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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by Author, black quarter cloth over gray boards with small "SP" in silver on the front cover, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket of a tree silhouetted against the moon, [xvi] + 415 pages. A V.I. Warshawski novel set in Chicago that is fraught with conflicts and dangers!<br/> <br/> SIGNED & in Exceptional Condition with a TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on her personal stationery mentioning her novel.<br/> <br/> Sara Paretsky (born June 8, 1947), an American author of detective fiction, is best known for her novels based on the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky created her as a female response to hard-boiled detectives such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In 1991 the film "V.I. Warshawski" was released starring Kathleen Turner. <br/> <br/> Paretsky, who holds a doctorate in history from the University of Chicago, has transformed the image of women in the crime novel. The Winter 2007 issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection is devoted to her work. is also considered the founding mother of Sisters in Crime, which supports and promotes women in the mystery field.--(Wiki).