Hardball: V.I. Warshawski 13

Paretsky, Sara

ISBN 10: 0340839163 / ISBN 13: 9780340839164

Published by Hodder, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hardball: V.I. Warshawski 13
• Publisher: Hodder
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340839163
• ISBN 13: 9780340839164
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

When V.I. Warshawski is asked to find a man who's been missing for four decades, a search that she thought would be futile turns lethal. Old skeletons from the city's racially charged history rise up to force her back with a vengeance - a nun who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. dies without revealing crucial evidence, and on the city's South Side, people spit when she shows up. The elderly sisters who hired her are also keeping important information to themselves. Then V.I. finds that her family is keeping secrets of their own. A young cousin whom she's never met arrives from Kansas City to work on a political campaign, but disappears under mysterious circumstances. Afraid to learn that her adored father might have been a bent cop, deception and corruption following her at every step, V.I. finds all her certainties under threat, but takes the investigation all the way to its frightening end. About The Author: Author Sara Paretsky was born in Ames, Iowa on June 8, 1947. She received a degree in political science from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D in history and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Her own background as an enthusiastic reader of mysteries has given Paretsky an almost intuitive feel for the conventions of detective fiction. Like Sue Grafton, Paretsky does not violate the formula for hard-boiled detective stories; she has intentionally set out to create a Raymond Chandler-type character in her protagonist V. I. Warshawsky. Paretsky wants to show a woman succeeding in a traditional male role. Paretsky has won numerous awards for her work including the Silver Dagger Award for Toxic Shock, the Gold Dagger award for Blacklist, and the Diamond Dagger for Lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers Association.

About the Author

Sara Paretsky is the author of fourteen previous books, including twelve V. I. Warshawski novels. She is the winner of many awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers’ Association. She lives in Chicago.