Critical Mass

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-10-24 Pages: 480 Language: English Publisher: Hodder amp When private eye VI Warshawski is called out to a derelict drug house in a rural town just south of Chicago. she discovers something she wasnt expecting: the mutilated corpse of a man. dumped in a cornfield.It is a discovery that throws VI into the fascinating world of physics and invention: a design which sparked the construction of the computer as we know it. the development of nuclear weapons. the wonder of Newtons prisms and a train of dramatic events that occurred in war-time Vienna over seventy years ago.With a range of suspects too scared to open up. VI must delve deep into the past to find clues Someone holds the answers to her questions. - someone who will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from resurfacing ... Packed with Paretskys masterfully crafted suspense and offering an illum...