 First edition | |
| Author | Sara Paretsky |
|---|---|
| Original title | Toxic Shock  United Kingdom |
| Series | V.I. Warshawski series |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
Publication date | 1988 |
| ISBN | 0440204208 |
| OCLC | 476821113 |
| Preceded by | Bitter Medicine (1987) |
| Followed by | Burn Marks (1990) |
Blood Shot (marketed under the title Toxic Shock in the United Kingdom), published in New York in 1988, is the fifth in a series of novels by Sara Paretsky featuring her character V. I. Warshawski, a hard-boiled female private investigator.[1] The novel was nominated for the 1989 Anthony Award in the "Best Novel" category.[2]
Plot
V.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back to her old South Chicago neighborhood, but she's never been a woman who breaks a promise. Returning to her old neighborhood for a school reunion, she finds herself agreeing to search for a childhood friend's missing father, a man her friend never knew and about whom her friend's dying mother will not speak. What ought to have been a routine missing-persons case rapidly turns up a homicide; and Warshawski must battle corrupt local politicians and businessmen, who do all they can to derail her investigation.
References
- ↑ "Crime/Mystery; The Firebrand Grits Her Teeth - New York Times". The New York Times. October 9, 1988. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. October 2, 2003. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
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