Pay Dirt: A V.I. Warshawski Novel [Paperback]

Legendary female detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in this edge-of-your-seat thriller fromNew York Timesbestseller 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 prot?g?es, is playing. And thats where trouble finds V.I.

Sabrina, one of Angelas roommates, disappears and V.I. agrees to try to find her. As a seasoned private investigator, finding a missing person in a city where she knows few people and doesnt 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 FBIs crosshairs and faces a violent online backlash. The men running the countys 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 complex local land-use battle with roots going back to the Civil War. She finds that todays 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.

“Legendary V.I. Warshawski is as dogged and ferocious as ever. So is Sara Paretsky, who is at the top of her crime novel game.”

History buffs will appreciate Paretsky’s exploration of Kansas’s violent past, while V.I. fans will be eager to read the latest in the award-winning series (after Overboard). -Library Journal

Paretsky’s phenomenal gifts for significant and riveting slS=