Best Selling Books by Sara Paretsky

Crime writer Sara Paretsky is known the world over for her acclaimed series of mysteries starring Chicago private investigator V. I. Warshawski, now in its seventeenth installment. Paretsky’s work has long been inflected with history—for her characters the past looms large in the present—and in her decades-long career, she has been recognized for transforming the role of women in contemporary crime fiction. What’s less well-known is that before Paretsky began her writing career, she earned a PhD in history from the University of Chicago with a dissertation on moral philosophy and religion in New England in the early and mid-nineteenth century. Now, for the first time, fans of Paretsky can read that earliest work, Words, Works, and Ways of Knowing. Paretsky here analyzes attempts by theologians at Andover Seminary, near Boston, to square and secure Calvinist religious beliefs with emerging knowledge from history and the sciences. She carefully shows how the open-minded scholasticism of these theologians paradoxically led to the weakening of their intellectual credibility as conventional religious belief structures became discredited, and how this failure then incited reactionary forces within Calvinism. That conflict between science and religion in the American past is of interest on its face, but it also sheds light on contemporary intellectual battles. Rounding out the book, leading religious scholar Amanda Porterfield provides an afterword discussing where Paretsky’s work fits into the contemporary study of religion. And in a sobering—sometimes shocking—preface, Paretsky paints a picture of what it was like to be a female graduate student at the University of Chicago in the 1970s. A treat for Paretsky’s many fans, this book offers a glimpse of the development of the mind behind the mysteries.

A witty, wild anthology “filled with excellently plotted stories” of cooking, cleaning, and crime by some household names in mystery fiction (South Florida Sun Sentinel). Join Nevada Barr, Barbara Collins, Carole Nelson Douglas, Eileen Dreyer, Vicki Hendricks, Suzann Ledbetter, Elisabeth Massie, Christine Matthews, Denise Mina, Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky, Nancy Pickard, S.J. Rozan, and Julie Smith on a riotous ride through the dark but often hilarious corners of the housewife psyche . . . In the expert hands of fourteen unsurpassed storytellers—including New York Times bestsellers and Agatha, Anthony, Dagger, Macavity, Shamus, and Edgar Award winners—being a housewife takes on a whole new meaning. Get ready for a lethal mix of meddling mothers-in-law, creepy neighbors, cheating husbands, fickle female friends, careers left behind, out-of-control kids, steamy sex, and much, much more in this thrilling collection of stories. Go behind the lace curtains and PTA smiles to explore the often mind-numbing reality of being a housewife. You’ll laugh, you’ll gasp, you’ll nod in recognition as victims bite the dust—and domestic divas get their hands dirty. “Excellent.” —Library Journal “Delightful.” —Booklist “[A] stellar list of contributors.” —Publishers Weekly

In this novel, Vic Warshawski, heroine of Indemnity Only, Deadlock and Killing Orders, investigates Chicago''s private hospital system. Through her friend Lotty Herschel, a top obstetrician who runs a clinic in a poor neighbourhood, Vic takes an interest in Consuela, 16 years old and pregnant.

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST “A proper hero for these times . . . To us, V.I. is perfect.” — THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Sara Paretsky’s gloriously kick-ass private eye, V.I. “Vic” Warshawski, is back . . . in a political-rot thriller that’s the definition of perfection in the genre." — THE WASHINGTON POST Chicago’s legendary detective, V.I. Warshawski, knows her city’s rotten underbelly better than most, but she’s unable to avoid it when her goddaughter drags her into a fight over lakefront land use, in this propulsive novel from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky. Chicago may be the city of broad shoulders, but its political law is “Pay to Play.” Money changes hands in the middle of the night, and by morning, buildings and parks are replaced by billion-dollar projects. Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski gets pulled into one of these clandestine deals through her impetuous goddaughter, Bernie Fouchard. Bernie tries to rescue Lydia Zamir, a famed singer-songwriter now living on the streets; Zamir’s life fell apart when her lover was murdered next to her in a mass shooting at an outdoor concert. Not only does Bernie plunge her and V.I. headlong into the path of some ruthless developers, they lead to the murder of the young man Bernie is dating. He’s a computer geek working for a community group called SLICK. V.I. is desperate to find a mysterious man named Coop, who roams the lakefront in the middle of the night with his dog. She’s sure he holds the key to the mounting body count within SLICK. Coop may even know why an international law firm is representing the mass murderer responsible for Lydia’s lover’s death. Instead, the detective finds a terrifying conspiracy stretching from Chicago’s parks to a cover-up of the dark chapters in America’s meddling in South American politics. Before she finds answers, this electrifying novel pushes V.I. close to the breaking point: People who pay to play take no prisoners.

LEE CHILD says she''s "a genius." P.D. JAMES called her "the most remarkable" of today''s suspense writers. STIEG LARSSON loved her work so much, he named her in his novels. And now SARA PARETSKY returns with the most extraordinary novel of her legendary career: FALLOUT. Before there was Lisbeth Salander, before there was Stephanie Plum, there was V.I. WARSHAWSKI. To her parents, she''s Victoria Iphigenia. To her friends, she''s Vic. But to clients seeking her talents as a detective, she''s V.I. And her new case will lead her from her native Chicago... and into Kansas, on the trail of a vanished film student and a faded Hollywood star. Accompanied by her dog, V.I. tracks her quarry through a university town, across fields where missile silos once flourished — and into a past riven by long-simmering racial tensions, a past that holds the key to the crimes of the present. But as the mysteries stack up, so does the body count. And in this, her toughest case, not even V.I. is safe. Exciting and provocative, fiercely intelligent and witty, FALLOUT is reading at its most enjoyable and powerful.

Sometimes, time doesn''t heal all wounds... When a young woman named Sabrina disappears without a trace in Kansas, private investigator V.I. Warshawski knows she must act fast. But when she discovers Sabrina close to death in a drug house, the locals don''t take kindly to her - and Sabrina''s mother becomes suspicious. V.I. finds herself under the sharp gaze of the FBI - and the men running the county''s opioid distribution. And when a dead body surfaces a few days later, V.I. is pitched headlong into a battle between the locals - with roots that date all the way back to the American Civil War. The war might be over, but its legacy remains - and V.I.''s survival depends on keeping one step ahead in a game she doesn''t even know she''s playing...

Der elfte Fall für die »Detektivin mit Seidenstrümpfen« Eines Tages erhält die Privatdetektivin Vic Warshawski einen ungewöhnlichen Auftrag: Sie soll ein altes, verlassenes Herrenhaus observieren, in dem nachts ungebetene Gäste ihr Unwesen treiben. Tatsächlich stößt Vic auf einen mysteriösen Eindringling - und wenig später auf die Leiche eines Mannes, die im Gartenteich versenkt wurde. Vic ahnt, dass sie in ein Wespennest gestochen hat - und es scheint, als stehe das nächste Opfer bereits auf der schwarzen Liste des Täters.

Vic Warshawski a quarante ans, une licence de détective privée et des bureaux plutôt miteux au cœur de Chicago. Un soir, au sous-sol, elle découvre une mère et ses trois enfants qui se sont réfugiés près de la chaudière. N''écoutant que son bon cœur Vic veut les aider. Elle a, parmi ses clientes et amies, quelques " bienfaitrices " qui devraient pouvoir soutenir ces malheureux en perdition. Mais, soudain, les ennuis s''amoncellent. Les propriétaires sont prêts à tout pour la faire partir, la famille disparaît et ses fameuses clientes n''ont guère envie de mettre leur nez dans son histoire. Pire encore, Vic découvre un cadavre dans son bureau. Derrière toutes ces aventures, se cachent des requins de la finance et du bâtiment et Vic a intérêt à trouver la solution sous peine de finir elle aussi en cadavre. Et cela juste avant de partir en vacances. Un comble...

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.

Chicago is the city of broad shoulders, but V.I. Warshawski knows its politics: "Pay to Play". Money changes hands in the middle of the night; by morning, buildings and parks have been replaced by billion-dollar projects.Private investigator V.I. gets pulled into one of these clandestine deals when her impetuous goddaughter Bernie tries to rescue a famed singer-songwriter, now living on the streets. Thanks to Bernie, V.I. finds herself in the path of some developers whose negotiating strategy is simple: they bulldoze - or kill - any obstacle in their way.Questions pile up almost as fast as the dead bodies. When she tries to answer them, the detective finds a terrifying conspiracy stretching from Chicago''s parks to a cover-up of the dark chapters in the American government''s interference in South American politics. Before finds answer, V.I. will be pushed closed to breaking point. People who pay to play take no prisoners.

Contains three novels with private eye V.I. Warshawski. In Indemnity Only a client''s son dies and Warshawski''s services are no longer needed, in Deadlock V.I.''s investigations into her cousin''s death spark off more murder and in Killing Orders V.I. needs her skills to get to the truth.

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.

Vic Warshawski is a private investigator and martial arts expert. She tackles the problem of a missing student in Indemnity only, a death which was far from accidental in Deadlock and a forgery in Killing orders. Private eye novel.

Luisa Montcrief was once a great opera singer. Now she is a drunken diva forced on to the streets. Madeline, a homeless woman, believes the Virgin Mary lives in a wall in a car park beneath a plush Chicago hotel, Mara is a wildhaired, rebellious granddaughter of an eminent doctor. All three converge on the car park to battle with the hotel for their right to live and worship there. Then when the enigmatic Starr appears - repellent to some, erotic to others -miracles start to happen and the city is quite unprepared for the outcome.

Elle, c''est Warshawski. Victoria Iphigenia Warshawski, mais elle préfère qu''on l''appelle V.I. Une détective avec de grandes ambitions : restaurer un peu de justice et d''équité dans sa bonne ville de Chicago... Le jour où elle manque de rouler sur le corps mutilé d''une jeune femme évadée de prison, et que le cadavre se volatilise de la morgue peu après, Vic décide de se passer de client : cette fois, elle enquêtera pour son propre compte. Est-ce cette initiative qui lui vaut son arrestation et les intimidations policières dont elle fait l''objet ? Quel rapport l''inconnue sur la route pourrait-elle bien avoir avec un studio de cinéma aussi puissant que Global Entertainment, ou une entreprise de conseil en sécurité aussi renommée que Carnifice ? Une chose est sûre : au royaume des grands requins, les tenues haute couture risquent d''être tout aussi nécessaires à Vic que son fidèle Smith & Wesson...