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Synopsis
Every new Sara Paretsky novel is an event, the chance to reencounter her beloved heroine, V. I. Warshawski AAA1/2 a private eye with the sharpest tongue and hardest head in Chicago (The New York Times Book Review) AAA1/2 a cause for rejoicing. But Blacklist is something special.
This is a story of secrets and betrayals that stretch across four generations AAA1/2 secrets political, social, sexual, financial: all of them with the power to kill. Eager for something physical to do in the spirit-exhausting wake of 9/11, V.I. accepts a request from an old client to check up on an empty family mansion; subsequently surprises an intruder in the dark; and, giving chase, topples into a pond. Grasping for something to hold on to, her fingers close around a lifeless human hand.
It is the body of a reporter who had been investigating events of forty-five years earlier, during the McCarthy era, and V. I.AAA1/2s discovery quickly sucks her into the history of two great Chicago families AAA1/2 their fortunes intertwined by blood, sex, money, and the scandals that may or may not have resulted in murder all these years later. At the same time, she inadvertently becomes involved in the story of a missing Egyptian boy whose possible terrorist connections make him very much sought after by the government. As the two cases drive her forwardAAA1/2and then shockingly tumble together, pushing her into situations more perilous than she could have imaginedAAA1/2she finds that wealth and privilege, too, bear a terrible price; and the past has no monopoly on patriotic scoundrels. Before everything is over, at least two more people will lie dead...and V.I. might even be one of them.
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Review
"What's particularly amazing about the Warshawski books is that...these mysteries have grown richer and more ambitious with age, lately turning to the sweeping crimes of history for inspiration...a provocative mystery."
One of the best suspense stories this year. ("Buffalo News") A thoughtful high-tension mystery. ("Washington Post Book World")
"A thoughtful high-tension mystery."--"Washington Post World"
"A genuinely exciting and disturbing thriller."--"Chicago Tribune"
"A complex, disturbing thriller, one that will linger in readers' minds."--"Associated Press"
"A thoughtful high-tension mystery."--Washington Post World
"A genuinely exciting and disturbing thriller."--Chicago Tribune
"A complex, disturbing thriller, one that will linger in readers' minds."--Associated Press
"A thoughtful high-tension mystery." Washington Post World
"A genuinely exciting and disturbing thriller." Chicago Tribune
"A complex, disturbing thriller, one that will linger in readers' minds." Associated Press"
"A thoughtful high-tension mystery." Washington Post World
"A genuinely exciting and disturbing thriller." Chicago Tribune
"A complex, disturbing thriller, one that will linger in readers' minds." Associated Press
""A thoughtful high-tension mystery."--Washington Post World
"A genuinely exciting and disturbing thriller."--Chicago Tribune
"A complex, disturbing thriller, one that will linger in readers' minds."--Associated Press
-A thoughtful high-tension mystery.---Washington Post World
-A genuinely exciting and disturbing thriller.---Chicago Tribune
-A complex, disturbing thriller, one that will linger in readers' minds.---Associated Press
Praise for Blacklist
"Sara Paretsky's Chicago private eye, V. I. Warshawski, is one tough cookie...memorable."--The New York Times Book Review "Thoroughly gripping."--The Seattle Times
"Timely, entertaining, thought-provoking and hard to put down."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch "This is not your everyday detective story."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "[A] riveting exploration of guilt and fear...top-notch."--Publishers Weekly
"A complex, disturbing thriller, one that will linger in readers' minds."--Associated Press
More Praise for Sara Paretsky and the V. I. Warshawski series"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
About the Author
Sara Paretsky is the New York Times bestselling author of the renowned V.I. Warshawski novels. Her many awards include the Cartier Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Crime Writers' Association and the 2011 Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. She lives in Chicago.
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Blacklist
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Playaway, Solon OH, 2009
ISBN 10: 1607756994
ISBN 13: 9781607756996
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