“Her finest novel to date—an extraordinary read from an extraordinary author. If you haven’t read her yet, now is the time.”
—HARLAN COBEN
For the first time, Sara Paretsky takes her legendary 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 far-reaching and disturbing case to date, not even the seasoned V. I. is safe.
“Doesn’t get any better than this!”
—LISA GARDNER
“Come see a master at work.”
—BRAD MELTZER
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Fallout (V. I. Warshawski Series #18)
“Her finest novel to date—an extraordinary read from an extraordinary author. If you haven’t read her yet, now is the time.”
—HARLAN COBEN
For the first time, Sara Paretsky takes her legendary 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 far-reaching and disturbing case to date, not even the seasoned V. I. is safe.
“Her finest novel to date—an extraordinary read from an extraordinary author. If you haven’t read her yet, now is the time.”
—HARLAN COBEN
For the first time, Sara Paretsky takes her legendary 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 far-reaching and disturbing case to date, not even the seasoned V. I. is safe.
Hailed by the Washington Post as “the definition of perfection in the genre,” Sara Paretsky is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including the renowned V.I. Warshawski series. She is one of only four living writers to have received both the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain. She lives in Chicago.
Hometown:
Chicago, Illinois
Date of Birth:
June 8, 1947
Place of Birth:
Ames, Iowa
Education:
B.A., Political Science, University of Kansas; Ph.D. and M.B.A., University of Chicago
Spring is here, gumshoes! Whether you’re an avid mystery reader who always figures out whodunit by the third chapter, or (like me) you put the “amateur” in amateur detective—but live for the “a-ha!” moment when everything is revealed—April’s mystery roundup is filled with compelling picks for armchair sleuths of all stripes. Fill your pipe with bubbles, don […]
