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Hard time Hard time Sara Paretsky PI V.I. Warshawski of Chicago experiences the harrowing world of women's prisons when she is incarcerated after being falsely arrested. It happens while she is probing the murder of an illegal immigr… OL15697353W
Bleeding Kansas Bleeding Kansas Sara Paretsky Set in the Kaw River Valley where Paretsky grew up,Bleeding Kansas is the story of the Schapens and the Grelliers, two farm families whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s, when their anc… OL15862041W
Critical mass Critical mass Sara Paretsky " New York Times-bestselling author Sara Paretsky's brilliant protagonist V.I. Warshawski returns in another hard-hitting entry, combining razor-sharp plotting and compelling characters with a heady … OL17313360W
Bleeding Kansas Bleeding Kansas Sara Paretsky The late-twentieth-century descendants of anti-slavery emigrants worry about maintaining religious superiority over a rival family while launching a harassment campaign against a Wiccan newcomer, an … OL17726933W
A Woman's Eye A Woman's Eye Sara Paretsky Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. The voices here include professional crime solvers who take you from the m… OL18028W
Indemnity Only Indemnity Only Sara Paretsky Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private eye V.I. Warshwski's specialty. Her client says he's the prominent banker, John T… OL18044W
Breakdown Breakdown Sara Paretsky Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shape-shifting raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. When tweens in Chicago's Carmilla Club hold an initiation ritual in an abandoned ceme… OL20386429W
Critical mass Critical mass Sara Paretsky V.I. Warshawski's closest friend in Chicago is the Viennese-born doctor Lotty Herschel, who lost most of her family in the Holocaust. Lotty escaped to London in 1939 on the Kindertransport with a chi… OL20869277W
Tunnel vision Tunnel vision Sara Paretsky "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 sca… OL20886561W
Bleeding Kansas Bleeding Kansas Sara Paretsky The late-twentieth-century descendants of anti-slavery emigrants worry about maintaining religious superiority over a rival family while launching a harassment campaign against a Wiccan newcomer, an … OL21431354W
Ángel guardián Ángel guardián Sara Paretsky After her golden retriever has puppies, and her yuppie neighbors put them to sleep while dog-sitting, V.I. uncovers a corporate network of murder and corruption. OL24248161W
Marcas de fuego Marcas de fuego Sara Paretsky When Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski investigates a fire at a SRO hotel that leaves her aunt homeless, she becomes embroiled in a tangle of political corruption, arson, and murder. OL24284614W
Brandschade Brandschade Sara Paretsky Een privé-detecive onderzoekt waarom een fabriek wordt gesaboteerd. OL24754140W
Total Recall Total Recall Sara Paretsky Total Recall follows the Chicago P.I. on a road that winds back more than fifty years — and into an intricate maze of wartime lies, heartbreaking secrets, and harrowing retribution. For V.I., the … OL60949W
Great Tales of Crime and Detection Great Tales of Crime and Detection Dick Francis,Arthur Conan Doyle,Robert Bloch,Mark Twain,Abraham Lincoln,Antonia Fraser,Graham Greene,Lawrence Block,Avram Davidson,John Lutz,Sara Paretsky,Georges Simenon,Charles Ardai,Lilian Jackson Braun,Miriam Allen DeFord,Mignon Good Eberhart,Jeremiah Healy,Edgar Allan Poe,Loren D. Estleman,John Jakes,Isaac Asimov,Harry Kemelman,Michael Innes,William J. Carroll, Jr.,John H. Dirckx Out the window / Lawrence Block Major crimes / Loren D. Estleman Silent warning / William J. Carroll, Jr. The third man / Graham Greene The cross of Lorraine / Isaac Asimov Nameless enemy / Miri… OL8051649W