Bitter Medicine - Softcover

Paretsky, Sara

3.89

5,194 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345347226 ISBN 13: 9780345347220

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1990

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V.I. Warshawski is confronted with the mysterious death of a young woman at a local hospital and the preliminary investigation produces horrifying results

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Review:

" No one, male or female, writes better P.I. books than Paretsky."
--The Denver Post
" Paretsky's books are beautifully paced and plotted, and the dialogue is fresh and smart.... V.I. Warshawski is the most engaging woman in detective fiction."
--Newsweek
" The plot [is] fast moving, the dialogue snappy, the premise for murder persuasive. This novel hasn't a single snag in its springs."
--Chicago Sun-Times
" Paretsky is still the best...she doesn't pull punches."
--The Washington Post Book World

"No one, male or female, writes better P.I. books than Paretsky."
--The Denver Post
"Paretsky's books are beautifully paced and plotted, and the dialogue is fresh and smart.... V.I. Warshawski is the most engaging woman in detective fiction."
--Newsweek
"The plot [is] fast moving, the dialogue snappy, the premise for murder persuasive. This novel hasn't a single snag in its springs."
--Chicago Sun-Times
"Paretsky is still the best...she doesn't pull punches."
--The Washington Post Book World

-No one, male or female, writes better P.I. books than Paretsky.-
--The Denver Post
-Paretsky's books are beautifully paced and plotted, and the dialogue is fresh and smart.... V.I. Warshawski is the most engaging woman in detective fiction.-
--Newsweek
-The plot [is] fast moving, the dialogue snappy, the premise for murder persuasive. This novel hasn't a single snag in its springs.-
--Chicago Sun-Times
-Paretsky is still the best...she doesn't pull punches.-
--The Washington Post Book World

Praise for Bitter Medicine
"The plot [is] fast moving, the dialogue is snappy, the premise for murder persuasive. The novel hasn't a single snag in its springs."--Chicago Sun-Times
"Paretsky is still the best...she doesn't pull punches."--The Washington Post Book World
"A dense, convincing, fast-moving plot, a dauntless but vulnerable heroine, a fine-tuned ear for real-life dialogue and a sharp eye for the Chicago scene. Superior stuff."--The Kirkus Reviews

"This fourth story narrated by the spiky detective is the series' most suspenseful so far."--Publishers Weekly

More Praise for Sara Paretsky and the V. I. Warshawski series
"Sara Paretsky's Chicago private eye, V. I. Warshawski, is one tough cookie."--The New York Times Book Review
"One of our genre's crucial, solid-gold, best-ever series. Paretsky is a genius."--Lee Child

"V.I. Warshawski is one of my all-time favorite investigators."--Lisa Gardner

"For me, the most remarkable of the moderns is Sara Paretsky."--P.D. James

"One of the most-loved characters in crime fiction."--Booklist (starred review)
"No one, male or female, writes better P.I. books than Paretsky."--The Denver Post

"Paretsky's books are beautifully paced and plotted, and the dialogue is fresh and smart...V.I. Warshawski is the most engaging woman in detective fiction."--Newsweek

Book Description:

The feisty, tough and shrewd heroine appears in her fourth adventure in the V.I. Warshawski series, from one of America's greatest female crime writers.

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