Blood Shot

Sara Paretsky

G.K. Hall, 1989 - Fiction - 440 pages

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. But when V.I. starts probing into the past, she not only finds out where all the bodies are buried -- she stumbles onto a very new corpse. Now she's stirring up a deadly mix of big business and chemical corruption that may become a toxic shock to a snooper who knows too much.

Contents

• Highway 41 Revisited: 1
• Bringing Up Baby: 10
• 3: 19

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 ultimately completed a Ph.D. in history at the University of Chicago; her dissertation was entitled "The Breakdown of Moral Philosophy in New England Before the Civil War." She also earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. She married a professor of physics (University of Chicago). The protagonist of all but two of Paretsky's novels is V.I. Warshawski, a female private investigator. V. I. Warshawsky shows a female detective succeeding a traditionally 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. Her title Brush Back made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2015.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Blood Shot; A V. I. Warshawski Novel Series; G.K. Hall large print book series
• Author: Sara Paretsky
• Edition: reprint, large print
• Publisher: G.K. Hall, 1989
• ISBN: 0816147752, 9780816147755
• Length: 440 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / City Life; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths