Sara’s hosting a contest on facebook page to celebrate the release of Breakdown. To enter, fill out the multiple choice questions about Breakdown, Body Work, and the other books you can read right here on the site. Grand Prize is a walk on role in V I’s next adventure!
Breakdown Contest
Watch Sara on Hardcover Mysteries
Some of the greatest crime authors around—including Sara—share the truth behind their stories. Catch Hardcover Mysteries—an all new series, premiering Monday, October 11th at 9PM on Investigation Discovery.
Publishers Weekly gives Body Work a Star
Body Work
Sara Paretsky, Putnam, $26.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-399-15674-8
Paretsky’s superb 14th novel featuring PI V.I. Warshawski (after Hardball) delves into Chicago’s avant-garde art scene. At the trendy Club Gouge, where Warshawski is keeping an eye on Petra, a young cousin who caused trouble in the previous book, performance artist Karen Buckley (aka the Body Artist) invites members of the audience to step on stage to paint her nude body. The intricate design that one woman paints on Karen’s back provokes a violent outburst from Chad Vishneski, a troubled Iraqi war veteran. When two nights later, someone shoots the woman who upset Chad outside the club, Chad is the logical murder suspect. Hired by Chad’s estranged parents to clear his name, Warshawski straddles a minefield that reaches from the Windy City’s neighborhoods to the Gulf War battlefields. Scenes with her aging neighbor and a new love interest give a much needed balance to the serious plot. This strong outing shows why the tough, fiercely independent, dog-loving private detective continues to survive. (Sept.)
Hardball-Coming July 31 in Paperback
Hardball, which was one of 2009′s five “most mesmerizing mysteries,” according to National Public Radio, will be out in paper on July 31.
Hardball
“Sara Paretsky is tough,” writes Marilyn Stasio in the New York Times, “not because she observes the bone-breaker conventions of the private eye genre, but because she doesn’t flinch from examining injustices others find too painful to dig up….Voices like these can ring in your ears for 40 years and more.”
And the Chicago Tribune cries, “Welcome Back, Warshawski,” in a long feature by Pulitzer-prize winner Julia Keller.
The New York Post takes advantage of Hardball’s publication to look at some of the books that Sara Paretsky most cherishes in her personal library.
Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s Literary All-Stars Reflect on Their City
In this video shot by the Chicago Tribune, Sara (and three other Chicago writers) share what they think makes Chicago an exceptional place to call home.
Coming in September: Hardball
The return of V I Warshawski in a case that takes her deep into the secrets not only of Chicago politics but also of her own family. Click here for more about the book; Click here to read an excerpt.
The Spectator Reviews Writing in an Age of Silence
The Spectator loves Writing in an Age of Silence, calling Sara a “fearless freedom fighter.” Read the entire review here.
The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers
Sara has been blogging regularly with The Outfit, a Collective of Chicago Crime Writers.
