V. I. Warshawski

5 “Setting-As-Character” Crime Novels For Your TBR Pile

By Wendy Corsi Staub

August 28, 2020

The late great Donald B. Westlake once said, “New York as a character in a mystery would not be the detective, would not be the murderer. It would be the enigmatic suspect who knows the real story but isn’t going to tell it.” Westlake, a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master and three-times Edgar Award…

Shell Game by Sara Paretsky

Review: Shell Game by Sara Paretsky

By Brian Bandell

October 15, 2018

Sara Paretsky follows her instant New York Times bestseller Fallout with Shell Game, an extraordinary adventure that pits her acclaimed detective, V.I. Warshawski, against some of today’s most powerful figures. Sara Paretsky doesn’t shy away from politics or dangerous criminals in her 21st novel, a crime thriller clearly set against the backdrop of the Trump administration. Warshawski (aka Vic, a…