The Fourth Durango is not your ordinary Durango. It's not in Spain, or Mexico, and it's not a ski town in the Colorado Rockies, although Durangos do exist in all of those places. This Durango has an industry, albeit a rather odd one-it is a hideout business, a place where people pay to find sanctuary from former friends and associates who are either trying to kill them, or have them killed. Into this Durango comes a former chief justice of a state supreme court, followed by son-in-law Kelly Vines to act as his emissary to the beautiful and savvy mayor. Following them come a false...
The Fourth Durango is not your ordinary Durango. It's not in Spain, or Mexico, and it's not a ski town in the Colorado Rockies, although Dur...
Sara Paretsky's genius made Chicago private eyeV.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 of their lives forever. 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...
Sara Paretsky's genius made Chicago private eyeV.I. Warshawski a household name.Now the New York Times bestselling author explores an unseen co...
V.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back toher old south Chicago neighborhood, but a promiseis something she always keeps. Caroline, achildhood friend, has a dying mother and a problem --after twenty-five years she wants V.I. to find thefather she never knew. But when V.I. startsprobing into the past, she not only finds out where allthe bodies are buried -- she stumbles onto a verynew corpse. Now she's stirring up a deadly mix ofbig business and chemical corruption that maybecome a toxic shock to a snooper who knows toomuch."
V.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back toher old south Chicago neighborhood, but a promiseis something she always keeps. Caroline, achildhood fr...
Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzlingsummer night is asking for trouble. But trouble isChicago private eye V.I. Warshwski's specialty.Her client says he's the prominent banker, JohnThayer. Turns out he's not. He says his son'sgirlfriend, Anita Hill, is missing. Turns out that'snot her real name. V.I.'s search turns up someonesoon enough -- the real John Thayer's son, andhe's dead. Who's V.I.'s client? Why has she beenset up and sent out on a wild-goose chase? By thetime she's got it figured, things are hotter --and deadlier -- than Chicago in July. V.I.'s in adesperate race against...
Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzlingsummer night is asking for trouble. But trouble isChicago private eye V.I. Warshwski's specialty.Her cli...
When Chicago Black Hawks hockey legend Boom Boom Warshawski slips off a wharf and drowns in Lake Michigan, cousin V.I. questions the report of accidental death and rumors of suicide. V.I. searches for leads and finds a trail of violence and corruption. It takes her to the center of Chicago's powerful shipping industry. There she ferrets out her cousin's killer -- but nearly gets painted out of the picture -- permanently
When Chicago Black Hawks hockey legend Boom Boom Warshawski slips off a wharf and drowns in Lake Michigan, cousin V.I. questions the report of acciden...
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...
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 beco...
V. I. Warshawski explores secrets and betrayals that stretch across four generations in this New York Times bestselling novel from one of the most compelling writers in American crime fiction... "A thoughtful, high-tension mystery."--The Washington Post Book World "A genuinely exciting and disturbing thriller."--Chicago Tribune As a favor to her most important client, V. I. agrees to check up on an empty mansion. But instead of a mysterious intruder she discovers a dead man in the ornamental pond--a reporter for an African-American publication...
V. I. Warshawski explores secrets and betrayals that stretch across four generations in this New York Times bestselling novel from one of th...
The final masterpiece from the celebrated author of Crime and Punishment and The Idiot... This extraordinary novel, Dostoyevsky's last and greatest work, tells the dramatic story of four brothers--Dmitri, pleasure-seeking, impatient, unruly . . . Ivan, brilliant and morose . . . Alyosha, gentle, loving, honest . . . and the illegitimate Smerdyakov, sly, silent, cruel. Driven by intense passion, they become involved in the brutal murder of their own father, one of the most loathsome characters in all literature. Featuring the famous chapter, "The Grand Inquisitor,"...
The final masterpiece from the celebrated author of Crime and Punishment and The Idiot... This extraordinary novel, Dostoyevs...
"V.I. Warshawski is back--intelligent, tough, sarcastic and trouble-prone as ever....Body Work isn't just a satisfying whodunnit; it's a rich, well-written why-dunnit, striking some surprising chords that will resonate long after you finish the final page."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch Chicago's Club Gouge attracts an eclectic audience, from bohemian types to Ukranian mobsters to young men just back from the war. And tonight, V.I. Warshawski is in the crowd too. The edgy stage show stars The Body Artist, who invites audience members to draw on her naked flesh. But things get a...
"V.I. Warshawski is back--intelligent, tough, sarcastic and trouble-prone as ever....Body Work isn't just a satisfying whodunnit; it's a ric...
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...
Crime writer Sara Paretsky is known the world over for her acclaimed series of mysteries starring Chicago private investigator V. I. Warshawski, now i...
