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by Sara Paretsky (Author)
"V.I. Warshawski is one of the best . . . smart, tough, sexy."--Daily News (New York)
"Sara Paretsky makes excellent use of local backgrounds in a carefully plotted tale of murder and great misdeeds in the world of Great Lakes cargo shipping."--Chicago Tribune When Chicago Black Hawks hockey legend Boom Boom Warshawski slips off a wharf and drowns in Lake Michigan, his private-eye cousin questions the accidental death report and rumors of suicide. Armed with a bottle of Black Label and a Smith & Weson, V.I. follows a trail of violence and corruption to the center of the Windy City's powerful shipping industry. Dodging elaborate attempts on her life with characteristic grit and humor, the one-of-a-kind detective wends her way through a maze of grain elevators and thousand-ton freighters, ruthless businessmen and gorgeous ballerinas, to ferret out Boom Boom's killers before they phase her out of the picture--permanently. "Hard-boiled detective fiction . . . a swift-paced and engrossing read."--The Philadelphia Inquirer "Slithers with suspense!"--Chicago Sun-TimesAuthor Biography
Sara Paretsky is the author of many novels, including her V. I. Warshawski series, which began with Indemnity Only. She lives in Chicago.
Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 0.86 x 6.74 x 4.21 IN
Publication Date: March 02, 1992
