Windy City Blues (V.I. Warshawski Novel) - Hardcover

Paretsky, Sara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385315023 ISBN 13: 9780385315029

Publisher: Delacorte Press, 1995

Synopsis

It's strictly Friends & Family as V.I. Warshawski, "the detective mystery fans have been waiting for" (Time), makes return appearances in a collection of stories that bring new meaning to "ties that bind."  Decked out in her silk shirts and no-nonsense Attitude, V.I. is out to make a living--by the skin of her teeth.

In "Grace Notes," V.I. has barely finished her morning coffee when she sees an ad in the paper asking for information about her own mother, long dead.  The paper leads V.I. to her newfound Italian cousin Vico, who's looking for music composed by their great-grandmother.  What's the score?  Clearly it's something to kill for... "The Pietro Andromache" finds V.I.'s friend Dr. Lotty Herschel with motive and means to dispatch her professional rival and steal his priceless statue.  Lotty didn't do it--but does she know who did?  V.I. soon cuts to the art of the case--and it's not a pretty picture at all!

Summoned by an old high school friend to a race "At the Old Swimming Hole," V.I. ends up swimming with the sharks--the FBI and a ruthless gambling kingpin--in a pool of blood.... And it's only "Skin Deep" when a relaxing facial transformation transforms a client into a stiff.  V.I.'s pal Sal needs help.  Her beautician sister Evangeline is prime suspect--and V.I. has only eighteen hours to crack the case before it's headline news..."  Three-Dot Po" proves there's nothing like a dog.  Especially a dog on the trail of her mistress's killer, with V.I. in tow...

In "Strung Out," love means nothing and V.I.'s quick to learn the score as her old friend's tennis-champion daughter is under suspicion for strangling her father with a racket string.  And there's more, nine stories in all, in this masterful collection of short fiction starring V.I. Warshawski, "the most engaging woman in detective fiction since Dorothy Sayers's Harriet Vane" (Newsweek).
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Decked out in her silk shirts and no-nonsense attitude, V.I. has barelyfinished her morning coffee when she sees an ad in the paper asking forinformation about her own mother, long dead. Enter her newfound Italian cousinVico, with a score to settle--in blood. So much for family ties. But whenV.I.'s friend Dr. Lotty Herschel is suspected of killing her professional rivaland stealing his priceless statue, V.I. cuts to the art of the case--and it'snot a pretty picture at all! Then a high school classmate summons V.I. to arace at the Old Swimming Hole--only to leave her swimming with the sharks. Bynow V.I. could use a relaxing facial. Instead, she gets the business when herpal Sal's beautician-sister transforms a client into a stiff...

In this witty, masterful collection of stories, bestselling author SaraParetsky gives ample proof that V.I. Warshawski, "the detective mystery fanshave been waiting for" (Time), is indeed "the most engaging woman indetective fiction since Dorothy Sayers' Harriet Vane" (Newsweek).

About the Author

Sara Paretsky is the author of twenty books, including the renowned V. I. Warshawski novels. Named 2011 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and a recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger award given by the British Crime Writers’ Association, she is president of the Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0385315023
• ISBN 13: 9780385315029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258