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Fire Sale

Author(s): Sara Paretsky

Location(s): Chicago

Genre(s): Crime

Era(s): Modern

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South Chicago, an area with struggling families and lack of resources.V I Warschawski gets cajoled into coaching her old school’s basketball team. A parent asks to see her and then changes her mind – missing teenagers, exploding factory, a battle scarred lover all keep this a racy pacy novel.

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With the creation of V.I. Warshawski, Sara Paretsky did more than anyone to change the face of contemporary women’s fiction.’ (Express on Sunday )

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