A Woman's Eye

By Sara Paretsky

Subjects: Mystery, American fiction, Women authors, Large print books, Livres en gros caractères, American Detective and mystery stories, English fiction, English Detective and mystery stories, Large type books, Private investigators, fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Women detectives, Roman américain, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Illinois, fiction, Inspectrices de police, Warshawski, v. i. (fictitious character), fiction, Short stories, women authors, Roman anglais

Description: Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. The voices here include professional crime solvers who take you from the mean streets of V.I. Warshawski's Chicago in a case of music and murder... to the California freeway where Kinsey Millhone's beloved VW skids into a shooting... to the gang-held turf of Sharon says mum's the word. And then there are mothers, grandmothers, battered wives, and social workers -- ordinary women in extraordinary situations whose voices reveal contemporary life as seen through a woman's eye. From the opening tale of a girl down-and-out in London and what she steals from a corpse... to the final story of a summer vacation in the Berkshires, complete with romance and sudden death... this unique collection brings us great mystery writing that engages both our intellects and our hearts.From the Paperback edition.