Fire Sale [Hardcover]

‘Sara Paretsky is the Raymond Chandler of the female private eye novel.’

"'Warshawski's tense, sharp 11th shows that you really can go home again' - Kirkus Reviews (starred) 'Packed with social themes and moral energy, held together by humor, compassion and sheer feistiness, this novel shows why Paretsky and her heroine are such enduring figure in American detective fiction' - Publishers Weekly (starred) 'Sara Paretsky's thrillers about V.I. Warshawski set a template for a generation of private-eye novels with young, tough, radical heroines.' - The Times Literary Supplement 'Sara Paretsky is the Raymond Chandler of the female private eye novel.' - The Times 'Sara Paretsky's unquenchable feminist gumshoe V.I. Warshawski is the perfect heroine for women up to their ears in domestic trivia... What she brings to the classic private-eye novel is something entirely original; a dry crackle of wit and a deep emotional sympathy with her characters, which never tips into slushiness. Above all, she has V.I., a detective who matures through the novels like good wine.' - The Sunday Times 'With the creation of V.I. Warshawski, Sara Paretsky did more than anyone to change the face of contemporary women's fiction.' - Express on Sunday"

Death, conspiracy and burning buildings -- coming home wasn't meant to be like this. A dangerous, depressed place reeking of bad memories, South Chicago is a neighbourhood private investigator V.I. Warshawski left a long time ago. But now she's back, drawn to the streets of her childhood once again to do a favour for a friend. It was never going to be easy -- and when the mother of a local girl asks her to look into claims of sabotage at the factory where she works, V.I. quickly finds herself caught up in something far more sinister. They say home is where the heart is, but now, as she lies by the roadside with a piece of hot, twisted metal embedded in her shoulder, looking up at the factory's smouldering remains, Warshawski is beginning to wonder whether a trip down memory lane was such a good idea after all!Fire Sale marks the glorious next step for V.I. Warshawski -- one of the most complex, compelling characters in modern crime fiction -- and confirms Sara Paretsky's position as one of the world's leading crime writers.

Sara Paretsky is the author of thirteen previous books, including eleven V.I. Warshawski novels. She is the winner of many awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers' Association.