Pay Dirt, Sara Paretsky
Pay Dirt, Sara Paretsky
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Pay Dirt
A V.I. Warshawski Novel

Author: Sara Paretsky

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 15 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/16/2024

Synopsis

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.V .I. Warshawski is famous for her cool under fire, her intelligence, her humor, her unflinching courage, and her love of good coffee. But even the strongest people sometimes need a break to recharge, so her friends send her to Kansas for a weekend of college basketball where Angela, one of her protégées, is playing. And that’s where trouble finds V.I.Sabrina, one of Angela’s roommates, disappears and V.I. agrees to try to find her. Finding a missing person in a city where she knows few people and doesn’t have her trusted contacts is hard, but not as hard as the brutally negative reaction to the detective from some of the locals. When V.I. finds Sabrina close to death in a remote house, she lands herself in the FBI’s crosshairs and faces a violent online backlash. The men running the county’s opioid distribution are also not happy.Discovering a dead body in the same house a few days later, V.I. is pitched headlong into a local land-use battle with roots going back to the Civil War. She finds that today’s combatants are just as willing as opponents in the 1860s to kill to settle their differences.V.I.’s survival depends on keeping one step ahead of players in a game she never intended to play, before the clock runs down.

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 May 26, 2024

VI Warshawski is a tough and broken private eye. Her boyfriend suffered a tragedy, and he took it out on her. They temporarily split, leaving her dazed and sullen. A niece invites her to watch a sports game where her friends are playing, and it leads to a new case. Heading back to Kansas, VI runs in......more

Goodreads review by Laura on June 03, 2024

I struggled with whether to give this book 3 or four stars but because of my love for the series I went with four. I didn’t like it set in Kansas, but I understand why it was. I didn’t like her being a suspect, but that is something personal to me that I don’t like my friends to be accused of a crim......more

Goodreads review by Monnie on March 29, 2024

In the early years of this series - this is the 22nd book therein - I never missed an installment. The author was a favorite, and edgy V.I. Warshawski was a private eye after my own heart. But then life intervened - my kids needed both parents and I'd returned to work and finishing the college educa......more

Goodreads review by Karen on December 22, 2024

Sometimes a beloved series needs a time out, and this one, may feel that way, even if the character is loved. This story follows Detective V.I. Warshawski into a missing persons case with roots to going back to the Civil War. If you aren’t following her from her previous books, you will feel most li......more

Goodreads review by Dave on November 08, 2024

I read Indemnity Only, the V.I. Warshawski detective novel by Sara Paretsky with my fall 2024 detective fiction class and many in the class didn't love it, or V.I., who was intended as a feminist answer to The Boy's Club of Dick Lit (detective fiction, now, come on!). That book was her first novel,......more

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