Sara Paretsky — Critical Mass
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2013. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of this thrilling novel from Paretsky, signed by the author. First UK edition. Signed by the author to a Hamish and Hamilton label pasted to the title page. The sixteenth V. I. Warshawski novel. V. I. Warshawski is sent an SOS from a woman on a farm south of Chicago, by the time she gets there the woman is gone. All that is left is the savagely mutilated body of a man left in a cornfield. Written by Sara Paretsky, an American author of detective fiction known for the creation of the character V. I. Warshawski. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.