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Sara Paretsky

    June 8, 1947

    Sara Paretsky is a modern American author of detective fiction, credited with transforming the role and image of women in the crime novel. Her work predominantly features V.I. Warshawski, a private investigator whose eclectic personality defies easy categorization. Warshawski embodies a compelling blend of toughness and complexity, navigating the gritty world of crime while maintaining her individuality. Paretsky's writing delves into societal issues and moral quandaries through intricate plots that draw readers into a world of intrigue and suspense.

    Sara Paretsky
    Fire Sale
    Hard Time
    Dead Land
    Toxic Shock
    Critical Mass
    Entertainment to Die For
    • 2024

      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?

      Entsorgt
    • 2024

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

      Pay Dirt
    • 2023

      Entertainment to Die For

      • 346 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

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

      Entertainment to Die For
    • 2022

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

      Overboard
    • 2022

      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.

      The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year
    • 2022

      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.

      Schiebung
    • 2020

      Love & Other Crimes

      Stories

      • 560 pages
      • 20 hours of reading
      3.6(68)Add rating

      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.

      Love & Other Crimes
    • 2020

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

      Dead Land
    • 2020

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

      Love and Other Crimes
    • 2018

      Shell Game

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.8(39)Add rating

      Sara Paretsky follows her instant New York Times bestseller Fallout—her most widely read novel in years—with an extraordinary adventure that pits her acclaimed detective, V.I. Warshawski, against some of today’s most powerful figures. Legendary sleuth V.I. Warshawski returns to the Windy City to save an old friend’s nephew from a murder arrest. The case involves a stolen artifact that could implicate a shadowy network of international criminals. As V.I. investigates, the detective soon finds herself tangling with the Russian mob, ISIS backers, and a shady network of stock scams and stolen art that stretches from Chicago to the East Indies and the Middle East. In Shell Game, nothing and no one are what they seem, except for the detective herself, who loses sleep, money, and blood, but remains indomitable in her quest for justice.

      Shell Game