- Mystery, V. I. Warshawski (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Detective and mystery stories
V.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back to her old south Chicago neighborhood, but a promise is something she always keeps. Caroline, a childhood friend, has a dying mother and a problem -- after twenty-five years she wants V.I. to find the father she never knew.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Sara Paretsky
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 376
- Publisher
- Dell, Dell Publishing, Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- German, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9780307418111
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