Welcome to the web site for writer Sara Paretsky.

Credited with transforming the mystery through the creation of her female private eye, V I Warshawski, Paretsky’s books are international best sellers, appearing in almost thirty languages.

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V I Warshawski returns with Sara’s latest novel, Hardball, and readers and reviewers both are glad to see her.  National Public Radio named Hardball one of the top five mysteries of 2009 and the New York Times agreed.

You can read chapter 1 here or listen to Sara read from the book. And check out our ad on The Huffington Post

Blog

March 4, 2010 // This is a very long post, about my trip abroad, so I’ve broken it up by date, and you can read a bit at a time.  Sadly, I don’t have pictures of all the places I visited. February 13-16, LIONS AND TIGERS AND LEOPARDS, OH MY! I got in late on a chilly damp Saturday and lounged [...]

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