HARD TIME; A V. I. Warshawski Novel

New York: Delacorte Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial red dust jacket (price-clipped), 385 pages. Another memorable Warshawski mystery INSCRIBED by the multi-talented New York Times best-selling author.<br /> <br /> Sara Paretsky (born 1947), an American author of detective fiction, is best known for her novels based on the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky created her as a female response to hard-boiled detectives such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. In 1991 the film "V.I. Warshawski" was released starring Kathleen Turner. <br /> <br /> Author's 3rd novel and 3rd V.I. Warshawski novel. SUPERIOR COPY INSCRIBED "...With Very Many Good Wishes" by the Author. Dust jacket is clean and bright.<br /> <br /> <br /> Paretsky, who holds a doctorate in history from the University of Chicago, has transformed the image of women in the crime novel. The Winter 2007 issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection is devoted to her work. is also considered the founding mother of Sisters in Crime, which supports and promotes women in the mystery field.--(Wiki).