Indemnity Only

The first novel featuring the Character V.I. Warshawski.  It revolves around a case where she is hired by a man who isn’t who he says he is, to find his son and his son’s girlfriend.  Then the son turns up dead and, the girl still missing, V.I is fired from the case. She continues to pursue it however, determined to find her.  Then she discovers that she is being set up, and the whole thing was a wild goose chase.

V.I. is a smart, savvy private investigator who keeps those who would limit her at arms length.  After all, ‘It’s tough for a man to be condescending when he doesn’t know your first name.’

She is very much in the same vein as the classic private detectives, and the book has far more in common with classic detective noir than with the modern style of psychological thriller. It’s a good old-fashioned murder mystery, and the protagonist is both engaging and enjoyable.

Publishing Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Dell (June 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440210690
• ISBN-13: 978-0440210696
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.9 x 6.9 inches

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100  |a Paretsky, Sara.
245  |a Indemnity only : |b a novel / |c by Sara Paretsky.
260  |a New York : |b Dial Press, |c c1982.
300  |a 244 p. ; |c 22 cm.
490  |a A V.I. Warshawski mystery ; |v 1
520  |a It’s July in Chicago and all V.I. Warshawski wants is to go home and beat the heat. But she can’t. She’s got a late night meeting with a potential client, the head of Chicago’s biggest bank. The job seems simple enough: find his son’s missing girlfriend. Unfortunately, the first thing V.I. finds is the son, and he’s dead. The family identifies him, but the father isn’t the man who hired her! Just who is V.I.’s client and what kind of game is he playing? She scrambles to solve the mystery, and learns there are hotter things in Chicago than July!
650  |a Warshawski, V.I. (Fictitious character) |v Fiction.
650  |a Women private investigators |z Illinois |z Chicago |v Fiction.
651  |a Chicago (Ill.) |v Fiction.
655  |a Mystery fiction. |2 gsafd
700  |a Paretsky, Sara, |e donor.
830  |a V.I. Warshawski mystery ; |v 1.


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Wikipedia - Sara Paretsky