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

Author: Sara Paretsky

Narrator: Sandra Burr

Abridged: 6 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/25/2006


Synopsis

Private eye V.I. Warshawski finds herself up against rampant corruption in the city of Chicago in the fourth novel in Sara Paretsky's New York Times bestselling series.V.I. Warshawski knows her friend Consuelo's pregnancy is already risky—she's sixteen and diabetic—but when the baby arrives prematurely, suddenly two lives are at stake. Despite V.I.'s efforts to provide Consuelo with proper care, both mother and daughter die in the local hospital. Suspecting malpractice, V. I. begins an investigation—and a reluctant romance with an ER doctor. But deadly complications arise when a series of vicious murders and an attack on a women's clinic lead her to suspect a cold-blooded cover-up. And if V.I. isn't careful, she just might have delivered her final case...

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