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V.I. Warshawski 13
$36.64
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2010
Summary
When V.I. Warshawski is asked to find a man who’s been missing for four decades, a search that she thought would be futile turns lethal. Old skeletons from the city’s racially charged history rise up to force her back with a vengeance - a nun who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. dies without revealing crucial evidence, and on the city’s South Side, people spit when she shows up. The elderly sisters who hired her are also keeping important information to themselves.
Then V.I. finds …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444707113 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1444707116 |
| Author: | Sara Paretsky |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2010 |
| Weight: | 332g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 31mm |
| Series: | V.I. Warshawski |
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With the creation of V.I. Warshawski, Sara Paretsky did more than anyone to change the face of contemporary women’s fiction.
She is writing with the kind of passion for social justice that inspired Chandler and Hammett … a narrative as gripping as it is emotionally wrenching. - Joan Smith, Sunday Times
Details are so rich and the dialogue so snappy that the mystery whizzes by. - GuardianWith the creation of V.I. Warshawski, Sara Paretsky did more than anyone to change the face of contemporary women’s fiction. - Express on SundayTough, complex and moving, Paretsky is still at the top of her crowded genre. - BooksellerThe thing about Sara Paretsky is, she’s tough … she doesn’t flinch from examining old social injustices others might find too shameful (and too painful) to dig up … it’s a distinct pleasure to hear her unapologetically strident voice once again - The New York TimesShe is writing with the kind of passion for social justice that inspired Chandler and Hammett … a narrative as gripping as it is emotionally wrenching. - Joan Smith, Sunday TimesDetails are so rich and the dialogue so snappy that the mystery whizzes by. - GuardianWith the creation of V.I. Warshawski, Sara Paretsky did more than anyone to change the face of contemporary women’s fiction. - Express on SundayAbout The Author
Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky, the author of the V.I. Warshawski novels, was named 2011 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. She is the winner of many awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers’ Association and the CWA Gold Dagger for Blacklist.
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