Series V.I. Warshawski series Publication date 1988 Originally published 1988 Genre Mystery Followed by Burn Marks | Publisher Delacorte Press OCLC 476821113 Preceded by Bitter Medicine ISBN 0440204208 | |
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Original title Toxic Shock United Kingdom Similar Sara Paretsky books, V I Warshawski mystery books, Mystery books | ||
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.
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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.
Awards
The novel was nominated for the 1989 Anthony Award in the "Best Novel" category.