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V.I. Warshawski's closest friend in Chicago is the Viennese-born doctor Lotty Herschel, who lost most of her family in the Holocaust. Lotty escaped to London in 1939 on the Kindertransport with a childhood playmate, Kitty Saginor Binder. When Kitty's daughter finds her life is in danger, she calls L...

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Main Author: Paretsky, Sara
Other Authors: Ericksen, Susan
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, Inc., p2013.
Edition:Unabridged.
Series:Paretsky, Sara. V.I. Warshawski novel ; 16.
Subjects:
Warshawski, V. I. > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women private investigators > Illinois > Chicago > Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction.
Audiobooks.
Mystery fiction > Illinois.
Suspense fiction > Illinois.
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Summary:V.I. Warshawski's closest friend in Chicago is the Viennese-born doctor Lotty Herschel, who lost most of her family in the Holocaust. Lotty escaped to London in 1939 on the Kindertransport with a childhood playmate, Kitty Saginor Binder. When Kitty's daughter finds her life is in danger, she calls Lotty, who, in turn, summons V.I. to help.
Item Description:Title from container.
Compact discs.
Duration: 17:35:00.
Physical Description:15 sound discs (17 hr., 35 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9781480531987
1480531987
Author Notes:Author Sara Paretsky was born in Ames, Iowa on June 8, 1947. She received a degree in political science from the University of Kansas and ultimately completed a Ph.D. in history at the University of Chicago; her dissertation was entitled "The Breakdown of Moral Philosophy in New England Before the Civil War." She also earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. She married a professor of physics (University of Chicago).

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)

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