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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 inev...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
G.P. Putnam's Sons,
c2005.
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| Series: | Paretsky, Sara. V.I. Warshawski novel ;
12. |
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 402 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0399152792 (hc : acid-free paper) |
| Author Notes: | The protagonist of all but two of Paretsky's novels is V.I. Warshawski, a female private investigator. V. I. Warshawsky shows a female detective succeeding a traditionally male role. Paretsky has won numerous awards for her work including the Silver Dagger Award for Toxic Shock, the Gold Dagger award for Blacklist, and the Diamond Dagger for Lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers Association. Her title Brush Back made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) |
