From the Publisher
Sara Paretsky’s legendary P.I. is at the top of her game.” — Tess Gerritsen
“Sara Paretsky is a legend . . . If you haven’t read her yet, now is the time.” — Harlan Coben
“V.I. Warshawski is one of my all-time favorite investigators. Doesn’t get any better than this!” — Lisa Gardner
“An author of matchless intelligence, craft, and power. This is why Sara Paretsky reigns as one of the all-time greats.” — Karin Slaughter
"Paretsky’s phenomenal gifts for significant and riveting stories, lacerating dialogue, rich psychology, and barbed humor reach tornadic force." — Booklist on Pay Dirt (starred review)
“Legendary 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
“Among today’s P.I.’s, nobody comes close to Warshawski.” — Publishers Weekly
“Revel in the superb pacing, the well-developed characters and the crisp dialogue from one of the most consistently excellent writers in the genre.” — BookPage
"History buffs will appreciate Paretsky’s exploration of Kansas’s violent past, while V.I. fans will be eager to read the latest in the award-winning series (after Overboard)." — Library Journal
“Chicago’s V.I. Warshawski is on top form.” — Seattle Review of Books
“A proper hero for these times . . . To us, V.I. is perfect.” — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review, on Dead Land
“Sara Paretsky’s gloriously kick-ass private eye, V.I. ‘Vic’ Warshawski, is . . . the definition of perfection in the genre.” — Washington Post on Dead Land
"Swift and superb." — Seattle Times on Dead Land
Library Journal
02/01/2024
Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski hasn't been herself since one of her cases ended in tragedy. Friends persuade her to head to Kansas for a college basketball game featuring her protégée Angela. When Angela's housemate Sabrina goes missing, V.I. reluctantly agrees to help search for the young woman. With no support network in Lawrence, and the police suspicious of her motives, V.I. finally finds Sabrina almost dead in a drug den on Yancy Hill. It gets worse: the FBI shows up to question V.I. about kidnapping the girl, and the police don't believe her. When V.I. returns to the drug house, she finds the body of a woman who had been stirring up trouble in town. Now V.I. is suspected of kidnapping and murder, and she only has two junk men and an ambitious young reporter to turn to for help. As V.I. investigates the death, she finds evidence that connects the land around Yancy Hill with Lawrence's industrial future and Kansas's bloody past before the Civil War. VERDICT History buffs will appreciate Paretsky's exploration of Kansas's violent past, while V.I. fans will be eager to read the latest in the award-winning series (after Overboard).—Lesa Holstine
MAY 2024 - AudioFile
Chicago private detective V.I. Warshawski is once again delivered vividly to fans of this mystery series. Emotionally recovering from her devastating last case, V.I. has traveled to Kansas for a relaxing weekend to watch a college basketball game. But when a young woman disappears, she is reluctantly drawn into a complex web of suspicious circumstances involving the local drug scene, the FBI, and an unspoken undercurrent of racism. Susan Ericksen portrays V.I.'s cool judgment and capable demeanor but also reveals an uncharacteristic uncertainty and reluctance to investigate that are the result of her last case. Committing to find answers, she confronts locals who are embroiled in a property conspiracy while prioritizing the protection of the lost college student. N.M.C. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
