All the characters in it are completely imaginary, except for the three professors whose photographs are in the lobby of the cell-biology research center that V.I. visits.
Note: I finished writing Fallout in August 2016, so no mention is made of cataclysmic events later in the year.
About the Author
SARA PARETSKY is the New York Times bestselling author of nineteen previous novels, including the iconic V.I. Warshawski series. She is one of only four living writers to receive both the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers’ Association in Great Britain. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.
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Digital Edition APRIL 2017 ISBN: 9780062435835
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