Bitter Medicine (1987)

by Sara Paretsky

Series: V.I. Warshawski (4)

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An early Warshawski novel which actually seems more topical than other of her early works; it involves the influence of money and corporate profits on health care.

bfister | Nov 27, 2011 |

Passable airport book but it feels pretty dated, first published in 1990 and taking place in the mid-1980s, I reckon. A hard drinker, an exerciser, sexually active, VI must have been something of a pioneer in the female detective genre. Her cavalier attitude to breaking the law, breaking and entering, theft and more is still probably singular. I like the Chicago setting, but I'd look for something recently published if I read one in the future. This is the first one I've read. (

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Periodista | Jun 12, 2011 |

This is the one where Mr Contreras makes his appearance.

PollyMoore3 | Sep 7, 2010 |

About a 16 yr old girl who dies after giving birth. (

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jepeters333 | Aug 31, 2010 |

really stupid. this is the first one i've read. i'm not in a hurry to get another one but she's so famous. (

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mahallett | Feb 26, 2010 |

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1987

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The heat and the tawdry sameness of the road drugged everyone to silence.

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Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski knows from the start that Consuelo Alvarado's baby is trouble. Consuelo is sixteen. Diabetic. And the daughter of a friend. When she goes into labor too early, even V.I.'s wild drive to get her to the hospital can't save either Consuelo or her child. Soon V.I. is investigating possible malpractice at the emergency room--and falling for a doctor who works there. Mixing business and love is always bad medicine, but V.I. finds herself listening to her heart, not her head. And when a brutal murder and the violent destruction of a women's clinic put her at the center of a very dirty conspiracy, justice may be the only remedy for a hurt that cuts deep...and chills right to the bone....

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Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski knows from the start that Consuelo Alvarado's baby is trouble. Consuelo is sixteen. Diabetic. And the daughter of a friend. When she goes into labor too early, even V.I.'s wild drive to get her to the hospital can't save either Consuelo or her child. Soon V.I. is investigating possible malpractice at the emergency room -- and falling for a doctor who works there. Mixing business and love is always bad medicine, but V.I. finds herself listening to her heart, not her head. And when a brutal murder and the violent destruction of a women's clinic put her at the center of a very dirty conspiracy, justice may be the only remedy for a hurt that cuts deep... and chills right to the bone...… (more)

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