Showing results by author "Sara Paretsky" in Modern Detectives

One of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime fiction, Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski is a strong, smart, independent heroine in a male-dominated world. She tracks down corrupt businessmen, ruthless blackmailers and cold-blooded murderers - while trying not to get killed herself. Included in this collection are the first four best-selling V.I. Warshawski novels from Sara Paretsky - plus a short story featuring the hard-boiled PI, read by Buffy Davis.

In this spellbinding collection, Sara Paretsky showcases her extraordinary talents with 14 short stories, including one new V.I. story and seven other classics featuring the indomitable detective. In 'Miss Bianca' a young girl becomes involved in espionage when she befriends a mouse in a laboratory that is conducting dark experiments. Ten-year-old V.I. Warshawski appears in 'Wildcat', embarking on her very first investigation to save her father. 

En hjemløs i Chicagos gader ser i en åbenbaring Jomfru Marias ansigt vædet med tårer af blod på en garagemur under et luksushotel. Og inden længe valfarter andre udstødte kvinder til muren. Men hotellet vil have fjernet de hjemløse, der virker provokerende på gæsterne, og beder hotellets advokat, Harriet Stonds løse problemet.

"Heksejagt" er den 11. bog om V.I. Warshawski. I kølvandet på 11. september påtager V.I. Warshawski sig en opgave for en tidligere klient. Hun skal overvåge et gammelt familielandsted, der står tomt, men en nat overrasker hun en ubuden gæst og styrter i guldfiskebassinet. Da hun griber ud efter noget at holde fast i, lukker hendes fingre sig om en iskold hånd. Et lig er dukket op til overfladen. Opdagelsen hvirvler V.I. ind i to store Chicago-familiers historier, hvor der tegner sig et kompliceret spil om blod, sex, penge, skandaler – og mord.