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Blood Shot, A V.I. Warshawski Mystery
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Blood Shot, A V.I. Warshawski Mystery Paperback - 1989

by Paretsky, Sara

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Everyone's favorite female detective returns in her fifth case, as a missing person assignment turns into a murder investigation, in which V.I. is placed more than knee-deep in a deadly mixture of big business corruption--and chemical waste!

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dell Pub Co, 1989 Very Good, Mass Market Paperback, 376 pages, edgers rubbed, spine creases, very tight . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.
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  • Title Blood Shot, A V.I. Warshawski Mystery
  • Author Paretsky, Sara
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dell Pub Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1989
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 090102-MT505
  • ISBN 9780440204206 / 0440204208
  • Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.78 x 4.25 x 1.08 in (17.22 x 10.80 x 2.74 cm)
  • Reading level 910
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Cultural Region: Upper Midwest
    • Geographic Orientation: Illinois
    • Locality: Chicago, Illinois
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Chicago (Ill.)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

V.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back to her old south Chicago neighborhood, but a promise is something she always keeps. Caroline, a childhood friend, has a dying mother and a problem -- after twenty-five years she wants V.I. to find the father she never knew. But when V.I. starts probing into the past, she not only finds out where all the bodies are buried -- she stumbles onto a very new corpse. Now she's stirring up a deadly mix of big business and chemical corruption that may become a toxic shock to a snooper who knows too much.From the Paperback edition.

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I had forgotten the smell.

From the jacket flap

V.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back to her old south Chicago neighborhood, but a promise is something she always keeps. Caroline, a childhood friend, has a dying mother and a problem -- after twenty-five years she wants V.I. to find the father she never knew. But when V.I. starts probing into the past, she not only finds out where all the bodies are buried -- she stumbles onto a very new corpse. Now she's stirring up a deadly mix of big business and chemical corruption that may become a toxic shock to a snooper who knows too much.

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Media reviews

"The best boldest work to  date...A criminal investigation that is a genuine heroic  quest." --The New York Times Book  Review.

Citations

  • Beyond the Cover Author Interv, 10/01/2000, Page 13

About the author

Sara Paretsky is the author of many novels, including her V. I. Warshawski series, which began with Indemnity Only. She lives in Chicago.

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