
Blacklist
Sara Paretsky(Author)
Signet (Publisher)
Published on 31. August 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-451-20969-6 (ISBN)
Description
V. I. Warshawski explores secrets and betrayals that stretch across four generations in this New York Times bestselling novel from one of the most compelling writers in American crime fiction...
"A thoughtful, high-tension mystery."-The Washington Post Book World
"A genuinely exciting and disturbing thriller."-Chicago Tribune
As a favor to her most important client, V. I. agrees to check up on an empty mansion. But instead of a mysterious intruder she discovers a dead man in the ornamental pond-a reporter for an African-American publication whom the suburban cops are quick to dismiss as a suicide.
When the man's shattered family hires V. I. to investigate, she is sucked into a Gothic tale of sex, money, and power, leading her back to McCarthy-era blacklists and forward to some of the darker aspects of the Patriot Act. As V. I. finds herself penned in to a smaller and smaller space by an array of people trying to silence her, and before she can untangled the sordid truth, two more people will die-and V.I.'s own life will hang in the balance.
"A thoughtful, high-tension mystery."-The Washington Post Book World
"A genuinely exciting and disturbing thriller."-Chicago Tribune
As a favor to her most important client, V. I. agrees to check up on an empty mansion. But instead of a mysterious intruder she discovers a dead man in the ornamental pond-a reporter for an African-American publication whom the suburban cops are quick to dismiss as a suicide.
When the man's shattered family hires V. I. to investigate, she is sucked into a Gothic tale of sex, money, and power, leading her back to McCarthy-era blacklists and forward to some of the darker aspects of the Patriot Act. As V. I. finds herself penned in to a smaller and smaller space by an array of people trying to silence her, and before she can untangled the sordid truth, two more people will die-and V.I.'s own life will hang in the balance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Dimensions
Height: 172 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
231 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-451-20969-6 (9780451209696)
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Person
Sara Paretsky