Author: paretsky
April 28, 2023
Coming April 16, 2024: Pay Dirt
V.I. Warshawski is famous for her cool under fire, her sardonic humor, and her unflinching courage. All that changed when a case ended with a father killing the child she’d been hired to find. She’s second-guessing herself, forgetting to eat, forgetting her workout.
READ MOREFebruary 4, 2022
Sal’s Gin and Grits
Opening scene; ext shot, Sal’s Gin and Grits. This is a dingy building on an urban street, windows heavily barred and with thick blinds blocking any view of the interior. A door of re-enforced steel is locked. Surveillance cameras cover the sidewalk.
READ MORENovember 17, 2021
Tom Phillips Changed My Life
The summer I turned 19, in 1966, Martin Luther King came to Chicago to support the local Civil Rights movement in their fight for open housing, and for access to jobs. The Presbytery of Chicago supported this mission, and asked for college students volunteers, who would be embedded in the neighborhoods, and assist in any way asked of them.
READ MOREAugust 3, 2021
Girl, Interrupting
Andromeda came into this world with a few impediments to the happy life most parents want for their daughters. She had a cleft lip and a wall eye. And her parents gave her a weird name. Who knows why?
READ MOREJuly 26, 2021
Remembrance of People Past
Over the weekend, I submitted what I hope will be the final version of my 23rd novel. The working title is Double Dirty, but I’ve struggled so much with this novel that I’ve been calling it Ugly Baby.
READ MOREJune 18, 2021
On Dead Land
So fierce, ambitious, and far-reaching that it makes most other mysteries seem like so many petit fours. — Kirkus Best Thriller and Mystery Books of 2020 list — Washington Post […]
READ MOREJune 18, 2021
On Love & Other Crimes
Issued as a paperback original, Love & Other Crimes is a perfect match for summer’s relaxing moments, whether they are long ones on vacation or short breathers between home-based neverending gig economy labors. Each story brings a change of pace, a clever crime, and a burning sense of what human justice demands.
READ MOREApril 1, 2021
Dead Land now in paperback
Dead Land is now available in paperback at your favorite bookstore. I’ll be signing copies at Women and Children First, so if you want a personalized edition, please contact them by April 6 at 5 pm.
READ MORENovember 16, 2020
Preorder Overboard
V.I. is back in Overboard. On her way home from an all-night surveillance job, V.I. Warshawski is led by her dogs on a mad chase that ends when they discover a badly injured teen hiding in the rocks along Lake Michigan. The girl only regains consciousness long enough to utter one enigmatic word.
READ MORESeptember 23, 2020
Interview on Love & Other Crimes
On Sept. 14, Brian Vakulskas interviewed Sara for radio KSCJ about her new collection of short stories, Love & Other Crimes. Click to listen to this 16 min. interview.
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