The bestselling V.I. Warshawski novels have dazzled readers and earned the acclaim of critics everywhere. "V.I. Warshawski rules," writes Newsweek, crowning her "the most engaging woman in detective fiction." Of V.I.'s creator, the Chicago Tribune says "Sara Paretsky has no peer."
Now Paretsky brings her incomparable storytelling brilliance to her most powerful Warshawski novel yet. Total Recall follows the Chicago P.I. on a road that winds back more than fifty years — and into an intricate maze of wartime lies, heartbreaking secrets, and harrowing retribution.
For V.I., the journey begins with a national conference in downtown Chicago, where angry protesters are calling for the recovery of Holocaust assets. Replayed on the evening news is the scene of a slight man who has stood up at the conference to tell an astonishing story of a childhood shattered by the Holocaust — a story that has devastating consequences for V.I.'s cherished friend and mentor, Lotty Herschel.
Lotty was a girl of nine when she emigrated from Austria to England, one of a group of children wrenched from their parents and saved from the Nazi terror just before the war broke out. Now stunningly — impossibly — it appears that someone from that long-lost past may have returned.
With the help of a recovered-memory therapist, Paul Radbuka has recently learned his true identity. But is he who he claims to be? Or is he a cunning impostor who has usurped someone else's history ... a history Lotty has tried to forget for over fifty years?
As a frightened V.I. watches her friend unravel, she sets out to help in the only way she can: by investigating Radbuka's past. Already working on a difficult case for a poor family cheated of their life insurance, she tries to balance Lotty's needs with her client's, only to find that both are spiraling into a whirlpool of international crime that stretches from Switzerland and Germany to Chicago's South Side.
As the atrocities of the past reach out to engulf the living, V.I. struggles to decide whose memories of a terrible war she can trust, and moves closer to a chilling realization of the truth — a truth that almost destroys her oldest friend.
With fierce emotional power, Sara Paretsky has woven a gripping and morally complex novel of crime and punishment, memory and illusion. Destined to become a suspense classic, Total Recall proves once again the daring and compelling genius of Sara Paretsky.
Now Paretsky brings her incomparable storytelling brilliance to her most powerful Warshawski novel yet. Total Recall follows the Chicago P.I. on a road that winds back more than fifty years — and into an intricate maze of wartime lies, heartbreaking secrets, and harrowing retribution.
For V.I., the journey begins with a national conference in downtown Chicago, where angry protesters are calling for the recovery of Holocaust assets. Replayed on the evening news is the scene of a slight man who has stood up at the conference to tell an astonishing story of a childhood shattered by the Holocaust — a story that has devastating consequences for V.I.'s cherished friend and mentor, Lotty Herschel.
Lotty was a girl of nine when she emigrated from Austria to England, one of a group of children wrenched from their parents and saved from the Nazi terror just before the war broke out. Now stunningly — impossibly — it appears that someone from that long-lost past may have returned.
With the help of a recovered-memory therapist, Paul Radbuka has recently learned his true identity. But is he who he claims to be? Or is he a cunning impostor who has usurped someone else's history ... a history Lotty has tried to forget for over fifty years?
As a frightened V.I. watches her friend unravel, she sets out to help in the only way she can: by investigating Radbuka's past. Already working on a difficult case for a poor family cheated of their life insurance, she tries to balance Lotty's needs with her client's, only to find that both are spiraling into a whirlpool of international crime that stretches from Switzerland and Germany to Chicago's South Side.
As the atrocities of the past reach out to engulf the living, V.I. struggles to decide whose memories of a terrible war she can trust, and moves closer to a chilling realization of the truth — a truth that almost destroys her oldest friend.
With fierce emotional power, Sara Paretsky has woven a gripping and morally complex novel of crime and punishment, memory and illusion. Destined to become a suspense classic, Total Recall proves once again the daring and compelling genius of Sara Paretsky.
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Hardback Editions
December 2002 : Hardback
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0-7089-9417-2 / 978-0-7089-9417-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Charnwood (Large Print) Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2001 : Hardback
| Title: Total Recall (A V.I. Warshawski Novel) Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0-385-31366-7 / 978-0-385-31366-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Delacorte Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2001 : Hardback
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0-375-43136-5 / 978-0-375-43136-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Large Print Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1971 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
November 2002 : Paperback
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0-14-100713-3 / 978-0-14-100713-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2002 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0-440-22471-3 / 978-0-440-22471-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Dell Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2002 : Paperback
| Title: Total Recall. Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0-440-29595-5 / 978-0-440-29595-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 2002 : Mass Market Paperback
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November 2001 : Paperback
| Title: Total Recall (A V. I. Warshawski novel) Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0-241-14160-5 / 978-0-241-14160-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2001 : Paperback
| Title: Total Recall: A V.I. Warshawski Novel Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0-241-14161-3 / 978-0-241-14161-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 2001 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
February 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: Total Recall (V. I. Warshawski) Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 1-4418-4187-3 / 978-1-4418-4187-2 Publisher: Brilliance Corporation Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0-7531-3077-7 / 978-0-7531-3077-3 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Audio Books Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
April 2006 : Audio CD
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 1-4233-2207-X / 978-1-4233-2207-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2004 : Audio CD
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 1-59355-681-0 / 9781593556815 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Value Priced Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
June 2004 : MP3 CD
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 1-59335-158-5 / 9781593351588 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2004 : MP3 CD
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 1-59335-390-1 / 9781593353902 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2002 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 1-59086-423-9 / 9781590864234 (USA edition) Publisher: Paperback Nova Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
March 2002 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Total Recall: Complete & Unabridged Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0-7531-1378-3 / 978-0-7531-1378-3 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Audio Books Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2001 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Total Recall (V. I. Warshawski) Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 1-58788-389-9 / 9781587883897 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2001 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 1-58788-390-2 / 9781587883903 (USA edition) Publisher: Unabridged Library Edition Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
September 2001 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Total Recall Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 1-58788-391-0 / 9781587883910 (USA edition) Publisher: Nova Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
September 2001 : Audio CD
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September 2001 : Audio CD
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Other Editions
September 2009 : Unknown
| Title: Total Recall: A V.I. Warshawski Novel [With Headphones] (Playaway Adult Fiction) Author(s): Sara Paretsky ISBN: 1-4418-1080-3 / 978-1-4418-1080-9 Publisher: Playaway Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
October 2002 : Kindle edition
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