V. I. Warshawski, private investigator, Chicago, USA. People imagine private detectives to be tired-looking men in raincoats, but Vic is female. She's tough, beautiful, carries a gun - and goes on asking questions until she gets answers. When her cousin Boom Boom dies in an accident, Vic is naturally upset. She wants to know how and why the accident happened, and she isn't satisfied by the answers she gets. So she goes on asking questions ...and more people start to die.
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V. I. Warshawski, private investigator, Chicago, USA. People imagine private detectives to be tired-looking men in raincoats, but Vic is female. She's tough, beautiful, carries a gun - and goes on asking questions until she gets answers. When her cousin Boom Boom dies in an accident, Vic is naturally upset. She wants to know how and why the accident happened, and she isn't satisfied by the answers she gets. So she goes on asking questions ...and more people start to die.
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Seller's Description:
Acceptable. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Acceptable. Good dust jacket. Signed by author on laid-in bookplate. Dampstained. In protective mylar cover.
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Very Good. Size: 8x5x0; First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good Mylar protected dust jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Deckled edge along fore edge. Minor shelf-wear. Minor paper loss on dust jacket along bottom and top edge near spine and along fore edge. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library 1984 Doubleday FIRST edition of Paretsky's 2nd VI mystery! This book is ex-library with the usual markings. It is in VG-/VG-condition. The HB is clean with just a minor slant in the spine. The DJ is not price clipped. There is wear at the corners and spine ends as wll as an old library sticker at the bottom spine end. There is an abrasion on the front cover that very minimally affects the "S." Still a solid and very collectible copy! **Brenbooks specializes in first edition mysteries, and carries many Paretsky's, several signed!
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book 1984 Doubleday FIRST EDITION of the 2nd VI Warshawski series. An excellent collectible in FINE/VG condition. the HB has only a small previous owner signature on the ffep otherwise it is clean and tight. the DJ is not price clipped and is mylar wrapped. There is minor wear at the corners and xpine ends and a bit of darkening on the rear cover. **BONUS** Also receive her latest, HARDBALL which isin AN/AN condition and is **SIGNED** on the title page. **Brenbooks specializes in first edition mysteries, many signed!
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Topedge foxed and binding trifle foxed, an otherwise bright, very good or better copy in a very good dust jacket with modest rubbing a the spine ends and a couple of edge nicks, a short tear on the rear panel with a neat internal tape reinforcement, a slightly longer split (with tiny L-shaped tear) at the upper flap fold, and a small corner crease at the spine ends. Signed by Paretsky on a label laid down on the title page. An imperfect but still bright copy of the second V.I. Warshawski myseter.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. 252 pages. First Edition. Second in V.I. Warshawski detective series set in Chicago. Fine in very near fine dustjacket with only the slightest traces of rubbing at corners. Free of the remainder spray on the lower edges that plagues most copies. Inscribed by Paretsky. Paretsky was named Grand Master in 2011 by the Mystery Writers of America.
Rythm, action, spunk, brains, social conciousness, social issues, humour, courage. Plus a real woman, with real problems, like you and me. Plus the city throbing and the lake. Highly pleasurable reading.