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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... (more)

V I Warshawski Mysteries: Book 10

Total Recall

by Sara Paretsky

The bestselling V.I. Warshawski novels have dazzled readers and earned the acclaim of critics everywhere. “V.I. Warshawski rules,” writes Newsweek, crowning her “the most engaging woman in detective fiction.” Of V.I.’s creator, the Chicago Tribune says “Sara Paretsky has no peer.” Now Paretsky brings her incomparable storytelling brilliance to her most powerful Warshawski novel yet. Total Recall follows... (more)

V I Warshawski Mysteries: Book 1

Indemnity Only

by Sara Paretsky

America's "most convincing and engaging" (Entertainment Weekly) female private-eye, V.I. Warshawski, is looking for a missing coed, but finds a large scam involving big business executives, notorious underworld figures and murder.I. Warshawski novel.

V I Warshawski Mysteries: Book 4

Bitter Medicine

by Sara Paretsky

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... (more)

V I Warshawski Mysteries: Book 11

Blacklist

by Sara Paretsky

Readers love sleuth V.I. Warshawski. Now she returns in a novel of secrets and betrayals that stretch across four generations-from one of the most compelling writers in American crime fiction.

V I Warshawski Mysteries: Book 9

Hard Time

by Sara Paretsky

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... (more)

V I Warshawski Mysteries: Book 12

Fire Sale

by Sara Paretsky

A nagging conscience makes V.I. Warshawski agree to fill in as coach for the girls' basketball team at her South Side alma mater-which in turn leads her to the headquarters of By-Smart, the global retail empire where V.I. hopes to get some desperately needed funds for the struggling squad. But conscience seems to be in short supply at By-Smart...with the exception of Billy Bysen. He's the earnest teenage grandson... (more)

V. I. Warshawski Mysteries: Book 7

Guardian Angel

by Sara Paretsky

When a neighboring eighty-year-old dog owner turns up floating facedown in a canal shortly after an argument with a yuppie couple, V. I. Warshawski begins an investigation. Reprint. NYT. PW.

V I Warshawski Mysteries: Book 3

Killing Orders

by Sara Paretsky

V.I.'s battleaxe Aunt Rosa is under investigation by the FBI and SEC after counterfeit stock certificates were found at St. Albert's Priory, where she serves as treasurer. As malicious as her aunt is, V.I. knows she's not dishonest, so V.I. vows to protect her from taking the fall. But V.I. starts questioning the strength of her family ties when a menacing voice on the phone threatens to throw acid into her eyes... (more)

V I Warshawski Mysteries: Book 6

Burn Marks

by Sara Paretsky

When V. I. Warshawski is hired to investigate the fire at a hotel, her aunt disappears, and her aunt's young friend is found dead at a construction site. V. I. is warned off the case by both a high-ranking police officer and a major Chicago developer - who also happens to be a close firend of the chairman of the Cook County Board. After three terrifying attempts on her life, V.I. doesn't know whether it's the... (more)

V I Warshawski Mysteries

Windy City Blues

A Collection of Warshawski Stories

by Sara Paretsky

It's strictly Friends & Family as V.I. Warshawski, "the detective mystery fans have been waiting for" ( Time ), makes return appearances in a collection of stories that bring new meaning to "ties that bind." Decked out in her silk shirts and no-nonsense Attitude, V.I. is out to make a living--by the skin of her teeth. In "Grace Notes," V.I. has barely finished her morning coffee when she sees an ad in the... (more)

V I Warshawski Mysteries: Book 2

Deadlock

by Sara Paretsky

When her cousin, Boom Boom, is murdered, V.I. begins an investigation and is caught up in a game of lies, extortion, blackmail, sabotage, and murder in Chicago's shipping industry. Reprint.

V I Warshawski Mysteries: Book 5

Blood Shot

by Sara Paretsky

Everyone's favorite female detective returns in her fifth case, as a missing person assignment turns into a murder investigation, in which V.I. is placed more than knee-deep in a deadly mixture of big business corruption--and chemical waste! **MASS MARKET PAPER**

Ghost Country

by Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky's genius made Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski a household name. Now the New York Times bestselling author explores an unseen corner of the city she loves. In Ghost Country she has written a parable for the millennium, a powerful, haunting novel of magic and miracles, of four troubled people who meet beneath Chicago's shadowy streets--and of the woman whose mysterious appearance changes all... (more)

Guardian Angel

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Tunnel Vision

by Sara Paretsky

Total Recall

by Sara Paretsky

Indemnity Only

by Sara Paretsky

Bitter Medicine

by Sara Paretsky

Blacklist

by Sara Paretsky

Hard Time

by Sara Paretsky

Fire Sale

by Sara Paretsky

Guardian Angel

by Sara Paretsky

Killing Orders

by Sara Paretsky

Burn Marks

by Sara Paretsky

Windy City Blues

A Collection of Warshawski Stories

by Sara Paretsky

Deadlock

by Sara Paretsky

Blood Shot

by Sara Paretsky

Ghost Country

by Sara Paretsky

Guardian Angel