Author: paretsky
March 25, 2013
Passover
It’s bleak in Chicago, hard to believe that Passover starts at sundown tonight. It’s a holiday like Easter that should serve as spring’s harbinger. When I was a child, it […]
READ MOREMarch 14, 2013
Critical Mass On Sale October 22
V.I. Warshawski’s newest adventure uncovers secrets buried in the rubble of World War II. A particle physicist, V.I.’s beloved friend Lotty Herschel, and meth labs of rural Illinois all […]
READ MOREFebruary 28, 2013
New UK Editions
Hodder & Stoughton have released new editions of Sara’s backlist. You can see the beautiful new covers and order your own copies at their website.
READ MOREJanuary 29, 2013
Returning Veterans and Crime Fiction
I just started reading a new novel whose protagonist is a returning Iraq-Afghan veteran. Like most fictional vets, he suffers flashbacks and nightsweats; as the reader, I don’t yet know […]
READ MOREDecember 27, 2012
Best Books of 2012
I recently asked some knowledgeable book people for the best books they’d read in 2012 (whether they were published this year or not.) Since I’m a reader as well as […]
READ MOREDecember 20, 2012
Crows Over A Cornfield
I am writing like a maniac, trying to finish the new book before the end of the year, but the end seems to be receding–kind of like the horizon in […]
READ MORENovember 12, 2012
Where is V I? Week 5: Sneak Peak at the next VI novel
We took a break from our “Where is V I” while people started digging out from Sandy, and while we held Presidential and other elections. It’s time to get back […]
READ MOREOctober 23, 2012
Week 4: Where is V I this time?
I rely on a team who don’t know my friends to pick the winners every week so that selection can be unbiased. Thanks to everyone who remembered that VI’s father […]
READ MOREOctober 16, 2012
October 16: Why is V I with this Man?
Our contest continues! This week, V I Warshawski is standing on Washington Street, near Grant Park, with Officer Mota of the Chicago Police Department. V I is often prickly, some […]
READ MOREOctober 9, 2012
October 9: Where in Chicago Is V I Warshawski
We had a great response to Week 1 and we have two winners! Rachel Benoit, and silvermaple@ca.rr.com As soon as we get mailing addresses, we’ll get early copies of the […]
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