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Breakdown: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
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Breakdown: A V.I. Warshawski Novel Hardcover - 2012

by Paretsky, Sara

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
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Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shape-shifting raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. When tweens in Chicago's Carmilla Club hold an initiation ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse, a man stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying.

The girls include daughters of some of Chicago's most powerful families: The grandfather of one, Chaim Salanter, is one of the world's wealthiest men; the mother of another, Sophy Durango, is the Illinois Democratic candidate for Senate.

For V. I. Warshawski, the questions multiply faster than the answers. Is the killing linked to a hostile media campaign against Sophy Durango? Or to Chaim Salanter's childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania? As V.I. struggles for answers, she finds herself fighting enemies who are all too human.

AUTHOR BIO: Sara Paretsky is the author of eighteen books, including her renowned V. I. Warshawski novels. She was named 2011 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and is also the recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award given by the British Crime Writers' Association. She lives in Chicago. You can learn more about Sara at www.saraparetsky.com.

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New York, NY: Putnam, 2012. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). American First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; signed by Sara Paretsky on front end paper with no inscription; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean, unread copy in collectible condition; removable "Signed Copy" sticker on front cover..
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  • Title Breakdown: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
  • Author Paretsky, Sara
  • Series V.I. Warshawski Novels
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition American First
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Putnam, New York, NY
  • Date 2012
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 005690
  • ISBN 9780399157837 / 0399157832
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.7 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 4.32 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Rich people
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011047676
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

V.I. Warshawski returns in the spectacular new novel from the New York Times bestselling author.

Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shape-shifting raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. When tweens in Chicago's Carmilla Club hold an initiation ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse, a man stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying.

The girls include daughters of some of Chicago's most powerful families: the grandfather of one, Chaim Salanter, is among the world's wealthiest men; the mother of another, Sophy Durango, is the running for United States Senate.

For V. I. Warshawski, the questions multiply faster than the answers. Is the killing linked to a hostile media campaign against Sophy Durango? Or to Chaim Salanter's childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania? As V.I. struggles for answers, she finds herself fighting enemies who are no less terrifying for being all to human.

From the publisher

Sara Paretsky is the author of eighteen books, including her renowned V. I. Warshawski novels. She was named 2011 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and is also the recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award given by the British Crime Writers' Association. She lives in Chicago.

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About the author

Sara Paretsky is the author of eighteen books, including her renowned V. I. Warshawski novels. She was named 2011 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and is also the recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award given by the British Crime Writers' Association. She lives in Chicago.