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“V.I. Warshawski is one of the best . . . smart, tough, sexy.”— Daily News (New York)“Sara Paretsky makes excellent use of local backgrounds in a carefully plotted tale of murder and great misdeeds in the world of Great Lakes cargo shipping.”— Chicago TribuneWhen Chicago Black Hawks hockey legend Boom Boom Warshawski slips off a wharf and drowns in Lake Michigan, his private-eye cousin questions the accidental death report and rumors of suicide. Armed with a bottle of Black Label and a Smith & Weson, V.I. follows a trail of violence and corruption to the center of the Windy City's powerful shipping industry. Dodging elaborate attempts on her life with characteristic grit and humor, the one-of-a-kind detective wends her way through a maze of grain elevators and thousand-ton freighters, ruthless businessmen and gorgeous ballerinas, to ferret out Boom Boom's killers before they phase her out of the picture—permanently.“Hard-boiled detective fiction . . . a swift-paced and engrossing read.”— The Philadelphia Inquirer“Slithers with suspense!”— Chicago Sun-Times
Acquisto del libro
Deadlock, Sara Paretsky
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1992
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- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- Deadlock
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Sara Paretsky
- Editore
- Dell
- Pubblicato
- 1992
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 0440213320
- ISBN13
- 9780440213321
- Serie
- V.I. Warshawski
- Tag
- Narrativa, Gialli & Thriller, Gialli, Thriller, Tensione, USA, Omicidi, Divertimento, Giallo classico, Detective, Serie Crime, Incidente, Hockey, Chicago
- Titolo originale
- Deadlock
- Valutazione
- 3,8 su 5
- Descrizione
- “V.I. Warshawski is one of the best . . . smart, tough, sexy.”— Daily News (New York)“Sara Paretsky makes excellent use of local backgrounds in a carefully plotted tale of murder and great misdeeds in the world of Great Lakes cargo shipping.”— Chicago TribuneWhen Chicago Black Hawks hockey legend Boom Boom Warshawski slips off a wharf and drowns in Lake Michigan, his private-eye cousin questions the accidental death report and rumors of suicide. Armed with a bottle of Black Label and a Smith & Weson, V.I. follows a trail of violence and corruption to the center of the Windy City's powerful shipping industry. Dodging elaborate attempts on her life with characteristic grit and humor, the one-of-a-kind detective wends her way through a maze of grain elevators and thousand-ton freighters, ruthless businessmen and gorgeous ballerinas, to ferret out Boom Boom's killers before they phase her out of the picture—permanently.“Hard-boiled detective fiction . . . a swift-paced and engrossing read.”— The Philadelphia Inquirer“Slithers with suspense!”— Chicago Sun-Times