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Fire sale : a V. I. Warshawski novel / Sara Paretsky.
Summary:
V.I. Warshawski may have left her old South Chicago neighborhood, but she learns that she cannot escape it. When V.I. takes over coaching duties of the girls' basketball team at her former high school, she faces an ill-equipped, ragtag group of gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms who inevitably draw the detective into their family woes.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780451218995 :
- ISBN: 045121899X :
- Physical Description: 531 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Signet, c2005.
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| Subject: | Warshawski, V. I. (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Women private investigators > Illinois > Chicago > Fiction. Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Valemount Public Library | f par lp (Text) | 35194014146526 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Coaching the basketball team at her former South Chicago high school, V.I. Warshawski investigates sabotage at the site of the area's largest employer, where an explosion has killed the facility's owner and launched a dangerous family rivalry. - Penguin Putnam
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
âTakes off with a bangâliterally...V. I. remains a paragon among PIs, and Fire Sale is one of Paretskyâs best books yet.ââSt. Louis Post-DispatchÂ
A conscience can weigh a PI down more than the heaviest firearmâand get her into more trouble too. Itâs that nagging conscience that makes V. I. Warshawski agree to fill in as coach for the girlsâ basketball team at her South Chicago alma materâwhich in turn leads her to the headquarters of By-Smart, the global retail empire where V. I. hopes to get some desperately needed funds for the struggling squad.
But conscience seems to be in short supply at By-Smart...with the exception of Billy Bysen, the earnest teenage grandson of the chainâs gruff, tightfisted founder. And when Billy disappearsâalong with a mysterious document much desired by By-Smartâs management teamâV. I. is hurled onto a twisted, body-strewn path that runs through Chicagoâs dirtiest places and reveals some of its dirtiest secrets... - Random House, Inc.
A conscience can weigh a PI down more than the heaviest firearmâand get her into more trouble too. Itâs that nagging conscience that makes V. I. Warshawski agree to fill in as coach for the girlsâ basketball team at her South Chicago alma materâwhich in turn leads her to the headquarters of By-Smart, the global retail empire where V. I. hopes to get some desperately needed funds for the struggling squad. But conscience seems to be in short supply at By-Smart⦠with the exception of Billy Bysen, the earnest teenage grandson of the chainâs gruff, tightfisted founder. And when Billy disappearsâalong with a mysterious document much desired by By-Smartâs management teamâV. I. is hurled onto a twisted, body-strewn path that runs through Chicagoâs dirtiest places and reveals some of its dirtiest secrets.â¦
