Private Eye V.I. Warshawski is roused one morning by an SOS from a woman on a farm south of Chicago. When V.I. gets there, she finds no woman - but a dead man in a cornfield, his body savagely mutilated.
V.I. is happy to leave the case to the local sheriff: it looks like a falling out among meth dealers. But back in Chicago, she learns that the missing woman is a protégée of her oldest friend and confidante, Dr Lotty Herschel, and is compelled to investigate.
What V.I. uncovers pulls her into a world of nuclear secrets and high-stakes computing, with roots reaching back to the Second World War. The detective soon finds herself in a hall of mirrors where she can't tell reality from video games, and her life is on the line. For V.I., this is her most profound, and terrifying, adventure yet . . .
| ISBN: | 9781444758702 |
| Publication date: | 28th August 2014 |
| Author: | Sara Paretsky |
| Publisher: | Hodder an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 480 pages |
| Primary Genre | Thriller and Suspense |
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Private Eye V.I. Warshawski is roused one morning by an SOS from a woman on a farm south of Chicago. When V.I. gets there, she finds no woman - but a dead man in a cornfield, his body savagely mutilated.
V.I. is happy to leave the case to the local sheriff: it looks like a falling out among meth dealers. But back in Chicago, she learns that the missing woman is a protégée of her oldest friend and confidante, Dr Lotty Herschel, and is compelled to investigate.
What V.I. uncovers pulls her into a world of nuclear secrets and high-stakes computing, with roots reaching back to the Second World War. The detective soon finds herself in a hall of mirrors where she can't tell reality from video games, and her life is on the line. For V.I., this is her most profound, and terrifying, adventure yet . . .
Critical Mass features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Critical Mass is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Critical Mass was written by Sara Paretsky and published by Hodder an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton
Critical Mass has 480 pages
£9.89
