Breakdown

Marc Notes: Unabridged.; Compact discs.; Originally produced: 2011.; Duration: 14:00:00.; Director, David Colacci.; Performed by Susan Ericksen.; Detective Warshawski is pitted against a powerful political pundit with serious connections and a complicated history he'll do anything to protect. Publisher Marketing: Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shape-shifting raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. When tweens in Chicago s Carmilla Club hold an initiation ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse, a man stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying. The girls include daughters of some of Chicago s most powerful families: the grandfather of one, Chaim Salanter, is among the world s wealthiest men; the mother of another, Sophy Durango, is running for the United States Senate. For V. I. Warshawski, the questions multiply faster than the answers. Is the killing linked to a hostile media campaign against Sophy Durango? Or to Chaim Salanter s childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania? As V. I. struggles to answer these questions, she finds herself fighting enemies who are no less terrifying for being all too human." Review Citations: Library Journal 08/01/2011 pg. 54 (EAN 9780399157837, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 11/28/2011 (EAN 9780399157837, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2011 (EAN 9780399157837, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 12/01/2011 pg. 25 (EAN 9780399157837, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 01/01/2012 pg. 96 (EAN 9780399157837, Hardcover) Romantic Times 01/01/2012 pg. 80 (EAN 9780399157837, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 01/08/2012 pg. 22 (EAN 9780399157837, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 01/15/2012 pg. 22 (EAN 9780399157837, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 01/20/2012 (EAN 9780399157837, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 801 (EAN 9780399157837, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Paretsky, Sara Sara Paretsky is the author of eighteen books, including her renowned V. I. Warshawski novels. She was named 2011 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and is also the recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award given by the British Crime Writers Association. She lives in Chicago. Contributor Bio:  Ericksen, Susan Susan Ericksen lives on the East Coast, where she performs on stage and on television. An Audie Award and "AudioFile" Earphones Award winner, she has recorded many audiobooks.