Bøger af Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky follows her instant New York Times bestseller Fallout-her most widely read novel in years-with an extraordinary adventure that pits her acclaimed detective, V.I. Warshawski, against some of today's most powerful figures.

The gripping new thriller from the international bestseller - Sara Paretsky is back!

En hjemløs i Chicagos gader ser i en åbenbaring Jomfru Marias ansigt vædet med tårer af blod på en garagemur under et luksushotel. Og inden længe valfarter andre udstødte kvinder til muren. Men hotellet vil have fjernet de hjemløse, der virker provokerende på gæsterne, og beder hotellets advokat, Harriet Stonds løse problemet.Harriet Stonds søster, den 19-årige Mara Stonds, der er fuld af trods over for sin velhavende bedstefar, bliver katalysator for krigen mellem rige og fattige, mens hun blandt samfundets udstødte leder efter den mor, hun aldrig har kendt.Sideløbende med handlingen i Chicagos gader har Sara Paretsky skrevet en historie om en familie, der lever på en livsløgn. En familieskandale med forsmået kærlighed, skjulte breve og skeletter i skabene.

Intet glemt er den 10. bog om V.I. Warshawski. For V.I. begynder sagen ved en konference i Chicago, hvor vrede demonstranter kræver udbetaling af Holocaust-midler. En ukendt mand rejser sig under konferencen og fortæller en forbløffende historie om en barndom, der blev ødelagt af Holocaust – en historie, der har rystende konsekvenser for Lotty Herschel, V.I.’s ven og mentor.Lotty tvinges til at huske sin barndom. Hun blev som niårig sammen med en lille gruppe jævnaldrende børn sendt fra Østrig til London lige inden nazisternes terror begyndte. Hendes forældre og slægtninge blev tilbage, og hun har i over 50 år forsøgt at glemme ved at begrave sig i arbejde. Paul Radbuka hævder at have fået sin hukommelse tilbage med hjælp fra en psykoterapeut.Nu ser det ud til at denne mands historie får betydning for flere af V.I.’s venner. Men er han den, han hævder at være? Eller blot en bedrager, der prøver at gøre en andens historie til sin egen?Den rædselsslagne V.I. ser sin elskede ven gå i stykker, og hun beslutter sig for at hjælpe på den eneste måde hun kan, nemlig ved at efterforske Radbukas fortid. Hun kommer nærmere og nærmere sandheden, der truer med at ødelægge Lotty Herschels liv.V.I. Warshawski er tilbage i en spændende og kompleks klassisk kriminalroman. En roman om Holocaust-midler, forsikringssvindel, bedrag og mord, men ikke mindst om kærlighed og venskab.

Kropskontakt er den 9. bog om V.I. Warshawski.På en bar i Chicago, hvor hendes kusine Petra arbejder, overværer privatdetektiven Victoria Warshawski af og til et noget specielt live show: En body artist lader sin nøgne krop dekorere af gæsterne, og bagefter kan motiverne downloades fra en hjemmeside. Showet tiltrækker alle slags mennesker - af mere eller mindre lyssky karakte - heriblandt krigsveteraner og andre med forbindelse til krigen i Irak. En aften finder Victoria en af stamgæsterne udenfor baren med to kugler i brystet og et enkelt ord på læberne: "Alley ..." Kropskontakt er en stakåndet thriller med markante holdninger og et skæbnedrama i højeste gear – en klassisk Paretskykrimi. Pressen skriver:»Jeg ville ønske, jeg havde læst hele serien, men selv uden at kende alle Vics facetter er jeg i rasende godt selskab med denne højspændte krimi.«***** – Julia Lahme, Femina »Sara Paretsky er stadig i glimrende form.«**** – Lars Ole Sauerberg, Jyllands-Posten»Sarah Paretsky skriver fremragende, veloplagt og formår ikke mindst at give sine romaner et kvindelig twist - en vinkel, som ikke ofte bliver brugt, men som i Paretskys pen er både charmerende, forførende og lige i øjet. Læs denne forrygende bog.«– Marianne D. Cornett, Nordjyske»Kropskontakt er Sara Paretsky og den socialt engagerede V.I., som fansene kender dem. Den midaldrende, hårdkogte og pistolsvingende privatdetektiv går til makronerne, så kuglerne flyver rundt i luften. Der er fuld valuta for pengene til de mange fans.«***** – Jan Vandall, MetroXpress

Drøje tider er den 9. bog om V.I. Warshawski.Et verdensomspændende multimedieforetagende, Global Entertainment, har erhvervet Chicago-avisen, The Herald-Star, og tvunget avisens medarbejdere til det ene kompromis efter det andet for at bevare deres job. Det lykkes reporteren, Murray Ryerson, V.I. Warshawskys gode ven og rival gennem længere tid, at skabe sig en karriere som vært for et tv-show på Globals netværk.På vej hjem fra en reception for at fejre Murrays debut som skærmtrold, er V.I. millimeter fra at køre over en kvinde, der ligger på gaden. Og V.I., der prøver at trænge til bunds i mysteriet om den forslåede, forladte kvinde, bliver kastet ud i sin karrieres sorteste og mest rystende sag, hvor vi følger hendes møde med en velhavende Chicago-familie med problemer, en forvænt Hollywoodstjernes verden og ledsager hende ind bag pigtråden om et kvindefængsel, hvor de farligste forbrydere måske befinder sig på den forkerte side af tremmerne.Drøje tider er Sara Paretsky, når hun er bedst: En roman der er lige så lidenskabelig, kompleks og underholdende som dens heltinde, V.I. Warshawski.

Heksejagt er den 11. bog om V.I. Warshawski.I kølvandet på 11. september påtager V.I. Warshawski sig en opgave for en tidligere klient. Hun skal overvåge et gammelt familielandsted, der står tomt, men en nat overrasker hun en ubuden gæst og styrter i guldfiskebassinet. Da hun griber ud efter noget at holde fast i, lukker hendes fingre sig om en iskold hånd. Et lig er dukket op til overfladen.Opdagelsen hvirvler V.I. ind i to store Chicago-familiers historier, hvor der tegner sig et kompliceret spil om blod, sex, penge, skandaler – og mord. Samtidig bliver hun involveret i en sag om en savnet ægyptisk dreng, der muligvis har forbindelser til et terrornetværk.Heksejagt er en krimi om flere generationers forræderi og hemmeligheder – politiske, seksuelle og økonomiske. Hver især potentielle dræbere.

The edge-of-seat new crime novel featuring America's toughest and most caring private eye, V.I. Warshawski.

"Yes, this is a violent world that Nate inhabits, but he steers a true and moral course through the layers of deception, skullduggery and sometime worse that make these stories such high-density entertainment."T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Room of White FireIn this rollicking collection private investigator Nate Hollis, a routine visit to the dentist sends him into an underground world of addictive vices; hunts a killer in the dead of winter in Chicago; uncovers secrets from the buried past; stalks the stalker of super hero street performers in the back alleys of Tinseltown; braves the unforgiving streets of New York City to stop a killer, and more in this electric-charged assortment of stories.New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky, Edgar winner Naomi Hirahara, Deadly Ink nominee Sarah M. Chen, hardboiled adept Scott Adlerberg, and new pulpster Phillip Drayer Duncan along with Hollis' creator and 2018 Anthony Award winner Gary Phillips (Black Pulp, Peepland) deliver tales of a P.I. who Kevin Burton Smith in Mystery Scene magazine said was "Slick as spit, big-shouldered Hollis walks the walk and talks the talk..." This edition also includes two previously published Hollis stories by Phillips, "King Cow" and "Hollywood Killer."Praise for the previous Nate Hollis collection, Hollis P.I."Each story entertained and what was a little bit surprising to me was the consistency of voice, from our author collective presenting our intrepid investigator Nate."Goodreads review "...excellent stories that really filled the bill!"Amazon review

Sometimes, time doesn't heal all wounds...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.The war might be over, but its legacy remains - and V.I.'s survival depends on keeping one step ahead in a game she doesn't even know she's playing...

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.

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.

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a nefarious conspiracy preying on Chicago's weak and vulnerable, in this thrilling novel from New York Times bestseller Sara ParetskyOn her way home from an all-night surveillance job, V.I. Warshawski's dogs lead her 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. 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 powerbrokers and mobsters who are prepared to kill the girl. And now V.I.'s own life is in jeopardy as well.Told against the backdrop of a city emerging from its pandemic lockdown, Overboard lays bare the dark secrets and corruption buried in Chicago's neighborhoods in a masterly fashion.

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST?A proper hero for these times . . . To us, V.I. is perfect.? ? THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Sara Paretsky's gloriously kick-ass private eye, V.I. ?Vic? Warshawski, is back . . . in a political-rot thriller that's the definition of perfection in the genre." ? THE WASHINGTON POSTChicago's legendary detective, V.I. Warshawski, knows her city's rotten underbelly better than most, but she's unable to avoid it when her goddaughter drags her into a fight over lakefront land use, in this propulsive novel from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky.Chicago may be the city of broad shoulders, but its political law is ?Pay to Play.? Money changes hands in the middle of the night, and by morning, buildings and parks are replaced by billion-dollar projects.Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski gets pulled into one of these clandestine deals through her impetuous goddaughter, Bernie Fouchard. Bernie tries to rescue Lydia Zamir, a famed singer-songwriter now living on the streets; Zamir's life fell apart when her lover was murdered next to her in a mass shooting at an outdoor concert. Not only does Bernie plunge her and V.I. headlong into the path of some ruthless developers, they lead to the murder of the young man Bernie is dating. He's a computer geek working for a community group called SLICK.V.I. is desperate to find a mysterious man named Coop, who roams the lakefront in the middle of the night with his dog. She's sure he holds the key to the mounting body count within SLICK. Coop may even know why an international law firm is representing the mass murderer responsible for Lydia's lover's death. Instead, the detective finds a terrifying conspiracy stretching from Chicago's parks to a cover-up of the dark chapters in America's meddling in South American politics. Before she finds answers, this electrifying novel pushes V.I. close to the breaking point: People who pay to play take no prisoners.

Before there was Lisbeth Salander, before there was Stephanie Plum, there was V.I. WarshawskiIn Fallout, Paretsky takes  her hero—Victoria Iphigenia by birth, V.I. by profession, and Vic to her friends—on her very first case out of Chicago, when the hunt for a vanished film student and a faded Hollywood star leads her to Kansas. Accompanied by her dog, V.I. tracks the pair through a university town, across fields dotted with Cold War–era missile silos . . . and into a past riven by long-simmering racial tensions.She hopes her search will yield the key to the mysteries of the present, but every answer V.I. finds unveils another puzzling question—and leads to more dead bodies. And in her most baffling case to date, not even the seasoned V.I. is safe.

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. A hardboiled New York detective and elderly British aristocrat team up to reveal a murderer in Chicago during the World's Fair in "Murder at the Century of Progress." In the new title story, "Love & Other Crimes," V.I. treads the line between justice and vengeance when the wrongful firing of a family friend makes him a murder suspect.

"Readers can find comfort in the dedication V.I. gives the cries for help she hears from friends, neighbors, and strangers... Very few series authors deliver as masterfully as Sara Paretsky." -- San Francisco Book ReviewLegendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a nefarious conspiracy preying on Chicago's weak and vulnerable, in this thrilling novel from New York Times bestseller Sara ParetskyOn her way home from an all-night surveillance job, V.I. Warshawski's dogs lead her 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. 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 powerbrokers and mobsters who are prepared to kill the girl. And now V.I.'s own life is in jeopardy as well.Told against the backdrop of a city emerging from its pandemic lockdown, Overboard lays bare the dark secrets and corruption buried in Chicago's neighborhoods in a masterly fashion.

Before there was Lisbeth Salander, before there was Stephanie Plum, there was V.I. Warshawski.Sara Paretsky takes her legendary hero—Victoria Iphigenia by birth, V.I. by profession, and Vic to her friends—on her first case out of Chicago, when the hunt for a vanished film student and a faded Hollywood star leads her to Kansas. Accompanied by her dog, V.I. tracks the pair through a university town, across fields dotted by Cold War-era missile silos . . . and into a past riven by long-simmering racial tensions.  She hopes her search will yield the key to the mysteries of the present but every answer V.I. finds unveils another puzzling question—and leads to more dead bodies.  Suspenseful and provocative, witty and intelligent, Fallout finds both Sara Paretsky and V.I. Warshawski working at the height of their abilities.

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 TribuneAs 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 whom the suburban cops are quick to dismiss as a suicide.When the man's shattered family hires V. I. to investigate, she is sucked into a Gothic tale of sex, money, and power, leading her back to McCarthy-era blacklists and forward to some of the darker aspects of the Patriot Act. As V. I. finds herself penned in to a smaller and smaller space by an array of people trying to silence her, and before she can untangled the sordid truth, two more people will die-and V.I.'s own life will hang in the balance.