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Overboard - A Novel

de Sara Paretsky

23,96€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a nefarious conspiracy preying on Chicagos weak and vulnerable, in this thrilling novel fromNew York Timesbestseller Sara ParetskyOn her way home from an all-night surveillance job, V.I. Warshawskis dogs lead her on a mad chase that ends when they discover a badly injured teen hiding in the rocks along Lake Michigan. The girl only regains consciousness long enough to utter one enigmatic word. V.I. helps bring her to a hospital, but not long after, she vanishes before anyone can discover her identity. As V.I. attempts to find her, the detective uncovers an ugly consortium of Chicago powerbrokers and mobsters who are prepared to kill the girl. And now V.I.s own life is in jeopardy as well.Told against the backdrop of a city emerging from its pandemic lockdown, Overboard lays bare the dark secrets and corruption buried in Chicagos neighborhoods in a masterly fashion.
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Dead Land

de Sara Paretsky

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 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST "A proper hero for these times . . . To us, V.I. is perfect." — THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Sara Paretsky’s gloriously kick-ass private eye, V.I. "Vic" Warshawski, is back . . . in a political-rot thriller that’s the definition of perfection in the genre." — THE WASHINGTON POSTChicago’s legendary detective, V.I. Warshawski, knows her city’s rotten underbelly better than most, but she’s unable to avoid it when her goddaughter drags her into a fight over lakefront land use, in this propulsive novel from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky. Chicago may be the city of broad shoulders, but its political law is "Pay to Play." Money changes hands in the middle of the night, and by morning, buildings and parks are replaced by billion-dollar projects.Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski gets pulled into one of these clandestine deals through her impetuous goddaughter, Bernie Fouchard. Bernie tries to rescue Lydia Zamir, a famed singer-songwriter now living on the streets; Zamir’s life fell apart when her lover was murdered next to her in a mass shooting at an outdoor concert. Not only does Bernie plunge her and V.I. headlong into the path of some ruthless developers, they lead to the murder of the young man Bernie is dating. He’s a computer geek working for a community group called SLICK.V.I. is desperate to find a mysterious man named Coop, who roams the lakefront in the middle of the night with his dog. She’s sure he holds the key to the mounting body count within SLICK. Coop may even know why an international law firm is representing the mass murderer responsible for Lydia’s lover’s death. Instead, the detective finds a terrifying conspiracy stretching from Chicago’s parks to a cover-up of the dark chapters in America’s meddling in South American politics. Before she finds answers, this electrifying novel pushes V.I. close to the breaking point: People who pay to play take no prisoners.
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Death On The Edge - A V.I. Warshawski Short Story

de Sara Paretsky

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 In this short story from New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky, acclaimed detective V.I. Warshawski must confront gun violence in her own Chicago hometownLegendary sleuth V.I. Warshawski is no stranger to the sound of bullets. Growing up in the Windy City, it was a way of life: loved ones taken too early, gangs patrolling the streets by night, police too quick to touch a trigger. Now, in the wake of a string of high school shootings across the United States, V.I.’s hometown has become impassioned by the growing movement to tackle gun violence. News reaches her old high school on Chicago’s South Side that an essay competition spearheaded by renowned newspaper The Edge is calling for high school students to write about how gun violence has affected their young lives. Overseeing the contest is Marcena Love, a British journalist V.I. has tangled with in the past. But when disputes arise over the poignant and divisive winning essay, violence strikes Mirabel High. To protect the students and teachers, and reveal a killer in their midst, V.I. must employ all her skills as a detective, as well as delve into the darkest moments of her childhood, to solve this deeply personal case.Hailed by P.D. James as "the most remarkable" of modern crime writers, Sara Paretsky is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one novels, including the renowned V.I. Warshawski series. She is one of only three living writers—alongside John Le Carré and Lawrence Block—to have received both the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain. She lives in Chicago with her husband.
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Shell Game - A V.I. Warshawski Novel

de Sara Paretsky

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 Winner of the Sue Grafton Memorial Award!A Boston Globe Best Book of 2018!Acclaimed detective V. I. Warshawski tackles a pair of perplexing cases involving those closest to her in this compelling and timely adventure that centers on some of the most divisive and pressing issues of our timeWhen V. I Warshawski gets word that her closest friend and mentor Lotty Herschel’s nephew has become a suspect in a murder, the legendary detective will do everything she can to save him. The cops found Felix Herschel’s name and phone number on the unknown victim’s remains, but Felix insists he doesn’t know why.As Vic digs deeper, she discovers that the dead man was obsessed with Middle Eastern archaeology—the first clue in a bewildering case that leads to a stolen artifact and a shadowy network of international criminals. But the trouble multiplies when Vic’s long-lost niece, Reno, goes missing. A beautiful young woman with a heartbreaking past and a promising future, Reno is harboring a secret that may cost her her life. V.I. can hear the clock ticking on her niece''s safety and is frantic in her efforts to find her.Vic won’t leave any stone unturned until these very personal cases are cleared—a complex investigation that will entangle the Russian mob, ISIS backers, rogue ICE agents, a nefarious corporation preying on the poor, and a shady network of stock scams and stolen antiquities stretching from Chicago to the East Indies and the Middle East. In Shell Game, no one can be trusted and nothing is what it seems, except for the indomitable detective and her thirst for justice.
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Fallout - A V.I. Warshawski Novel

de Sara Paretsky

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 LEE CHILD says she''s "a genius."P.D. JAMES called her "the most remarkable" of today''s suspense writers. STIEG LARSSON loved her work so much, he named her in his novels. And now SARA PARETSKY returns with the most extraordinary novel of her legendary career: FALLOUT.Before there was Lisbeth Salander, before there was Stephanie Plum, there was V.I. WARSHAWSKI. To her parents, she''s Victoria Iphigenia. To her friends, she''s Vic. But to clients seeking her talents as a detective, she''s V.I. And her new case will lead her from her native Chicago... and into Kansas, on the trail of a vanished film student and a faded Hollywood star. Accompanied by her dog, V.I. tracks her quarry through a university town, across fields where missile silos once flourished — and into a past riven by long-simmering racial tensions, a past that holds the key to the crimes of the present. But as the mysteries stack up, so does the body count. And in this, her toughest case, not even V.I. is safe. Exciting and provocative, fiercely intelligent and witty, FALLOUT is reading at its most enjoyable and powerful.
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Bitter Medicine

de Sara Paretsky

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 Private eye V.I. Warshawski finds herself up against rampant corruption in Chicago’s hospitals in the fourth novel in Sara Paretsky’s New York Times bestselling series. Young, diabetic, and pregnant, Consuelo Alvarado is lucky to have a mentor in V.I. Warshawski. But not even V.I. can help when Consuelo goes into premature labor in a remote suburb; mother and baby both die in the nearby hospital. When a young resident starts raising questions about Consuelo’s treatment, what seemed like a tragic accident turns into something far more disturbing. What connection could the hospital have with Chicago’s street gangs? What heavy secret is the hospital’s neonatologist carrying? The questions the detective asks cut to the heart of everything that is troubling about the practice of medicine in America. Can V.I. sort out the answers before she herself ends up in the hospital morgue?
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Killing Orders

de Sara Paretsky

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 V.I.''s battleaxe Aunt Rosa is under investigation by the FBI and SEC after counterfeit stock certificates were found at St. Albert''s Priory, where she serves as treasurer. As malicious as her aunt is, V.I. knows she''s not dishonest, so V.I. vows to protect her from taking the fall. But V.I. starts questioning the strength of her family ties when a menacing voice on the phone threatens to throw acid into her eyes if she doesn''t butt out. The stakes are high as she begins to sniff out a connection between Chicago''s most powerful institutions: the Church and the Mob.
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You Were Never Here

de Kathleen Peacock

14,86€ + 10% EM CARTÃO
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No Second Chances - A Novel

de Rio Youers

27,03€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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Overboard - A V.I. Warshawski Novel

de Sara Paretsky

39,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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The Teacher \ El Maestro (Spanish Edition) - A Novel

de Mario Escobar

19,37€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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Dead Land - A V.I. Warshawski Novel

de Sara Paretsky

22,97€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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The Paris Apartment - A Novel

de Lucy Foley

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Nobody, Somebody, Anybody - A Novel

de Kelly Mcclorey

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Trash Truck

de Max Keane; Ilustração: Max Keane

21,88€

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Blood & Ink - The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America On True Crime

de Joe Pompeo

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Shell Game - A V.I. Warshawski Novel

de Sara Paretsky

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Dream, Annie, Dream

de Waka T. Brown

10,42€

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The Movement Made Us - A Father, A Son, And The Legacy Of A Freedom Ride

de David J. Dennis Jr. e David J. Dennis Sr.

24,45€

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Overboard - A Novel

de Sara Paretsky

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The Prophet'S Wife - A Novel Of An American Faith

de Libbie Grant

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Lost Girls - The Unsolved American Mystery Of The Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Murders

de Robert Kolker

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 There was Megan Waterman, last seen leaving a hotel in Hauppauge, Long Island, just a month after Shannonâ€™s disappearance in 2010, and Amber Lynn Costello, last seen leaving a house in West Babylon a few months later that same year.
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The Vixen - A Novel

de Francine Prose

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Ramadan Ramsey - A Novel

de Louis Edwards

14,15€

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