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Critical Mass: V.I. Warshawski 16 (The V.I. Warshawski Series) by [Sara Paretsky]

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Critical Mass: V.I. Warshawski 16 (The V.I. Warshawski Series) Kindle Edition

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When private eye V.I. Warshawski is called out to a derelict drug house in a rural town just south of Chicago she discovers something she wasn't expecting: the mutilated corpse of a man dumped in a cornfield.

It is a discovery that throws V.I. into the fascinating world of physics and invention: a design which sparked the construction of the computer as we know it the development of nuclear weapons the wonder of Newton's prisms and a train of dramatic events that occurred in war-time Vienna over seventy years ago.

With a range of suspects too scared to open up V.I. must delve deep into the past to find clues. Someone holds the answers to her questions - someone who will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from resurfacing . . .

Packed with Paretsky's masterfully crafted suspense and offering an illuminating insight into some of the greatest scientific developments of the twentieth century this is set to be V.I.'s most enlightening - and exhilarating - adventure yet.

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24 Oct. 2013
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"Both Warshawski and Paretsky are at the top of their forms."--Tampa Bay Times

"Paretsky at her best, describing with a reporter's eye and a painter's vision the light and texture of a place."--Washington Post

"Paretsky still writes with the kind of dazzling, diamond-hard clarity that can break your heart on every other page."--Chicago Tribune

More Praise for Sara Paretsky and the V. I. Warshawski series

"Sara Paretsky's Chicago private eye, V. I. Warshawski, is one tough cookie."--The New York Times Book Review

"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 --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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The sixteenth V.I. Warshawski thriller from one of America's greatest female crime writers, combining contemporary issues, the fight against injustice and fast-paced suspense. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.



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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CIVLVDY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hodder & Stoughton (24 Oct. 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 931 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 481 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 41,178 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 628 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- 727 in Mystery Action Fiction (Kindle Store)
- 901 in Crime Action Fiction

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Sara Paretsky is the author of nineteen books, including sixteen V.I. Warshawski novels. She was named 2011 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and 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.

Visit Sara's website, www.saraparetsky.com, find her on Facebook, www.facebook.com/SaraParetsky, and follow her on Twitter @Sara1982P.

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Snuffycat

I love it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2013

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Unlike some favourite writers who are my contemporaries in being "women of a certain age", Sara Paretsky's sharp edge as a writer is undiminished. Her characters have grown into much loved friends over the years and her observations on character are richer and deeper than ever.

This novel is a page-turner par excellence; beautifully observed, plotted and executed. V.I.'s relationships with the people she depends on has never been more keenly displayed. I hope the lovely Jake ( who does not figure a great deal in this novel) sticks around. I also hope that Lotty Herschel retires soon! How old can she be? 90?

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Longsuffering

Superb and ugly

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 April 2019

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This is one of the best books I have read for some time, Interesting, engrossing but strangely distasteful. While reading parts of this book I must say that I felt vaguely soiled, as if I had touched something unclean. Very Good.

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Tess

Good read, but...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 November 2019

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Ok, it's an easy, chatty read that rolls along.
There is a fairly complex plot.
Warshawski is an endearing heroine.
That's 3 stars.
Not enough action, not enough characterisation, ultimately rather unconvincing.

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wrightman

History Lesson

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2014

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An exciting and thoughtful novel about nuclear secrets and the shadows cast by the second world war.This is an ambitious book which deals with serious issues.It is rather complicated and the reader needs to keep her wits about her as there are many different characters to keep a track of. Warchawski must be getting on a bit now but she is still putting herself in danger and fighting and shooting her way through a very difficult investigation.She is a very brave and determined person who never seems to think about retiring from her p.i job,despite her many injuries. Hurray for V.I.!

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Effective and lively

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 December 2018

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This is another effective and lively thriller, in line with the rest of the series. The background of nuclear science and the post WW2 movement of scientists from Germany is well described and used to develop the plot.

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Ejcl Isaacs

A book of risks

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2019

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Sara Paretsky fearlessly risks exploring major subjects, in this case the Holocaust and the development of American Nuclear power, with the same eagerness which drives her heroic detective to face danger in unravelling truth. This book is another deeply thoughtful and compelling page turner.

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Martina Weitsch

It's very clever!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 November 2013

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This is a different approach from other V.I. novels; it goes into the past to illuminate the present and it demonstrates the time it takes - over generations - to go beyond past hurt. It's very engaging; a real page turner. I would very much recommend it to anyone - not just confirmed V.I. fans (among whom I count myself).

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M J Benedict

A Return to Fine Form

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 November 2013

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I hadn't enjoyed Sara's last two books as much as I usually do, but Critical Mass has a tight, intertwined plot, with complicated, outstanding characters, who invoke the joy of learning about the universe, but also hand in hand with the horrors of the holocaust. I cried in several parts, and was thankful with the hopeful ending, after such a journey from misery and suffering. Really outstanding. Marie

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