title: Bitter Business
author:  Gini Hartzmark 
description: Kate Millholland, Gini Hartzmark's High Society dropout turned hotshot Chicago lawyer, is an upscale version of <a href="/exec/obidos/Author=Paretsky%2c%20Sara/${0}">Sara Paretsky</a>'s V. I. Warshawski--smart, tough, and endlessly resourceful, but with humanizing moments of weakness. In her third outing, Kate goes against her better judgement when a dying colleague asks her to help defend one of his clients. Millholland finds herself tangled in the smelly affairs of a rich, extremely nasty family who run a chemical company. Hartzmark's legal and business expertise provide a solid foundation for a finely tuned structure of suspense. Also available in paperback are Millholland's first two outings: <a href="/exec/obidos/ISBN=0804112274/${0}"><i>Final Option</i></a> and <a href="/exec/obidos/ISBN=0804110743/${0}"><i>Principal Defense</i></a>.
zlib_text: Praise for Gini Hartzmark’s previous Kate Millholland novel, Bitter Business
  
  
  
  
  
  “A page-turner.”
  
  
  —People
  
  
  
  
  
  “A fast-paced tale... Crisp prose, sharply drawn characters, and a nicely
  subordinated subplot... all help keep the reader involved until the climax.”
  
  
  —Publishers Weekly
  
  
  
  
  
  “A wonderful read... Gini Hartzmark and her lawyer heroine, Kate Millholland,
  take us on another expertly guided tour through the world of the rich and the
  superrich. It’s like Dallas except that Hartzmark’s people aren’t cartoons.”
  
  
  —JEROME DOOLITTLE
  
  
  Author of Half Nelson
  
  
  “A refreshing protagonist... Hartzmark brings into play a fascinating behind-
  the-scenes look [at] the inner workings of an unusual manufacturing company.”
  
  
  —Mostly Murder
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Gini Hartzmark
  
  
  Published by The Ballantine Publishing Group:
  
  
  
  
  
  PRINCIPAL DEFENSE
  
  
  FINAL OPTION
  
  
  BITTER BUSINESS
  
  
  FATAL REACTION
  
  
  
  
  
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