BLACKLIST

Paretsky, Sara

ISBN 10: 0399150854 / ISBN 13: 9780399150852

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 2003

About this Item

Signed first edition of Paretsky's eleventh V.I. Warshawski novel, winner of the 2004 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter black cloth with grey boards. In original unclipped ($24.95) dust jacket. 415, [1] pages. Signed by Paretsky on title page.

Seller Inventory # 49089

Bibliographic Details

• Title: BLACKLIST
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399150854
• ISBN 13: 9780399150852
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine in fine jacket.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Genre Fiction
  • Lit

About this title

Synopsis

From one of the most distinguished writers in American crime fiction - her most brilliant and daring novel yet.

This is a story of secrets and betrayals that stretch across four generations-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; sub-sequently 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.'s discovery quickly sucks her into the history of two great Chicago families-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 forward-and then shockingly tumble together-she 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.

A novel as passionate, complex, and powerfully entertaining as its acclaimed heroine, Blacklist is a stunning achievement.

About the Author

Sara Paretsky is the author of sixteen books, including her renowned V. I. Warshawski novels. Her many awards include the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers' Association. She lives in Chicago.