- V. I. Warshawski (Fictitious character), Women detectives, Detective and mystery stories, Journalists
Checking up on empty family mansions for an old client, V.I. surprises an intruder and subsequently discovers the dead body of a missing reporter who disappeared during the McCarthy era, a find that has links to two prestigious Chicago families and leads to her involvement in the search for a missing boy with terrorist connections.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Sara Paretsky
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 458
- Publisher
- Penguin, G.P. Putnam's Sons, QPD
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780399150852
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