Sara Paretsky returned to the scene of the crime. It was early June and traffic in River North on a Saturday morning was slow and quiet. Pet owners, pooches, strollers and the smell of toast. Paretsky ...

Books and libraries are under serious assault in the United States, author Sara Paretsky told University of Delaware students, faculty, staff and community members at the Friends of the UD Library ...

There must be something inspiring about dating a classical musician: Since private investigator V.I. Warshawski took up with double bassist Jake Thibaut in 2009’s “Hardball,” her creator, author Sara ...

Chicago private eye V.I. ("Vic") Warshawski needs all her strength and ingenuity to deal with the tragic effects of discrimination past and present in this riveting exploration of guilt and fear, the ...

Our crime columnist recommends books starring hard-boiled investigators who are ready to travel down the meanest streets to root out the darkest truths. By Sarah Weinman Many crime novels are known ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “Pay Dirt,” by Sara Paretsky (Wiliam Morrow) V.I. Warshawski is in a bad place. Depressed because of a death (one that occurred in a previous mystery) and a ...

Already having established herself as an inventor of the female private eye and a master of the mystery format, Paretsky skillfully expands the form to tackle several convergent themes in a moving ...

As a small crowd waited outside in the chill, acclaimed Chicago-based author Sara Paretsky used an oversized scissors to cut a ribbon opening a new Barnes & Noble, symbolically turning a page on a new ...

After Chicago detective V.I. Warshawski finds an unconscious teen on the lakeshore, some very bad people pursue them. Bay Correspondent The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the ...

There must be something inspiring about dating a classical musician: Since private investigator V.I. Warshawski took up with double bassist Jake Thibaut in 2009’s “Hardball,” her creator, author Sara ...

Paretsky helped to revolutionize crime fiction with her creation of V.I. Warshawski, the hard-drinking, street-fighting lady P.I. Paretsky has brought Warshawski back for her 13th adventure in the new ...