--a dazzling debut novel."
            --Burl Barer, Edgar Award-winning author of Body Count and Murder in the Family

A killer with a book... A lawyer pushed too far... Freddy Builder kills Mindi Quintana and is writing the book about their relationship everybody wants--it's a lying rewrite of her life and of their miserably thin involvement. Excerpts appearing to acclaim, a televised trial is in the offing, and a new celebrity killer takes the stage--the iconic poet-murderer, a jailhouse literary sensation. Freddy's straight arrow lawyer plays his sworn role as advocate; but as Freddy builds his fame with the bones of his victim, he finds himself dreaming of justice. And of comeuppance. For a killer with a book. For fame through the backdoor of murder.

Review

...Cohen's one of the freshest, brashest voices to come out of the Philly legal machine in a long time. Every dime-a-dozen lawyer in Philly seems to be a  formulaic writer of some degree, he's set a new bar for writing in the city of brotherly love! --http://www.noircon.info/2010/02/killing-of-mindi-quintana-new-voice-for.html

...It's a lot like watching an episode of NBC's The Office, except it's in reading form...I found the book's plot to be engrossing; if a bit scary, considering the parallel to many real life "celebrity killers" today. --http://truecrimebookreviews.com/2010/03/killing-mindi-quintana-jeffrey-cohen/

The Killing of Mindi Quintana is attorney Jeffrey A. Cohen's first novel, and not surprisingly, it's a legal thriller - sort of. But it's also a psychological thriller and a commentary on society and the justice system. --Rough Edges

Cohen is a hot shot Philly lawyer turned high tech entrepreneur. Success upon success has crowned his efforts, & now he's reinvented himself as a best-selling mystery author. His first book is a clever legal thriller.  --Burl Barer

This book is captivating and to me each chapter felt almost like another story building on another. --Life of a Busy Wife