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Body Work Hardback - 2010

by Sara Paretsky

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The audacious new V. I. Warshawski novel from the New York Times-bestselling author. The enigmatic performer known as the Body Artist takes the stage at Chicago's Club Gouge and allows her audience to use her naked body as a canvas for their impromptu illustrations. V. I. Warshawski watches as people step forward, some meek, some bold, to make their mark. The evening takes a strange turn when one woman's sketch triggers a violent outburst from a man at a nearby table. Quickly subdued, the man-an Iraqi war vet-leaves the club. Days later, the woman is shot outside the club. She dies in V.I.'s arms, and the police move quickly to arrest the angry vet. A shooting in Chicago is nothing new, certainly not to V.I., who is hired by the vet's family to clear his name. As V.I. seeks answers, her investigation will take her from the North Side of Chicago to the far reaches of the Gulf War.

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The audacious new V. I. Warshawski novel from the New York Times-bestselling author

"Doctors take days off--why not PIs?" V.I. Warshawski demands. But when America's hardest-working private eye goes clubbing, a stranger is shot and dies in her arms.

V.I. has been visiting Club Gouge, Chicago's edgiest nightspot, where a woman known as the Body Artist turns her naked body into a canvas for the audience to paint on.

The show attracts all kinds of people, from a menacing off-duty cop to Ukrainian mobsters and Iraq war vets--and V.I.'s impetuous cousin, Petra. A tormented young painter shows up, too, and the intricate designs she creates on the Body Artist drives on of the vets into a violent rage.

When the painter is shot, the cops figure it's an easy collar--PTSD vet goes off the rails, stalks then kills young woman. But the vet's family hires V.I. to clear his name, and the detective uncovers a chain of ugly truths that stretch all the way from Iraq to Chicago's South Side.

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The audacious new V. I. Warshawski novel from the "New York Times"-bestselling author


"Doctors take days off--why not PIs?" V.I. Warshawski demands. But when America's hardest-working private eye goes clubbing, a stranger is shot and dies in her arms.
V.I. has been visiting Club Gouge, Chicago's edgiest nightspot, where a woman known as the Body Artist turns her naked body into a canvas for the audience to paint on.
The show attracts all kinds of people, from a menacing off-duty cop to Ukrainian mobsters and Iraq war vets--and V.I.'s impetuous cousin, Petra. A tormented young painter shows up, too, and the intricate designs she creates on the Body Artist drives on of the vets into a violent rage.
When the painter is shot, the cops figure it's an easy collar--PTSD vet goes off the rails, stalks then kills young woman. But the vet's family hires V.I. to clear his name, and the detective uncovers a chain of ugly truths that stretch all the way from Iraq to Chicago's South Side.

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  • Title Body Work
  • Author Sara Paretsky
  • Series V.I. Warshawski Novels
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition FIRST EDITION
  • Pages 443
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Putnam Adult, New York
  • Publication date 2010-08-31
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780399156748 / 0399156747
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 1.6 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 4.06 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Fiction - Espionage / Thriller
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Warshawski, V. I. (Fictitious character)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010016251
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

"… superb… This strong outing shows why the tough, fiercely independent, dog-loving private detective continues to survive."
– Publisher's Weekly Starred Review



"Edgy… It's good to see Warshawski—that can-do, no-nonsense gal who barged into the man-world of fictional gumshoes in 1982—still saving the innocent."
– St. Louis Beacon



"A new V.I. Warshawski novel is always a cause for celebration… Paretsky's the queen of the hard-boiled for good reasons. Her characters are ordinary people. Her dialogue is pitch perfect… The story revolves around bullies—personal, sexual and corporate ones—and Warshawski is smart enough to know bullies can be beaten."
– Minneapolis Star Tribune



"The Fourteenth entry in the V.I. Warshawski series finds the smart-mouthed Chicago PI approaching 50 but unafraid of mixing it up with some thuggish Ukrainian mobsters… V.I. proves as persistent as ever in a case that ranges from the edgy urban nightclub scene to the corporate interests making a fortune from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And, as always, the city of Chicago, from its gentrified lofts to its working-class bars, is given a starring role. Another solid entry in a popular series."
– Booklist



"Paretsky plays out her trademark political and social themes not with rhetoric but with a compelling story of lives shattered by pride, greed and fear of the unknown."
– Kirkus Review

About the author

Sara Paretsky is the author of sixteen books, including her renowned V. I. Warshawski novels, the most recent of which is the "New York Times" bestseller "Hardball." Her many awards include the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers' Association. She lives in Chicago.

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