Bitter Medicine

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. . .