From Publishers Weekly:
"Since her debut in Paretsky''s Indemnity Only, Chicago private eye V. (Victoria) I. Warshawski has been attracting both enthusiastic readers and critical acclaim. This fourth story narrated by the spiky detective is the series'' most suspenseful so far. V. I. brings a teenager about to give premature birth to a private hospital where the mother and her baby die. Since the poor girl''s own obstetrician is unavailable, Warshawski''s friend, Dr. Tregiere, arrives from his inner-city hospital to check procedures; he''s found murdered later. So is the supposedly bereaved husband, member of a street gang that atacks Warshawski during her tenacious investigation of the related cases. There are other appalling deaths as tough V. I. gets to the facts behind a tawdry coverup. The cast of the earlier mysteries again adds flavor here, and the big city''s ethnic mix, as enlived by Paretsky, does too.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc."

I do like Warshawski novels, Warshawski is interesting character, not to mention that the first books are set into 1980s, picture of the times is accurate, although Chicago seems to be a bit too corrupted city. There are no cell phones, computers are new and V.I. uses lots of traditional methods. There seems to be a pretty same general plot in every book and V.I. usually gets into trouble every time. This time a young pregnant girl dies, and V.I. thinks that there is something going on in this case. Her old friend gets into trouble and all of a sudden these separate matters seem to be entangled.

I took this book with me from the local bc meeting.

I quite enjoyed this story even though it wasn't all too thrilling! The story was well written and the fact that it was written in the 80s didn't even come to mind while I was reading this (in a disturbing way I mean, of course there's the lovely fact that nobody has mobile phones etc.):)

This book was sent to a winner of the European Multi Winner RABCK contest decicated to Thomas Hardy. Congratulations and I hope you'll enjoy the book!:)

Thank you! I did read some of these books years ago but looking at the "blurb" on the back cover I can't remember reading this one. I will add it to my huge Mt TBR so it may be a while before I can get to it,

After sitting on my TBR pile all this time, I started reading, only to realise that I have read it. I do wish that they wouldn't keep changing the covers.

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