Bitter Medicine

Sara Paretsky

eBook - 2011

Privateeye V.I. Warshawski finds herself up against rampant corruption in Chicago'shospitals in the fourth novel in Sara Paretsky's New York Timesbestselling series.Young, diabetic, and pregnant, Consuelo Alvarado is lucky tohave a mentor in V.I. Warshawski. But not even V.I. can help when Consuelo goesinto premature labor in a remote suburb; mother and baby both die in the nearbyhospital. When a young resident starts raising questions about Consuelo'streatment, what seemed like a tragic accident turns into something far moredisturbing. What connection could the hospital have with Chicago's streetgangs? What heavy secret is the hospital's neonatologist carrying? Thequestions the detective asks cut to the heart of ev...erything that is troublingabout the practice of medicine in America. Can V.I. sort out the answers beforeshe herself ends up in the hospital morgue? more