Overboard, Sara Paretsky
Overboard, Sara Paretsky
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Overboard
A Novel

Author: Sara Paretsky

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 14 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/10/2022


Synopsis

""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.

About Sara Paretsky

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on June 11, 2022

Wow! I didn't realize how much I missed the VI Warshawski series written by Sara Paretsky. Overboard is the 21stbook, and this is one of the first series I remember reading as a teenager that captivated my attention when it comes to thriller mysteries containing a private eye as the protagonist. War......more

Goodreads review by Donna on May 13, 2022

Sara Paretsky is one of my all-time favorite writers; I’ve been reading her Victoria Warshawski detective novels for most of my adult life. Paretsky is one of four living authors to have received both the Grand Masters Award from the Mystery Writers of America and Cartier Diamond Dagger Award from t......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on May 12, 2022

I do live in Chicago and I have read a number of these Warshawski books, and this time I got lucky getting this latest book from Chicago Public Library. I was captivated early on in the rescue of a young woman along the lakeshore (Lake Michigan) by Warshawski and her dogs. But then there are so many......more