Windy City Blues (Thorndike Press Large Print Paperback Series) - Softcover

Paretsky, Sara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 078381562X ISBN 13: 9780783815626

Publisher: G K Hall & Co, 1996

Synopsis

Nine stories feature Chicago's hard-nosed but tender-hearted private investigator V.I. Warshawski

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From the Publisher:

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).

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y 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 n

About this edition

• Publisher: G K Hall & Co
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 078381562X
• ISBN 13: 9780783815626
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336