Hard Time
About this book
"Multimedia conglomerate Global Entertainment has purchased the Chicago Herald-Star, forcing the paper's staff to scramble to stay employed. Reporter Murray Ryerson, V.I.'s longtime friend and sometime rival, manages to reinvent himself as the host of a television show on Global's network. On her way home from a party celebrating Murray's debut, V.I. almost runs over a woman lying in the street. And for V.I., unraveling the mystery of a battered and discarded woman will plunge her into the darkest and most emotionally shattering case of her career, taking her into the troubled home of a wealthy Chicago family, into the pampered world of a Hollywood star, and behind the razor wire of a women's prison, where the more dangerous criminals may be on the wrong side of the bars."--BOOK JACKET.
Reader Profile
4.1/5 · 6681 readers · 392 pages · ≈ 7 h 16 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read Hard Time?
About ≈ 7 h 16 m — 392 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Hard Time?
392 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Hard Time?
It sits on the Mystery, Fiction shelves.
Is Hard Time in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Hard Time?
Sara Paretsky (1947–0).