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Love & Other Crimes
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“I’m a fanboy . . . When I was teaching myself to write thrillers, I closely studied Sara Paretsky’s detective V. I. Warshawski.” - John Sandford
“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.” - C.J. Box
“Sara Paretsky is a legend . . . If you haven’t read her yet, now is the time.” - Harlan Coben
“Wonderful company and a rich discovery awaiting those who have yet to meet [Warshawski]. ” - Los Angeles Times
“Writing advance praise for Sara Paretsky is like writing a job recommendation for Bill Gates. Paretsky is the gold standard for novels dealing with crime and its consequences.” - Charlaine Harris
“As long as Paretsky’s hotheaded, quick-witted sleuth is on the job, imperiled young women . . . will always have a champion.” - New York Times Book Review
"Paretsky shows she’s as superior a writer of the short-form crime story as she is of the novel in this consistently entertaining collection." - Washington Post on Love & Other Crimes
"A crime-fiction pro struts her stuff with short works featuring V.I. Warshawski, her prickly, stalwart Chicago PI, plus several homages to detectives past. Murder binds these wonderfully varied tales, but so does love—including that of a girl for a lab mouse she is determined to save." - People on Love & Other Crimes
“Sara Paretsky reigns as one of the all-time greats.” - Karin Slaughter
"A wisely provocative and zestfully entertaining crime collection."
- Booklist (starred review) on Love & Other Crimes
"The love that really comes through in each story is the love and empathy Paretsky has for her all-too-human characters." - Publishers Weekly on Love & Other Crimes
"The well-wrought plots and densely imagined worlds make this the most distinguished mystery collection so far this year." - Kirkus (starred review) on Love & Other Crimes
"Paretsky continues to thrill . . . In addition to heart-pounding crime fighting and sleuthing, these stories run deep with aching sketches of love and loss. Some contain scathing political commentary, with haunting versions of possible futures. Fans of witty characters, complicated plots, stories with somber endings, and, of course, V.I Warshawski will enjoy this book." - Library Journal on Love & Other Crimes
“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.” - C.J. Box
“Sara Paretsky is a legend . . . If you haven’t read her yet, now is the time.” - Harlan Coben
“Wonderful company and a rich discovery awaiting those who have yet to meet [Warshawski]. ” - Los Angeles Times
“Writing advance praise for Sara Paretsky is like writing a job recommendation for Bill Gates. Paretsky is the gold standard for novels dealing with crime and its consequences.” - Charlaine Harris
“As long as Paretsky’s hotheaded, quick-witted sleuth is on the job, imperiled young women . . . will always have a champion.” - New York Times Book Review
"Paretsky shows she’s as superior a writer of the short-form crime story as she is of the novel in this consistently entertaining collection." - Washington Post on Love & Other Crimes
"A crime-fiction pro struts her stuff with short works featuring V.I. Warshawski, her prickly, stalwart Chicago PI, plus several homages to detectives past. Murder binds these wonderfully varied tales, but so does love—including that of a girl for a lab mouse she is determined to save." - People on Love & Other Crimes
“Sara Paretsky reigns as one of the all-time greats.” - Karin Slaughter
"A wisely provocative and zestfully entertaining crime collection."
- Booklist (starred review) on Love & Other Crimes
"The love that really comes through in each story is the love and empathy Paretsky has for her all-too-human characters." - Publishers Weekly on Love & Other Crimes
"The well-wrought plots and densely imagined worlds make this the most distinguished mystery collection so far this year." - Kirkus (starred review) on Love & Other Crimes
"Paretsky continues to thrill . . . In addition to heart-pounding crime fighting and sleuthing, these stories run deep with aching sketches of love and loss. Some contain scathing political commentary, with haunting versions of possible futures. Fans of witty characters, complicated plots, stories with somber endings, and, of course, V.I Warshawski will enjoy this book." - Library Journal on Love & Other Crimes
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“I’d never read Sara Paretsky before and wasn’t sure if I’d like her writing. But by the end of the book I was in love. Other than the fact that she knows her way around a key boards there were several things that sold me on her—.
1. Chicago references. For the most part they were right on the money, Although I noticed she slipped up a bit when talking about the Northside.
2. I love detective stories. A few of the entries in the book were about her famous protagonist, V.I. Warshawski, a character worthy of a Hammett or Chandler, but others were written in the style of different mystery writers. Not all the entries, however, followed this genre.
3. It’s refreshing to see a hard boiled woman sleuth.
4. I liked her politics. If you aren’t progressive you may be irked.
5. Each story differed from the next.
6. I could never predict their endings.
7. They were fun to read and the pages flew by. When I wasn’t reading them I wished I was.
8. At the conclusion of each story she tells a bit about its background.
I’ve already taken our several of her other titles out and can hardly wait to read them.
Update—I tried another of her books and didn’t like it at all. Sometimes that happens.”
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About Sara Paretsky
Hailed by the Washington Post as “the definition of perfection in the genre,” Sara Paretsky is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including the renowned V.I. Warshawski series. She is one of only four living writers to have received both the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain. She lives in Chicago.
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