Sara Paretsky: Bitter Medicine (USA 2010)

From the Publisher:
New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky's fourth V.I. Warshawski novel
Private eye V.I. Warshawski knows her friend Consuelo's pregnancy is already risky-she's sixteen and diabetic. Despite V.I.'s efforts to provide Consuelo with proper care, both mother and daughter die in the local hospital. Suspecting malpractice, V.I. begins an investigation- and a reluctant romance with an ER doctor. But deadly complications arise when a series of vicious murders and an attack on a women's clinic lead her to suspect a cold-blooded cover-up. And if V.I. isn't careful, she just might have delivered her final case...

Sara Paretsky: Bitter Medicine. A V.I. Warshawski Novel. Signet, ISBN: 9780451230270 (June, 2010), 384 p., $9.99.

Sara Paretsky: Bitter Medicine (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
Consuelo is sixteen, heavily pregnant and married to an unemployed gangster. The last thing she needs is a negligent doctor. When she is rushed into the Friendship private hospital, the staff are reluctant to treat her. Fortunately she has Vic Warshawski, family friend and ex-lawyer, with her. But Consuelo and her baby are the tragic victims of a system so corrupt that it pays her husband to keep quiet. Anyone who can discover anything about the unorthodox dealings of the Friendship is in danger. And Vic's investigations are just about to begin!

Sara Paretsky: Bitter Medicine. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340935154 (April, 2008), 310 p., £6.99.

Sara Paretsky: Bitter Medicine (USA 1999)

From the Publisher:
Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski knows from the start that Consuelo Alvarado's baby is trouble.  Consuelo is sixteen.  Diabetic.  And the daughter of a friend.  When she goes into labor too early, even V.I.'s wild drive to get her to the hospital can't save either Consuelo or her child.  Soon V.I. is investigating possible malpractice at the emergency room -- and falling for a doctor who works there.  Mixing business and love is always bad medicine, but V.I. finds herself listening to her heart, not her head.  And when a brutal murder and the violent destruction of a women's clinic put her at the center of a very dirty conspiracy, justice may be the only remedy for a hurt that cuts deep... and chills right to the bone...

Sara Paretsky: Bitter Medicine. Dell Publishing Company, ISBN: 044023476X (April, 1999), 339 p., $7.99.

Sara Paretsky: Bitter Medicine (USA 1988)

From the Publisher:
Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski knows from the start that Consuelo Alvarado's baby is trouble.  Consuelo is sixteen.  Diabetic.  And the daughter of a friend.  When she goes into labor too early, even V.I.'s wild drive to get her to the hospital can't save either Consuelo or her child.  Soon V.I. is investigating possible malpractice at the emergency room -- and falling for a doctor who works there.  Mixing business and love is always bad medicine, but V.I. finds herself listening to her heart, not her head.  And when a brutal murder and the violent destruction of a women's clinic put her at the center of a very dirty conspiracy, justice may be the only remedy for a hurt that cuts deep... and chills right to the bone...

Sara Paretsky: Bitter Medicine. Dell Publishing Company, ISBN: 0345347226 (April, 1988), 259 p., $3.95.