Bitter Medicine: V.I. Warshawski 4

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Bitter Medicine: V.I. Warshawski 4
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sara Paretsky
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 179,Width 115
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780340935156
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General
Illustrations n/a

Publishing Details

Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publication Date 3 April 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Consuelo is sixteen, heavily pregnant and married to an unemployed gangster. The last thing she needs is a negligent doctor. When she is rushed into the Friendship private hospital, the staff are reluctant to treat her. Fortunately she has Vic Warshawski, family friend and ex-lawyer, with her. But Consuelo and her baby are the tragic victims of a system so corrupt that it pays her husband to keep quiet. Anyone who can discover anything about the unorthodox dealings of the Friendship is in danger. And Vic's investigations are just about to begin

Author Biography

Sara Paretsky is the author of fourteen books, including twelve V I Warshawski novels. She is the winner of many awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers' Association and the CWA Gold Dagger for Blacklist".

Reviews

'How enjoyable to settle down with a new book by Sara Paretsky.' -- Sunday Telegraph '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 'Warshawski's darkest outing, with no sign that her creator is flagging. Paretsky has written a novel in which a great deal is stripped bare, including Warshawski's innermost anxieties about herself, producing a narrative as gripping as it is emotionally wrenching.' -- JOAN SMITH, Sunday Times