Bitter Medicine, Sara Paretsky
Bitter Medicine, Sara Paretsky
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Bitter Medicine

Author: Sara Paretsky

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 9 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2010

Synopsis

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 woman'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 . . . "The plot [is] fast moving, the dialogue snappy, the premise for murder persuasive. This novel hasn't a single snag in its springs." - Chicago Sun-Times "Paretsky is still the best . . .She doesn't pull punches." - The Washington Post Book World

About Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky is the author of fourteen previous books, including twelve V. I. Warshawski novels. She is the winner of many awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers’ Association. She lives in Chicago.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on August 19, 2020

Book Review 4 of 5 stars to Bitter Medicine, the 4th book in the VI Warshawski mystery thriller series by Sara Paretsky. I really enjoyed this book, more than many of the others. In this installment, VI is trying to help out a friend, but things don't go well and both the young girl and h......more

Goodreads review by John on January 15, 2023

How odd another review I wrote disappearing. I am listening to a radio serial and went to check my review which had disappeared? The story is about V.I investigating a suspicious death in a private hospital. She meets a doctor and discovers a conspiracy.......more

Goodreads review by lauren on March 08, 2021

"I hardly like to deny an allegation of prettiness. On the other hand, when you are fantastically beautiful, you have to be careful not to use it to dazzle people into overlooking the law." Last week for my crime fiction module we read Cop Hater, which I decried for its packaging, that mass-marke......more

Goodreads review by Larry on August 08, 2023

Here I am listening to the audible versions of the VI. Warshawski series more than 10 years later. And the audible version of this book was created in 2010 and it seems that a number of books in the series was recorded in that year. An amazing amount of time in this book is covering our heroine under......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on December 18, 2012

Poor Consuelo. Sixteen, pregnant, completely ignoring that her husband hates her (shotgun wedding, Catholics), her diabetes and her family's disgust, she wants this baby. Her hopeful support in helping her gangbanger husband, Fabiano, get a job is almost delusional, but her perseverance draws privat......more

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