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Bitter Medicine (V.I. Warshawski, Bk 4)
 
Bitter Medicine (V.I. Warshawski, Bk 4)
Author: Sara Paretsky

Book Information
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780345347220 - ISBN-10: 0345347226
Publication Date: 5/12/1988
Pages: 259


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Book Description:
Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski knows from the start that Consuelo Alvarado's baby is trouble.  Consuelo is sixteen.  Diabetic.  And the daughter of a friend.  When she goes into labor too early, even V.I.'s wild drive to get her to the hospital can't save either Consuelo or her child.  Soon V.I. is investigating possible malpractice at the emergency room--and falling for a doctor who works there.  Mixing business and love is always bad medicine, but V.I. finds herself listening to her heart, not her head.  And when a brutal murder and the violent destruction of a women's clinic put her at the center of a very dirty conspiracy, justice may be the only remedy for a hurt that cuts deep...and chills right to the bone....

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Sharon V. wrote on 6/25/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Sort of a medical mystery and again a great detective read!!


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Annette T. (AnnieTea) wrote on 7/31/2009...


I really like V.I. she always seems to be able to get herself into and out of trouble. I can see how this book would be a good start for other women slueths and women writers as well. It must be the gut feelings they always seem to have.

Patricia W. wrote on 5/6/2007...


This is the fourth in the series about VI Warshawski, a tough Chicago based female detective. She has baggage of her own, growing up with a father who was a cop, and losing her beloved mother too soon. VI is a brash, assertive detective.

Kiya I. (DocKiya) wrote on 1/4/2007...


Excellent mystery---well-written, great characters.

Sierra R. (SierraBookHound) wrote on 1/1/2007...


A good mystery.

Victoria P. (Novella) wrote on 10/26/2006...


Sara writes like no other suspense writer-intelligent and challenging.

S. K. wrote on 10/3/2006...


Another good tale by Paretsky!

Ann C. (auntant) wrote on 3/9/2006...


From the book cover:
"Private eye V.I. Warshawski has reluctantly agreed to drive her young friend Consuelo Alvarado, sixteen and pregnant, and Consuelo's punk husband, Fabiano, to a job interview. Withough the escort, Fabiano probably wouldn't go.
Then Consuelo goes into premature labor and V.I. must rush her to a nearby hospital. Consuelo and her baby do not survive. V.I. observed how slowly the emergency room staff went to Consuelo's aid. Is it malpractice?
The question has no sooner occurred to her than she learns that Consuelo's doctor has been brutally murdered. So V.I. finds herself on an investigation that will leave her with her apartment ransacked, her face slashed, and her sympathies pulled in too many directions. At least her shrewd instincts are still intact."
Good, fast-paced read.

Linda S. (Linda) wrote on 2/3/2006...


Private-Eye V.I. Warshawski finds herself on an investigation that will leave her apartment ransacked, her face slashed, and her sympathies pulled in too many directions.

Bonnie A. (ladycholla) wrote on 12/29/2005...


Good mystery, enjoyed.

Suze U. (A-Z) wrote on 12/18/2005...


Nervy


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