Preowned/ good condition. Breakdown: A V. I. Warshawski Novel by Sara Paretsky. Copyright in 2012 by Putman's and Sons. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages 431. Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shapeshifting raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. When tweens in Chicago's Carmilla Club hold an initiation ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse, a man stabbed through the heart in a vampire style slaying. The girls include daughters of some of Chicago's most powerful families: Tthe grandfather of one, Chaim Slanter, is among the world's wealthiest men; the mother of another, Sophy Durango, is running for the United States Senate. For V. I. Warshawski, the questions multiply faster than the answers. Is the killing linked to hostile media campaign against Sophy Durango? Or to Chaim Salanter's childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania? As V.I. struggles to answer these questions, she finds herself fighting enemies who are no less terrifying for being all too human. There are no rips, tears or fold over pages. There is some yellowing along the edges of the pages. Normal wear on the dust jacket, except on the inside front there are a couple of creases.,
| All Returns Accepted | ReturnsNotAccepted |
| Features | Dust Jacket |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Topic | Women Sleuths |
| Book Series | AVI Warshawski |
| Country/Region Of Manufacture | United States |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Publication Year | 2012 |
| Book Title | Breakdown |
| Intended Audience | Adults |
| Author | Sara Paretsky |
| Original Language | English |
| Narrative Type | Fiction |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Inscribed | Yes |
| Genre | Crime & Thriller |
| Type | Novel |
Preowned/ good condition. Breakdown: A V. I. Warshawski Novel by Sara Paretsky. Copyright in 2012 by Putman’s and Sons. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages 431. Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shapeshifting raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. When tweens in Chicago’s Carmilla Club hold an initiation ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse, a man stabbed through the heart in a vampire style slaying. The girls include daughters of some of Chicago’s most powerful families: Tthe grandfather of one, Chaim Slanter, is among the world’s wealthiest men; the mother of another, Sophy Durango, is running for the United States Senate. For V. I. Warshawski, the questions multiply faster than the answers. Is the killing linked to hostile media campaign against Sophy Durango? Or to Chaim Salanter’s childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania? As V.I. struggles to answer these questions, she finds herself fighting enemies who are no less terrifying for being all too human. There are no rips, tears or fold over pages. There is some yellowing along the edges of the pages. Normal wear on the dust jacket, except on the inside front there are a couple of creases.,