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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.

Cuando la leyenda de los Chicago Black Hawks, Boom Boom Warshawski, resbala desde un muelle y se ahoga en el lago Michigan, la policía lo califica de accidente. Su prima, la detective privada Victoria Warshawski, no está tan segura. Armada con una botella de Black Label y su Smith & Wesson, Victoria sigue un rastro sangriento hasta el corazón de la poderosa industria naviera de Chicago, donde la corrupción es profunda y los testigos no suelen vivir mucho tiempo.

Victoria es contratada por un hombre que se hace llamar John Thayer para localizar a la novia desaparecida de su hijo, pero en su lugar descubre el cadáver del joven. Poco después, Thayer también desaparece. Mientras intenta llegar a la verdad y desentrañar la auténtica identidad de quien la contrató, Victoria se encuentra atrapada en una red de fraude y violencia donde nada es lo que parece. Cuando por fin vislumbra las respuestas, la detective se ve obligada a emprender una carrera contrarreloj para encontrar a la joven desaparecida… antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

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.

In the expert hands of two of the mystery world's top storytellers, being a housewife takes on a whole new meaning. These original stories explore the dark side of the housewife psyche and are guaranteed to delight. But be cautioned: These stories—"GDMFSOB" by Nevada Barr (author of the Anna Pigeon series) and "Acid Test" by Sara Paretsky (author of the V.I. Warshawski novels)—are meant to be listened to alone while sipping a glass of wine.

In this spellbinding collection, Sara Paretsky showcases her extraordinary talents with 14 short stories, including one new V.I. story and seven other classics featuring the indomitable detective. In 'Miss Bianca' a young girl becomes involved in espionage when she befriends a mouse in a laboratory that is conducting dark experiments. Ten-year-old V.I. Warshawski appears in 'Wildcat', embarking on her very first investigation to save her father. 

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky. V .I. Warshawski is famous for her cool under fire, her intelligence, her humor, her unflinching courage, and her love...

V. I. Warshawski är en kvinnlig privatspanare i Chicago. Hon är varken förmögen eller särskilt populär, men hon är bra på det hon gör. När hon en dag får förfrågan att rädda en rik bankmans son från en socialistisk flickvän vill hon till en början tacka nej, men ekonomin tryter. Det som till en början verkade vara ett rutinmässigt uppdrag, visar sig dock snart bli mycket mer invecklat. Sonen hittas snart mördad och flickvännen är spårlöst försvunnen.

En morgen kommer tante Elena til Vics dørtrin for bede om husly. Da tante Elenas hotel er braendt ned, accepterer Vic et kortvarigt ophold, og imens forsøger hun at finde et sted til tanten ved hjaelp af sine politiske kontakter. Da Vic bliver hyret til at opklare de mystiske omstaendigheder omkring hotelbranden, dukker liget af tantens unge ven op - og pludselig er tante Elena intet sted at finde.

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 of their lives forever.

“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...

Don't toss out the cake and candles just yet. Philip Roth, who, among other notable achievements, changed the way Americans laugh about masturbation, celebrates his birthday on March 19th. Check out: I Married a Communist and Operation Shylock.

Consuelo er 16 år, diabetiker og datteren af en af Vics venner - og så er hun gravid. Da Consuelo får alt for tidlige veer, gør Vic, hvad der står i hendes magt for at redde både pigen og det ufødte barn - uden held. Hun er overbevist om, at der er tale om fejlbehandling på hospitalet, og modstraebende tager hun sagen i egen hånd. Midt i forsøget på at opklare de mystiske omstaendigheder omkring dødsfaldene forelsker hun sig i en laege på hospitalet, og snart bliver det svaert for den ellers hårdkogte privatdetektiv at adskille hjerne og hjerte.

Killing Orders, V.I. Warshawski’s third adventure, starts when her great-aunt Rosa summons the detective to her cold suburban home. Rosa made V.I.’s childhood miserable and the detective resents the command to help her aunt prove she didn't embezzle five million dollars from a local Dominican priory.

V.I. Warshawski's impossible god-daughter Bernie convinces her to look for August, a young film-maker who has disappeared. The evidence indicates that he has gone to Kansas in the company of Emerald, an older black movie actress who wants to film the story of her life. Her search takes V.I. from...

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.

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.

Racine Avenue is going upscale — bad news for hand-to-mouth residents like V. I. Warshawski. As tax bills skyrocket, newcomers pressure old inhabitants into fixing up their homes or moving out. To the yuppies on the block the worst eyesore belongs to old Hattie Frizell, whose yard is “returning to native prairie, complete with hubcaps.” Their block club wants her and her five dogs gone.V. I. and Hattie have a relationship of sorts: one of those five dogs gave V. I.’s dog Peppy an unwelcome litter.