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. \n\nThen 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.
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Review
She is writing with the kind of passion for social justice that inspired Chandler and Hammett . . . a narrative as gripping as it is emotionally wrenching. (Joan Smith, Sunday Times)
Details are so rich and the dialogue so snappy that the mystery whizzes by. (Guardian)
With the creation of V.I. Warshawski, Sara Paretsky did more than anyone to change the face of contemporary women's fiction. (Express on Sunday)
Tough, complex and moving, Paretsky is still at the top of her crowded genre. (Bookseller)
The thing about Sara Paretsky is, she's tough . . . she doesn't flinch from examining old social injustices others might find too shameful (and too painful) to dig up . . . it's a distinct pleasure to hear her unapologetically strident voice once again (The New York Times)
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The thrilling thirteenth V.I. Warshawski novel from one of America's greatest female crime author who writes with unbeatable pace and a passion for justice.
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Hardball: A V. I. Warshawski Novel
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Condition: Bueno. : En Hardball, la detective privada V.I. Warshawski se enfrenta a un caso que la lleva a investigar la desaparición de un hombre ocurrida hace cuatro décadas. La búsqueda, que parecía inútil, se torna letal al desenterrar secretos de los disturbios raciales de Chicago en 1966, revelando racismo, corrupción y abuso de poder tanto del pasado como del presente. Una novela de misterio y suspense que te mantendrá enganchado hasta el final. EAN: 9780451230997 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Otros Título: Hardball Autor: Sara Paretsky Editorial: HODDER PAPERBACKS Idioma: en Formato: libro de bolsillo. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-07-08-bcd09cab