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Paretsky, Sara Bitter Medicine
Ballantine Books May 12, 1988 0-345-34722-6 / 9780345347220 Mass Market Pa used: very good
Since her debut in Paretsky's Indemnity Only, Chicago private eye V. (Victoria) I. Warshawski has been attracting both enthusiastic readers and critical acclaim. This fourth story narrated by the spiky detective is the series' most suspenseful so far. V. I. brings a teenager about to give prematurebirth to a private hospital where the mother and her baby die. Since the poor girl's own obstetrician is unavailable, Warshawski's friend, Dr. Tregiere, arrives from his inner-city hospital to check procedures; he's found murdered later. So is the supposedly bereaved husband, member of a street gangthat atacks Warshawski during her tenacious investigation of the related cases.
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Paretsky, Sara Blacklist: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Putnam Adult September 29, 2 0-399-15085-4 / 9780399150852 Hardcover Hardcover; excellent
Privilege, politics, and perfidy jointly propel the circuitous plot of Blacklist, Sara Paretsky's 11th novel featuring tenacious Chicago private-eye V.I. Warshawski. By the time this story runs its course, V.I. will have harbored an alleged Arab terrorist, resurrected the ghosts of America's 1950s anti-Communist hysteria, and questioned the integrity of a man she once admired "to the point of hero worship." In other words, it's a typical case forthis hard-headed, sarcastic, and perpetually sleep-deprived sleuth.Still suffering from "exhaustion of the spirit" in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, V.I. is hired to find out who may be sneaking into a vacated suburban mansion. Geraldine Graham, the home's 91-year-old former owner, who still lives nearby, claims she's seen lights in the attic at night. Our heroine suspects this is simply a bid by the wealthy dowager for greater attention, but agrees to do some nocturnal prowling--only to stumble (literally) across the body of a dead black journalist, Marcus Whitby, in the estate's ornamental pond and encounter a teenage girl fleeing the scene. The girl turns out to be Catherine Bayard, the granddaughter of Calvin Bayard, an unapologetically liberal book publisher who survived a hounding by the U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee in the '50s without being blacklisted like so many of his authors. Digging deeper, V.I. learns that Whitby was doing research for a book about an African-American dancer and anthropologist who had enjoyed Bayard's support before she too was branded a Communist. Was Whitby killed en route to visit Bayard, one of Graham's neighbors--and a man w
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Paretsky, Sara Deadlock
Ballantine Books December 12, 19 0-345-31954-0 / 9780345319548 Mass Market Pa used: very good
In DEADLOCK, Warshawski investigates the death of her cousin, a former pro-hockey player of the Chicago Blackhawks, and finds herself uncovering scandal in Chicago's shipping industry. Lacing her narration with both sarcasm and tension, Smart colorfully performs V.I. and a wide array of characters-from the dock workers to the company executives. V.I. is relentless in her quest for the truth-and Smart skillfuly portrays her in its pursuit.
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Paretsky, Sara Indemnity Only
Ballantine Books December 12, 19 0-345-33634-8 / 9780345336347 Mass Market Pa used: very good
Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private eye V.I. Warshwski's specialty. Herclient says he's the prominent banker, John Thayer. Turns out he's not. Hesays his son's girlfriend, Anita Hill, is missing. Turns out that's not her real name. V.I.'s search turns up someone soon enough -- the real John Thayer's son, and he's dead. Who's V.I.'s client? Why has she been set up andsent out on a wild-goose chase? By the time she's got it figured, things are hotter -- and deadlier -- than Chicago in July. V.I.'s in a desperate race against time. At stake: a young woman's life.
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