Critical Mass: V.I. Warshawski 16 - Rilegato

Paretsky, Sara

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ISBN 10: 1444758675 ISBN 13: 9781444758672

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2013

Riassunto

BONUS: an exclusive first look at a special end chapter - only included in the first printing of the hardcover. When private eye V.I. Warshawski is called out to a derelict drug house in a rural town just south of Chicago, she discovers something she wasn't expecting: the mutilated corpse of a man, dumped in a cornfield. It is a discovery that throws V.I. into the fascinating world of physics and invention: a design which sparked the construction of the computer as we know it, the development of nuclear weapons, the wonder of Newton's prisms and a train of dramatic events that occurred in war-time Vienna over seventy years ago. With a range of suspects too scared to open up, V.I. must delve deep into the past to find clues. Someone holds the answers to her questions - someone who will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from resurfacing . . . Packed with Paretsky's masterfully crafted suspense and offering an illuminating insight into some of the greatest scientific developments of the twentieth century, this is set to be V.I.'s most enlightening - and exhilarating - adventure yet.

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Recensione:

This is Sara Paretsky's most ambitious novel so far: interesting, exciting and well worth reading. (Literary Review)

It is a daring departure for Paretsky, combining her interests in women's history, science and the Holocaust - and is a career-crowning triumph. (The Sunday Times)

A literary comfort blanket with all the must-loved elements - Warshawski risking her neck for friends, cooing over cute dogs, exchanging sassy dialogue with her neighbour Mr Contreras and refusing to do housework - reassuringly present. And yet Paretsky never shies away from tough subjects: this latest case takes in everything from the Holocaust to abuses of power by Homeland Security. Paretsky is brave enough to write feel-good reads that often take you to places where you feel far from good. (Telegraph)

Sara Paretsky is American's answer to P.D. James, with added violence. Her private eye, V.I. Warshawski, who comfortingly grows old alongside her readers, is so skilfully embedded in her landscape that I once drove through Chicago guided by a friend solely on her knowledge of the Warshawski oeuvre. CRITICAL MASS is a heady mixture of crack cocaine and nuclear physics, not to mention Nobel Prizes and internet hacking by the security services. (Michael Walsh, Book of the Year The Tablet)

Descrizione del libro:

The sixteenth V.I. Warshawski thriller from one of America's greatest female crime writers, combining contemporary issues, the fight against injustice and fast-paced suspense.

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• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1444758675
• ISBN 13: 9781444758672
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 496