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V. I. Warshawski returns to her old South Chicago neighborhood to coach the girls' basketball team at her former high school, encountering a diverse group of players, including gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms. Among them is young Josie Dorrado, whose mother expresses concerns about sabotage at the flag manufacturing plant where she works. With By-Smart, the largest employer on the South Side, paying even less, Ms. Dorrado fears for her family's future if the plant shuts down. Her worries come to a head when the plant explodes, injuring V. I. and killing the owner. As V. I. investigates, she confronts the Bysen family, owners of By-Smart. The patriarch, William "Buffalo Bill" Bysen, is in his eighties and struggles with his quarrelsome sons, including the frustrated Young Mr. William and his idealistic grandson, "Billy the Kid." When Billy runs away with Josie, V. I. finds herself caught between the needs of both families. As she searches for the teenagers and a ruthless murderer, she risks her own life in the treacherous underbelly of Chicago.

An anthology of crime stories authored by members of the Sisters in Crime Los Angeles chapter. Introduction by Sara Paretsky.

Chicago’s V. I. Warshawski “is at her stubborn, reckless, compassionate best in this complicated page-turner about selfish secrets passed down through generations” (Booklist). In 1939, Dr. Lotty Herschel, V. I. Warshawki’s closest friend in Chicago, escaped the Holocaust in Vienna with her childhood playmate, Kitty Saginor Binder. Though the two drifted and animosities grew between them over the years, when Kitty’s daughter finds her life in danger, she turns to Lotty for help. In turn, Lotty summons V. I. to take the case. The threats on the daughter’s life at first seem a simple case of bad drug dealings, but V. I. soon discovers that they are just the tip of an iceberg of lies secrets and silence whose origins trace back to the deadly race among America, Germany, Japan, and England to develop the atomic bomb. And while the secrets may be old, the people who continue to guard them will do anything to make sure they stay buried...

Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereV.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back to  her old south Chicago neighborhood, but a promise  is something she always keeps. Caroline, a  childhood friend, has a dying mother and a problem --  after twenty-five years she wants V.I. to find the  father she never knew. But when V.I. starts  probing into the past, she not only finds out where all  the bodies are buried -- she stumbles onto a very  new corpse. Now she's stirring up a deadly mix of  big business and chemical corruption that may  become a toxic shock to a snooper who knows too  much.

The edge-of-seat new crime novel featuring America's toughest and most caring private eye, V.I. Warshawski.

Among the first, and perhaps the most compelling, female private investigators of contemporary fiction, Sara Paretsky's incomparable character V. I. Warshawski at last returns to the page in her first full-length appearance since 1994's Tunnel Vision . Hard Time is the work of a master--a riveting novel of suspense that is indisputably Paretsky's best V.I. Warshawski novel yet. 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. Stopping to help, V.I. soon learns that her Good Samaritan act will drop her squarely in a boiling intrigue. In a case that forces her to go head-to-head with one of the world's largest providers of private security and prison services, a case that exposes dark hidden truths behind the razzle-dazzle of the entertainment industry, V.I. will be ahead of the game if she gets out alive.

Coaching the basketball team at her former South Chicago high school, V.I. Warshawski investigates sabotage at the site of the area's largest employer, where an explosion has killed the facility's owner and launched a dangerous family rivalry.

In Writing in an Age of Silence , Sara Paretsky explores the traditions of political and literary dissent that have informed her life and work, against the unparalleled repression of free speech and thought in the USA today.In tracing the writer’s difficult journey from silence to speech, Paretsky turns to her childhood youth in rural Kansas, and brilliantly evokes Chicago—the city with which she has become indelibly associated—from her arrival during the civil-rights struggle in the mid-1960s to her most extraordinary literary creation, the south-side detective V I Warshawski. Paretsky traces the emergence of V I Warshawski from the shadows of the loner detectives that stalk the mean streets of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler’s novels, and in the process explores American individualism, the failure of the American dream and the resulting dystopia.Both memoir and meditation, Writing in an Age of Silence is a beautiful, compelling exploration of the writer’s art and daunting responsibility in the face of the assault on US civil liberties post-9/11.

When the teenage daughters of some of Chicago's most influential families discover the body of a ritually murdered victim, investigator Warshawski explores theories that the killing is linked to a hostile media campaign against a senatorial candidate or a wealthy patriarch's childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania

When V.I. Warshawski gets word that her close friend and mentor Lotty Herschel’s nephew has become a murder suspect, the legendary detective will do everything to save him. The cops found Felix Herschel’s name and phone number on the unknown victim’s remains, but Felix insists he doesn’t know why. Soon Vic discovers that the dead man was obsessed with Middle Eastern archeology—the first clue in a bewildering case.But the trouble multiplies when Vic’s long-lost niece, Reno, goes missing. Reno is harboring a secret that may cost her her life. V.I. can hear the clock ticking on her niece’s safety and is frantic in her efforts to find her. She won’t leave any stone unturned until these very personal cases are cleared—a complex investigation that will entangle the Russian mob, ISIS backers, rogue ICE agents, a nefarious corporation preying on the poor, and a shady network of stock scams and stolen antiquities stretching from Chicago to the East Indies and the Middle East.

The vice-president of a Chicago bank hires V.I. Warshawski to find his son. She's pleased. The head of the International Brotherhood of Knifegrinders hires her to find his daughter. She's not so pleased. Who's the boss in this dangerous game of insurance fraud, murder contracts and gunmen?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Another triumph for Ms. Paretsky, her most captivating novel yet . . . V.I. herself [is] undoubtedly one of the best-written characters in mystery fiction.”—The Baltimore Sun Someone knocking on the door at 3 A.M. is never good news. For V.I. Warshawski, the bad news arrives in the form of her wacky, unwelcome aunt Elena. The fire that has just burned down a sleazy SRO hotel has brought Elena to V.I.’s doorstep. Uncovering an arsonist—and the secrets hidden behind Elena’s boozy smile—will send V.I. into the seedy world of Chicago’s homeless . . . into the Windy City’s backroom deals and bedroom politics, where new schemers and old cronies team up to get V.I. off the case—by hook, by crook, or by homicide. “One gritty good read . . . V.I. is a worthy heir to Marlowe!”—Daily News (New York)

V.I.'s friend is in terrible danger - from both past crimes and present evil . . . Lotty Herschel is more than just a friend to Vic Warshawski - she is a mentor. A Holocaust survivor, Lotty has built a good life for herself. So when a man with recovered memories of a childhood strikingly similar to her own starts to plague Lotty, V.I. - working on a difficult fraud case - tries to help in the only way she can: by examining his murky past. Struggling to decide who she can trust, V.I. is caught in a mystery that stretches from Switzerland and Germany to Chicago's South Side, and across many decades. As she digs deeper, V.I. moves closer to a shocking truth - a truth that could destroy her oldest friend. And may have fatal consequences for others . . .

'Doctors take days off - why not PIs?' V.I. Warshawski demands. But when the hardest-working of private eyes goes out one night, a stranger is shot and dies in her arms. V.I. has been visiting Club Gouge, Chicago's edgiest night spot, where a woman known as the Body Artist turns her naked body into a canvas for the audience to paint on. The show attracts all kinds of people, from a menacing off-duty cop to Ukrainian mobsters and Iraq war veterans - and V.I.'s impetuous cousin, Petra. A tormented young painter shows up too, and the intricate designs she creates on the Body Artist drive one of the soldiers into a violent rage. When the painter is shot, the police think it's a clear-cut case: a shell-shocked war veteran goes off the rails. But the soldier's family hires V.I. to clear his name, and the detective uncovers a chain of ugly truths that stretches all the way from Iraq to Chicago's South Side.

V.I. Warshawski is the perfect heroine . . . What [Paretsky] brings to the classic private-eye novel is something entirely original; a dry crackle of wit and a deep emotional sympathy with her characters The Sunday Times

This volume contains nine stories about V.I. Warshawski in which the private eye uses her judgement, skills and intuition to get the better of her adversaries. Playing on the themes of family, honour, trust and friendship, she proves that the truth can usually be bought to light.

The gripping new thriller from the international bestseller - Sara Paretsky is back!

Stubbornness has landed private eye V.I. Warshawski in big trouble at her Chicago office. With her grand old Loop building set to be razed, she's become a hold-out tenant amid frayed wiring and scary, empty corridors. Then she finds a homeless woman with three kids in the basement, and before she can rescue them, they disappear. Worst of all, she's been implicated in a murder--after the body of Deirdre Messenger, a prominent lawyer's wife, turns up sprawled across her desk. V.I., who had volunteered with Deirdre at a women's shelter, suspects her death is linked to a case of upper-class domestic abuse so slickly concealed that the police refuse to believe it. Increasingly at odds with the cops, V.I. is blindly plunging ahead after the truth. And her path may lead to corruption at the highest levels.or deep into the abandoned tunnels beneath Chicago's streets, where secrets are hiding in the dark like a child's--or V.I.'s--worst nightmare.

When Detective V.I. Warshawski begins an investigation of a three million dollar theft from a monastery, acid is thrown in her face, and she suspects she might be taking on the Vatican, the Mafia, and an international conglomerate.

Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski knows from the start that Consuelo Alvarado's baby is trouble. Consuelo is sixteen. Diabetic. And the daughter of a friend. When she goes into labor too early, even V.I.'s wild drive to get her to the hospital can't save either Consuelo or her child. Soon V.I. is investigating possible malpractice at the emergency room--and falling for a doctor who works there. Mixing business and love is always bad medicine, but V.I. finds herself listening to her heart, not her head. And when a brutal murder and the violent destruction of a women's clinic put her at the center of a very dirty conspiracy, justice may be the only remedy for a hurt that cuts deep...and chills right to the bone....

Following the national success of Sisters in Crime 1 and 2, this third anthology features today's top storytellers. Included are twenty-one tales to chill the blood, tickle the fancy, and challenge the skills of criminal detection! "Outstanding!"--Publishers Weekly.

Chicago’s V. I. Warshawski confronts crooked politicians and buried family secrets in this gritty mystery from New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky. No one would accuse V. I. Warshawski of backing down from a fight, but she’d happily avoid tangling with Chicago political bosses. Yet that’s what she ends up doing when she responds to a plea for help from an old high school flame, Frank Guzzo. Frank’s mother Stella was convicted of killing his kid sister, but now that she’s out of prison, she’s looking for exoneration. Even though the Warshawskis and Stella never got along, V. I. agrees to make a few inquiries after she sees how hard life has been on Frank and her other childhood friends. Only, that small favor leads her straight into the vipers’ nest of Illinois politics—and soon her main question isn’t about Stella’s case but whether or not she’ll make it out of this investigation alive... A Washington Post Best Mystery of 2015 Includes a Bonus Short Story!

The twenty-first V.I. Warshawski thriller from one of America's greatest female crime writers.

Vic begins by investigating the mysterious death of a disaffected alcoholic vagrant - this leads her to uncover a trail of financial fraud and corruption with a disconcerting personal twist. By the author of Killing Orders, Bitter Medicine and Burnt Marks.

How do you look for someone who vanished four decades ago? And how do you deal with the news that your father might have been a cop on the take? Ask V.I. Warshawski.

"A reporter, it turns out, for an African-American publication, and as far as the suburban cops seem to feel, a black criminal who stumbled to a drunken death. Furious, the man's family hires V.I. to investigate - and that's when things begin to get complicated." "As she retraces the dead reporter's tracks, V.I. is sucked into the middle of a gothic tale of sex, money and power, the trail leading her back to the McCarthy-era blacklists, and forward to some of the darker aspects of the Patriot Act. As she scrambles desperately for a way to save herself and her clients, V.I. finds herself penned into a smaller and smaller space by an array of people trying to silence her, and before she can untangle the whole sordid truth, not only will two more people lie dead ... but her own life will hang in the balance."--BOOK JACKET.

This new series of Bookworms offers younger readers the chance to enjoy lively and accessible adaptations of the best classic and modern fiction. Each title is highly illustrated to engage the reader in the world of the book and help with specific vocabulary. Accompanying exercises make all these titles suitable for use in class or at home.

The book features a blend of espionage and detective work through interconnected stories. A young girl befriends a mouse in a lab embroiled in sinister experiments. V.I. Warshawski, a ten-year-old, takes on her first investigation to save her father. A hardboiled detective collaborates with an elderly aristocrat to solve a murder during the Chicago World's Fair. In "Love & Other Crimes," V.I. grapples with themes of justice and vengeance as she navigates the fallout from a wrongful dismissal that leads to a murder accusation against a family friend.

Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. The voices here include professional crime solvers who take you from the mean streets of V.I. Warshawski's Chicago in a case of music and murder... to the California freeway where Kinsey Millhone's beloved VW skids into a shooting... to the gang-held turf of Sharon says mum's the word. And then there are mothers, grandmothers, battered wives, and social workers -- ordinary women in extraordinary situations whose voices reveal contemporary life as seen through a woman's eye. From the opening tale of a girl down-and-out in London and what she steals from a corpse... to the final story of a summer vacation in the Berkshires, complete with romance and sudden death... this unique collection brings us great mystery writing that engages both our intellects and our hearts. From the Paperback edition.

They come from different worlds and meet at a time of crisis for all of them. Luisa, a drunken diva fallen on hard times, discovers on Chicago's streets a drama greater than any she has experienced onstage. Madeleine, a homeless woman, sees the Virgin Mary's blood seeping through a concrete wall beneath a luxury hotel. Mara, a rebellious adolescent cast out by her wealthy grandfather, becomes the catalyst for a war between the haves and have-nots as she searches among society's castoffs for the mother she never knew. As the three women fight for their right to live and worship beneath the hotel, they find an ally in Hector Tammuz, an idealistic young psychiatrist risking his career to treat the homeless regardless of the cost.

This is a collection of three short stories. The title story "A Taste of Life" tells the gruesome tale of a fat young woman whose glamorous mother steals her lover.The other two stories are "The Man Who Loved Life" and "Dealer's Choice".

Murder of a stranger or a relative, in a quiet English town or a crowded American city. It happens everywhere for all kinds of reasons. Short stories by some of the finest modern crime writers.

The master of twisting suspense and New York Times bestselling author gives us fourteen compelling stories of crime and mystery.

Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller and MWA Grandmaster Sara Paretsky has selected the twenty most puzzling, most thrilling, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.Includes stories by:Doug AllynColin BarrettJerome CharynMichael ConnellySusan FrithTom LarsenSean MarciniakStefon MearsKieth Lee MorrisGwen MullinsJo NesboJoyce Carol OatesAnnie ReedKristen Kathryn RuschAnna ScottiGinny SwartEllen TremitiJoseph S. WalkerColson WhiteheadMichael WileyPlus a bonus vintage story from the annals of mystery fiction, written over a century in the past.

Sara Paretsky, creator of V.I. Warshawski, has brought together a brilliant and diverse collection of short stories which proves the old adage that a woman's work is never done. From private eye purgatory to tourist's paradise, from the mean streets of despair to gilded hell in consumer heaven, the cream of contemporary women crime writers presents stories of crime and punishment on a global scale. Helga Anderle ~ Linda Barnes ~ Nevada Barr ~ Amel Benaboura ~ Pieke Biermann ~ Eleanor Taylor Bland ~ P.M. Carlson ~ Liza Cody ~ Amanda Cross ~ Doroty Salisbury Davis ~ Susan Dunlop ~ Antonia Fraser ~ Frances Fyfield ~ Susan Geason ~ Elizabeth George ~ Linda Grant ~ Dicey Scroggins Jackson ~ Myriam Laurini ~ Lia Matera ~ Marcia Muller ~ Irina Muravyova ~ Sara Paretsky ~ Nancy Pickard ~ Ruth Rendell ~ Andrea Smith ~ Barbara Wilson

Sara Paretsky's standalone novel is a searing portrait of the lives of ordinary Americans today.

Murder of a stranger or a relative, in a quiet English town or a crowded American city. It happens everywhere for all kinds of reasons. Short stories by some of the finest modern crime writers.

Neun Kriminalgeschichten mit der berühmten Detektivin Vic Warshawski, die in verschiedenen, spannenden Situationen neue Fälle löst. Sie ist die "faszinierendste Frau in der Kriminalliteratur" und nimmt es mit allen auf, um die Wahrheit zu finden.

Nach einem Unfall einer alten Dame aus der Nachbarschaft von V. I. Warshawski zeigen die Yuppies Interesse an der Vormundschaft und versuchen, sich ihr Grundstück und Haus anzueignen, während sie auch ihre Hunde einschläfern lassen wollen.

Der Versuch, den jungen Kanadier Felix zu schützen, zieht Privatdetektivin V. I. Warshawski in einen komplexen Fall von Artefaktenschmuggel hinein. Und ihre Nichte Reno hatte einen Job in der Chicagoer Finanzindustrie, aber jetzt fehlt jede Spur von ihr. Gleich an zwei Fronten geht es um Leben und Tod: Warshawski in Bestform.

Tijdens haar speurtocht naar de onbekende vader van haar vriendin stuit een vrouwelijke privédetective op een milieuschandaal.

Een privé-detecive onderzoekt waarom een fabriek wordt gesaboteerd.

Privatdetektivin V.I. Warshawski schiebt Nachtschichten zur Bewachung einer kleinen Synagoge. Dann stößt sie am Ufer des Lake Michigan zwischen Klippen und Betonblöcken auf eine bewusstlose 15-Jährige. Keine Papiere, kein Hinweis, wer sie ist. Auf der Suche nach Indizien gerät die Detektivin ins Visier eines gefähr­lichen Widersachers … »Entsorgt« zeigt ein von Pandemie und Trump’scher Politik gebeuteltes Chicago: überfüllte ­Krankenhäuser, überlastete Pflegekräfte. Dazu ein Sumpf aus Korrup­tion und Profitgier. Wer hier nicht die Ellbogen ausfährt, wird entsorgt, das gilt besonders für ältere Menschen. Kann Warshawski dagegen ein Zeichen setzen?

V. I. Warshawski ist angeschlagen. Ein Trip nach Kansas mit jungen Sport­lerinnen soll dem abhelfen, führt jedoch erst recht ins Schlamassel. Filz, Machtspielchen und eine tote Historikerin – das wirft Fragen auf, die man in Lawrence nicht hören will. Doch die gestresste Detektivin gibt nicht nach, sie geht aufs Ganze.

Een vrouwelijke privédetective belandt tijdens een speurtocht in de wereld van de grote vrachtvaart in het Noorden van de Verenigde Staten, waar men geen vrouwen duldt.

Sara Paretsky stellt zwölf Kolleginnen vor, die die Lust am Verbrechen und das große Talent als Krimiautorinnen eint. Sie beweist mit diesem Band, saß mörderische Phantasie schon längst keine ausschließliche Männerdomäne mehr ist. Zwölf Originalgeschichten von der Creme de la creme der Amanda Cross, Pieke Biermann, Antonia Fraser u.a.»Das Geheimnis des Krimis ist, dass er die alten Märchen und Sagen ersetzt.« Sara Paretsky