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'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 )Product 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…
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
These detective stories set in Chicago are engrossing. Ok, so I don't now anything about Chicago and the main character doesn't even have a mobile phone - these books predate the cell and other techno stuff - but the plots are good, the characters engaging and the language vibrant. I'm working my way through them all.
7 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The novel follows Warshawski through her investigations, but the pace is slow, the incedents dull and few. Her portrayal of many of the events seem unreal and as a reader you feel distant from them. The pace is kept similar all the way through without changing pace even at the threatening events. We get a sence of her proud self and strength, but less of her feelings and emotions, which makes for a less than intriguing novel.
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44 of 49 people found the following review helpful
A Reissue
7 Jun 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I read this book back in 1988 when it was first published. Having forgotten this, I purchased this newly reissued edition. I really wish publishers would make it clear right up front (on the cover) that these books have been previously published. This is a good story, but not worth reading a second time.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Partially spoiled by later books in the series
28 Jan 2011
Format:Mass Market Paperback
It's not all that big a deal, but there is one element in this book that will alert those who have read later books that something's going to happen to one specific important character.As noted by another reviewer, Sara Paretsky does use this book to strongly express her pro-choice views. I don't mean to be critical by pointing this out, but strong anti-abortionists will likely be made angry by this book.That said, this is one of the weaker books in the series. If you are a fan of V. I. Warshawski, then by all means read this one. But if you're not a strong fan, or haven't yet read any in the series, I suggest starting with one of her other books such as the first, INDEMNITY ONLY.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Entertaining
5 Mar 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
While it is clear that Paretsky used the story to pontificate around the abortion issue, the story was not (in my opinion) held hostage by her views. Of course, she must have known that those who hold opposing views might be somewhat derailed by her machinations. Apparently she felt it was a risk worth taking. For my part, the story was entertaining and amusing. There were sufficeint plot twists and turns, a romantic interlude, loveable yet annoying characters... all the stuff that makes us enjoy V.I. This is what I call hot-fudge-sundae fiction. I read it for its entertainment value--not intellectual nutrition. YUM!
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