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On her way home from an all-night surveillance job, V.I. Warshawski's dogs lead her on a mad chase that ends when they find a badly injured teen hiding in the rocks along Lake Michigan. The girl only regains consciousness long enough to utter one enigmatic word. V.I. helps bring her to a hospital, but not long after, she vanishes before anyone can discover her identity. As V.I. attempts to find her, the detective uncovers an ugly consortium of Chicago power brokers and mobsters who are prepared to kill the girl before VI can save her.

When V. I. Warshawski, 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, 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 Ukrainian mobsters and Iraq war veterans. A tormented young painter shows up too, and the intricate designs she creates drive one of the soldiers into a violent rage.

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.

Der Ex-Eishockey-Spieler "Boom-Boom" ist tot. Nach seiner Sportverletzung hatte der Profisportler eine Anstellung im Hafen Chicagos gefunden und war dort auch zu Tode gekommen. Ein Sturz vom Pier. Seine Cousine Warshawski glaubt nicht an die Theorie vom unglücklichen Unfall. Als Privatdetektivin liegt die Neugierde in ihrer Natur. Sie nimmt Ermittlungen auf und versucht die letzten Tage ihres Cousins zu rekonstruieren. Vor allem, woran er in seiner Firma zuletzt gearbeitet hat.

When V.I.'s close friend Lotty Herschel is approached by a man claiming to be a fellow Holocaust survivor, she's forced to recall a painful past she's tried desperately to forget. Coming to Lotty's aid, V.I. decides to investigate the mysterious stranger. But her findings lead to the exposure of something much darker involving an international conspiracy reaching all the way back to Nazi Europe - as well as a shocking truth which could potentially devastate her friend....

“V.I. Warshawski is as dogged and ferocious as ever. So is Sara Paretsky, who is at the top of her crime novel game.” — C.J. Box 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...

A dangerous, depressed place reeking of bad memories, South Chicago is a neighbourhood private investigator V.I. Warshawski left a long time ago. But now she's back, drawn to the streets of her childhood once again to do a favour for a friend. It was never going to be easy - and when the mother of a local girl asks her to look into claims of sabotage at the factory where she works, V.I. quickly finds herself caught up in something far more sinister. 

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.

“Sara Paretsky is a genius.” —LEE CHILD From New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky, a collection of thrilling crime and detective short stories, many featuring legendary detective V.I. Warshawski—including a brand-new V.I. story. New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky...

Crime, thriller, and noir fans will delight in this fourth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, an exciting series featuring short fiction by legendary writers, past and present. From Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, and Georges Simenon to Lawrence Block and Sara Paretsky, this unique collection—compiled and edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler—is a captivating mixture of mystery and suspense.

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.

La calle donde vive la detective privada Victoria Warshawski se está gentrificando, y eso augura problemas para residentes que apenas llegan a fin de mes, como ella. La subida de impuestos y la presión de los adinerados nuevos vecinos han puesto en el punto de mira a su vecina, la anciana Hattie Frizell, y a sus cinco perros. Indignada, Victoria empieza a hurgar en los asuntos de los nuevos propietarios justo cuando cae en sus manos un segundo caso: la desaparición del mejor amigo de su vecino del piso de abajo.

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...

BBC radio productions of the first four bestselling V.I. Warshawski novels from Sara Paretsky - plus a short story featuring the hardboiled PI, read by Buffy Davis One of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime fiction, Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski is a strong, smart, independent...

The CIA forced Lily to retire before she was ready. She'd spent forty years as a field agent. She'd been skilled, resourceful, dedicated – everything that makes a good agent, but she'd rubbed too many of her bosses the wrong way. They jumped on a botched op as an excuse to fire her. Now in her...

Victoria Warshawski recibe una sorpresa tan inesperada como desagradable cuando su descarriada tía Elena aparece en la puerta de su casa en plena noche, tras huir de su hotel en llamas. Pero la situación empeora cuando Elena desaparece misteriosamente y el cadáver de una amiga de su tía es hallado en una obra en construcción.

Victoria Warshawski no tiene ganas de volver a su antiguo barrio del sur de Chicago, pero una promesa es una promesa. Cuando una amiga de la infancia le pide que encuentre al padre que nunca conoció, Victoria acepta, con la esperanza de obtener respuestas antes de que muera la madre de la mujer. Sin embargo, escarbar en el pasado resulta peligroso. Secretos enterrados desde hace mucho tiempo salen a la luz junto a un cadáver muy reciente, y Victoria pronto se ve atrapada en una mezcla letal de poder corporativo y corrupción química.

Joven, diabética y embarazada, Consuelo Alvarado se apoya en la orientación de su mentora, la detective privada Victoria Warshawski. Pero ni siquiera Victoria puede ayudarla cuando Consuelo se pone de parto prematuro en un suburbio remoto, y tanto la madre como el bebé mueren en un hospital cercano. Lo que parece una desgarradora tragedia médica pronto despierta inquietantes preguntas. Un joven médico residente pone en duda la versión del hospital sobre la atención recibida por Consuelo, y Victoria empieza a sospechar que hay algo mucho más siniestro detrás de su muerte.

En hjemløs i Chicagos gader ser i en åbenbaring Jomfru Marias ansigt vædet med tårer af blod på en garagemur under et luksushotel. Og inden længe valfarter andre udstødte kvinder til muren. Men hotellet vil have fjernet de hjemløse, der virker provokerende på gæsterne, og beder hotellets advokat, Harriet Stonds løse problemet.

"Heksejagt" er den 11. bog om V.I. Warshawski. I kølvandet på 11. september påtager V.I. Warshawski sig en opgave for en tidligere klient. Hun skal overvåge et gammelt familielandsted, der står tomt, men en nat overrasker hun en ubuden gæst og styrter i guldfiskebassinet. Da hun griber ud efter noget at holde fast i, lukker hendes fingre sig om en iskold hånd. Et lig er dukket op til overfladen. Opdagelsen hvirvler V.I. ind i to store Chicago-familiers historier, hvor der tegner sig et kompliceret spil om blod, sex, penge, skandaler – og mord.