Hard Time

"Multimedia conglomerate Global Entertainment has purchased the Chicago Herald-Star, forcing the paper's staff to scramble to stay employed. Reporter Murray Ryerson, V.I.'s longtime friend and sometime rival, manages to reinvent himself as the host of a television show on Global's network. On her way home from a party celebrating Murray's debut, V.I. almost runs over a woman lying in the street. And for V.I., unraveling the mystery of a battered and discarded woman will plunge her into the darkest and most emotionally shattering case of her career, taking her into the troubled home of a wealthy Chicago family, into the pampered world of a Hollywood star, and behind the razor wire of a women's prison, where the more dangerous criminals may be on the wrong side of the bars."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: LACEY DOWELL CLUTCHED her crucifix, milky breasts thrust forward, as she backed away from her unseen assailant.

Year

1999

Language

English

Series

V.I. Warshawski (9)

Publisher

Dell

Editions

13

Pages

512

ISBN

9780440224709

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