ONLINE: Virtual Book Club with Sara Paretsky

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Steven Gross

Sara Paretsky

V.I. Warshawski returns in Dead Land, the 20th novel featuring the indefatigable Chicago sleuth created by author Sara Paretsky. Warshawski is never afraid to tackle the city's business or political kingpins, and this time she uncovers a conspiracy that goes far beyond the Windy City. RSVP for web link.

press release: Sara Paretsky is coming to Mystery to Me…by way of the internet! On Monday, May 4, at 7pm, Mystery to Me is excited to host our first ever Virtual Book Club, featuring the author herself as our guest of honor! Paretsky’s latest installment of the V.I. Warshawski series, Dead Land, publishes on April 21, 2020. Pre-order the book directly from us! To attend the book club author talk on May 4th, please reserve your “screen spot” at Crowdcast (new info). Please note: “screen spots” can include all the Paretsky fans in your quarantine pod; you do not need to reserve two spots for two people if you will both be tuning in from the same screen.

Chicago may be the city of broad shoulders, but its political law is “Pay to Play.” Money changes hands in the middle of the night, and by morning, buildings and parks are replaced by billion-dollar projects.

Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski gets pulled into one of these clandestine deals through her impetuous goddaughter, Bernie Fouchard. Bernie tries to rescue Lydia Zamir, a famed singer-songwriter now living on the streets; Zamir’s life fell apart when her lover was murdered next to her in a mass shooting at an outdoor concert. Not only does Bernie plunge her and V.I. headlong into the path of some ruthless developers, they lead to the murder of the young man Bernie is dating. He’s a computer geek working for a community group called SLICK.

V.I. is desperate to find a mysterious man named Coop, who roams the lakefront in the middle of the night with his dog. She’s sure he holds the key to the mounting body count within SLICK. Coop may even know why an international law firm is representing the mass murderer responsible for Lydia’s lover’s death. Instead, the detective finds a terrifying conspiracy stretching from Chicago’s parks to a cover-up of the dark chapters in America’s meddling in South American politics. Before she finds answers, this electrifying novel pushes V.I. close to the breaking point: People who pay to play take no prisoners.