{"product_id":"fire-sale-v-i-warshawski-novels","title":"Fire Sale (V.I. Warshawski Novels)","description":"The astonishing new V. I. Warshawski novel from one of America's foremost writers of crime fiction.\n\nV.I. Warshawski may have left her old South Chicago neighborhood, but she learns that she cannot escape it. When V.I. takes over coaching duties of the girls' basketball team at her former high school, she faces an ill-equipped, ragtag group of gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms who inevitably draw the detective into their family woes.\n\nThrough young Josie Dorrado, V.I. meets the girl's mother, who voices her worries about sabotage in the little flag manufacturing plant where she works. The biggest employer on the South Side, discount-store behemoth By-Smart, pays even less, and Ms. Dorrado doesn't know how she'll support her four children if the flag plant shuts down.\n\nThe elder Dorrado's fears are realized when the plant explodes; V.I. is injured and the owner is killed. As V.I. begins to investigate, she finds herself onfronting the Bysen family, who own the By-Smart company. Founder William \"Buffalo Bill\" Bysen, now in his eighties, has four sons who quarrel with each other and with him; the oldest, \"Young Mr. William,\" is close to sixty and furious that his father doesn't cede more power to him. And then there's \"Billy the Kid,\" Young Mr. William's nineteen-year-old son, whose Christian idealism puts him on a collision course with his father, his grandfather, and the company as a whole.\n\nWhen Billy runs away with Josie Dorrado, V.I. is squeezed between the needs of two very different families. As she tries to find the errant teenagers, and to track down a particularly cruel murderer, her own life is almost forfeit in the swamps that lie under the city of Chicago.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0399152792\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UEZG0011CR_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Paretsky, Sara\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42918446170173,"sku":"31UEZG0011CR_ns","price":6.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0399152792-0.jpg?v=1768424971","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/fire-sale-v-i-warshawski-novels","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}