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2023 Sisters in Crime LA Anthology now available!

Entertainment to Die For, a Sisters in Crime Los Angeles anthology, features 18 suspenseful tales and an introduction by best-selling author Sara Paretsky. I am thrilled to have my contribution, "Destination Wedding," included!

Entertainment to Die For, a Sisters in Crime Los Angeles anthology, features stories by first-time authors and multi-published authors—all are killers (on the page, anyway). I’m looking forward to reading these 18 suspenseful tales and am thrilled to have my contribution, “Destination Wedding,” included! In “Destination Wedding,” Professor Molly and her best friend, biology professor Dr. Emma…

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Tiszta Chicago - a 252. epizód

Hosszabb kihagyás után úgy döntöttünk, hogy visszatérünk az évekkel ezelőtt megkezdett utazós sorozatunkhoz, amelyben egy-egy számunkra érdekes helyhez kötődő könyveket, filmeket, sorozatokat ajánlunk. (Korábbi adásainkban volt már szó például New Yorkról, Párizsról, és az északi országokról is.) Legújabb célpontunk pedig Chicago – tartsatok velünk! Le is töltenéd? Popkult, csajok, satöbbi…

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Wed. April 3, 2024: Computer Issues, Rehearsals, and More Snow

image courtesy of  StartupStockPhotos via pixabay.com Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Waning Moon Mercury Retrograde Rainy/snowy and getting colder We have 10 inches of snow expected today into tomorrow. How was your holiday weekend? We have  a lot of catching up to do! Yesterday’s episode of LEGERDEMAIN: Episode 177: Defined Roles and Back Channels Shelley does not tolerate Vidor’s sexism,…

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'Killing Orders,' by Sarah Paretsky

Novel, 1986 Detective story set in Chicago, in which main protagonist VS Warshawski, is called to look into fraud and a web of individuals and organisations which lead into some pretty dark situations. This is a book which arguably strays a little further than it might in the workings of insurance and other means of financial practice and malpractice. The way Warshawski is drawn and acts like an…

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Current Obsessions: 911 - that’s about it really. It currently occupies 90% of my brain so I don’t think I could cope with another one atm lol

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Last thing googled: V.I. Warshawski - series of novels by Sara Paretsky that I loved when I was younger and recently remembered. They made them into a not great film in the 90’s but I feel like they’re ripe for a tv adaptation 😊 (however for all I know they may be awful 😆 it’s been a long time)

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Currently Reading: Tunnel Vision by Sara Paretsky

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last song: technically breakfast by dove cameron but that was against my will so before that cariño by hescar

last movie: the first half of disenchanted. i got so bored

last thing i read: blood shot by sara paretsky i loved it SO much and it only cost a dollar

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Sara Paretsky Biography Sara Paretsky is an acclaimed American author known for her V.I. Warshawski detective series, which revolutionized the role of women in crime fiction. Born in 1947, she blends social issues with thrilling narratives. Biography Sara Paretsky Information table width: 50%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 20px 0; th, td border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left; padding: 8px; th background-color: #f2f2f2; Field Details Name Sara Paretsky Date of Birth June 8, 1947 Nationality American Profession Author Genre Detective Fiction Notable Works Novels focused on the protagonist V. I. Warshawski Early Life Early Life of Sara Paretsky Sara Paretsky was born on June 8, 1947, in Ames, Iowa, but she was raised in the small town of Lawrence, Kansas. Her early life was marked by the challenges of a difficult childhood, yet she found solace and inspiration in her passion for literature. Paretsky eventually moved to Chicago, where she would later set many of her renowned detective novels featuring the iconic female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski. It was in Chicago that she truly blossomed as a writer and became a pioneering figure in the mystery genre. Her experiences in both Kansas and Chicago profoundly influenced her writing, giving her the gritty realism and depth that her fans have come to love. Family Sara Paretsky Family Information table width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; table, th, td border: 1px solid black; th, td padding: 8px; text-align: left; th background-color: #f2f2f2; Relation Name Information Father David Paretsky David Paretsky was a cell biologist. He met Mary Edwards in graduate school. He played a significant role in Sara's life, providing a stable family environment. Mother Mary Edwards Mary Edwards was a librarian who quit school due to nepotism laws to become a homemaker. She supported her family and played a crucial role in Sara's upbringing. Husband Courtenay Wright Courtenay Wright was a physicist and cared for his family with dedication, especially during times of illness. He was a supportive partner to Sara Paretsky. Siblings Not specified Information about Sara Paretsky's siblings is not detailed in the available resources. Height, Weight, And Other Body Measurements Sara Paretsky - Body Measurements table width: 60%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 20px auto; th, td border: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px; text-align: center; th background-color: #f2f2f2; caption font-size: 1.5em; margin: 10px; Sara Paretsky - Body Measurements Attribute Measurement Height Not Available Weight Not Available Other Body Measurements Not Available Wife/husband / Girlfriend/boyfriend Sara Paretsky's Relationship Details Sara Paretsky was married to Courtenay Wright. Courtenay Wright was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project. They were married for many years until his death in 2018. Sara Paretsky has often spoken about missing her husband and the deep bond they shared. Marriage Details Husband: Courtenay Wright Marriage Date: Specific date not mentioned Details: Courtenay Wright was not only a physicist but also Sara Paretsky's steadfast supporter and partner. They shared a long and loving marriage until his passing in 2018. There are no public records or detailed information available about Sara Paretsky having any previous relationships before her marriage to Courtenay Wright. It appears that Courtenay Wright was her significant and possibly only long-term romantic partner. Career, Achievements And Controversies Sara Paretsky: Career, Achievements, and Controversies Sara Paretsky became famous through her creation of the character V.I. Warshawski, a female private investigator who stars in a series of detective novels.

Her work significantly contributed to the genre of detective fiction by introducing a strong, independent female protagonist, thereby paving the way for a new category of female detectives. Paretsky's career began with the publication of her first novel, "Indemnity Only," in 1982. The book introduced V.I. Warshawski and received critical acclaim for its unique take on the detective genre. Some of her most popular works include: Indemnity Only (1982) Deadlock (1984) Blacklist (2003) Hardball (2009) In addition to her novels, Paretsky has written numerous short stories and essays. Her work often tackles social and political issues, reflecting her own activism and advocacy. Sara Paretsky has received numerous awards throughout her career, including: The Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers' Association The Gold Dagger Award for her novel Blacklist Recognition from various literary and feminist organizations for her contributions to literature and social justice Paretsky has not been without controversy. She has been vocal about her political beliefs, often integrating them into her writing. This has drawn both praise and criticism. Some of the controversies surrounding her include: Her outspoken criticism of various social and political issues, including healthcare for the mentally ill and corruption The blending of her personal beliefs with her fiction, which has led to polarized opinions among readers and critics Despite these controversies, Paretsky continues to be a highly respected figure in the literary community, known for her bold storytelling and commitment to social justice. Sara Paretsky's career is marked by her groundbreaking contributions to the detective fiction genre, her numerous awards and accolades, and her willingness to tackle controversial social issues through her writing. Her creation of V.I. Warshawski has left an indelible mark on the literary world, inspiring future generations of writers and readers alike. Faq Sara Paretsky FAQs Sara Paretsky is an American author best known for her detective novels featuring the female private investigator V.I. Warshawski. She is a key figure in the creation of the modern female detective character in crime fiction. Sara Paretsky is most famous for her V.I. Warshawski series, which debuted with the novel "Indemnity Only" in 1982. The series has garnered critical acclaim and has a dedicated fan base. As of 2023, there are 21 books in the V.I. Warshawski series. The most recent installment is "Overboard," released in 2022. Yes, Sara Paretsky has won numerous awards, including the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 2011. She has also received the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers' Association. Sara Paretsky's novels often explore themes of social justice, corruption, and the struggles of women in a male-dominated society. Her protagonist, V.I. Warshawski, often confronts issues such as corporate greed, political corruption, and social inequality. More information about Sara Paretsky and her works can be found on her official website at www.saraparetsky.com. The site includes details about her books, upcoming events, and her blog.

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Special Guest - Lawrence E. Rothstein - Author of Venetian Bind #AuthorInterview / #Giveaway

Venetian Bind by Lawrence E. Rothstein I am happy to welcome Lawrence E. Rothstein to Escape With Dollycas today! Hi Lawrence, Please tell us a little bit about yourself. I call writing mysteries my third career. I am retired from being a lawyer and a university professor. After these retirements, I find myself busier than during my work life. In addition to writing, I play the clarinet in three musical groups, play tennis two to three times a week, cycle, and love to cook. What is the first book you remember reading? Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Princess of Mars What are you reading now? Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Gilded Lily What books have most inspired you? The mysteries of Rex Stout, Erle Stanley Gardner, Sara Paretsky, Linda Barnes, and Sue Grafton. Also the books of Umberto Eco. What made you decide you wanted to write mysteries? I love to read them and, as a university professor, I enjoyed writing hypothetical cases for my law courses. Do you have a special place where you like to write? I have an upstairs office in the middle of a large open room. I love to write there. Where do the ideas for your books come from? The news, other detective stories, cases I researched as a lawyer and professor, and my travels. Is there anything about writing you find most challenging? Carving out the time for writing with all of my other activities. In general, I am able to write about six hours per week. I am fortunate to have an excellent weekly writing group. In addition to their helpful critique and suggestions, this group requires that I have something to share with them each week. Our procedure is to have someone else read our work. I find that very helpful. What do you think makes a good story? A puzzle; a cerebral detective assisted by an active, street wise, intrepid leg person; humorous incidents; an intriguing locale; culinary delights. Which, of all your characters, do you think is the most like you? Kelan Su. Although she is much braver and more of a criminal investigation expert than I. What makes your books different from others out there in this genre? I hope that my inclusion of all the things I noted above that makes a good story distinguish my novels from many others in the genre. What’s next on the horizon for you? I have embarked on a series, the Tri-Star Investigations stories. I am in edits with my publisher for novel number two Ripped Genes. I have also started a third novel in the series The Tell-Tale Art. I hope to continue the series beyond these three. Thank you Lawrence for visiting today! ___ Keep reading for more information about Lawrence and his book, Venetian Bind. About Venetian Bind Venetian Bind Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting - Venice Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wild Rose Press (May 15, 2024) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 236 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1509254153 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1509254156 Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CX5T3CP5 In Venetian Bind, Detective Marko Korb and his associate Kelan Su, a Chinese-American woman, must hunt down a murderer and prevent a devastating terrorist attack in the romantic city of Venice. Korb, a fat, egotistical, and brilliant detective, and Kelan Su, a former Chicago police officer, licensed attorney, and martial arts expert, arrive in Venice to investigate the murder of Stefan Pakulić, a former Serbian paramilitary leader and accused war criminal.The daughter of a Bosnian expat who had rescued Korb from Pakulić’s clutches during the war is a suspect in the killing. Korb is torn between finding the murderer and his sympathy for the Serbian’s killer—the Venetian bind. The investigation leads to Pakulić’s connection with Italian neo-fascists planning a terrorist action in Venice. It takes Korb’s genius and the intrepid sleuthing of Su to find the murderer, forestall the terrorist action, and protect the daughter of Korb’s rescuer. Venetian Bind by Lawrence E. Rothstein is the first book in the new cozy mystery series, Tri-Star Investigations. I enjoyed it so much! It’s filled with great characters and lots of mystery. ~Christy's Cozy Corners About Lawrence E. Rothstein I am a retired lawyer and university professor who has published in constitutional law, privacy law, political theory and labor law. Born and raised in Chicago, I am now residing with my wife and family in beautiful southern Rhode Island.  I have lived and traveled widely in Europe.  As an avid reader of crime fiction, I have always wanted to write detective novels. As a lover of food and cooking, I include many scrumptious meals and some recipes in my novel and on my website. 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Alredered Remembers Sara Paretsky, American author, on her birthday.

"Remember: there is no right way to write. There is only the way that works well for you."

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Tues. March 26, 2024: When You Leave the House Without Coffee

Image courtesy of Engin Akyurt via pixabay.com Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Waning Moon Partly sunny and a little warmer How was your weekend? How’d you like the lunar eclipse? Today’s LEGERDEMAIN episode: Episode 175: The Seduction of Money When it comes to corruption, “follow the money” is a sensible philosophy. Legerdemain Serial link Legerdemain website Today’s DEADLY DRAMATICS…

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Bouchercon Honors Sara Paretsky

by K.P. Gresham The 54th Bouchercon National Mystery Convention in San Deigo honored Sara Paretsky with the David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award. This award honors the memory and contributions to the crime fiction community, and Sara Paretsky, a force of nature to be sure, certainly deserved this recognition. Bouchercon, the largest and oldest mystery fan convention in the world, is a…

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EXTRAORDINAIRE

'There is no frigate like a book and no harbor like a library, where those who love books but can't afford their own complete collections, or those who need a computer, or kids who need a safe place to read after school, or moms with toddlers who want their babies to learn to read, can all come together and share in a great community resource.'

'I began wanting to create a detective who really turned the tables on that image of women, to know that you could have a sex life and not be a bad person. You could have a sex life and still solve your own problems. It was eight years from when I started having the fantasy that I was going to create such a detective to when I actually sat down and came up with V. I. Warshawski. It was a long, slow journey to come to a writing voice and do that character.'

'Every writer's difficult journey is a movement from silence to speech. We must be intensely private and interior in order to find a voice and a vision - and we must bring our work to an outside world where the market, or public outrage, or even government censorship can destroy our voice.'

'Write what you care about.'

Author Extraordinaire Sara Paretsky

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Dead Land by Sara Paretsky (2020)

(This review contains very general spoilers).

V.I. Warshawski is not your usual detective, and I love her for it. She’s a fierce, righteous crusader for social justice, with a strong sense of responsibility for everyone in her social circle. It’s that circle that drags her into investigations that promise no financial reward and incur the wrath of oligarchs. Dead Land is no exception. Vic’s goddaughter Bernie Fouchard is coaching a soccer team for underprivileged girls, which leads Vic to a fateful community meeting where the girls are being recognized. That community meeting plants the seeds for Vic’s investigation of two homicides, which have their roots in a corrupt “public-private” partnership to steal Chicago’s southern lakefront for the wealthy; this converges with the story of a homeless singer whose work Bernie loves, who survived a mass shooting that killed her lover, and had a breakdown following that. The melding of these stories creates a web involving Chilean oligarchs, a University of Chicago economist, a mass shooter in Kansas, prairie restorationists, a big multinational law firm, a small Chicago community group, a corrupt city official, and some of Vic’s oldest friends, especially Murray Ryerson. It’s a layered, complex plot, involving some injustices Vic can correct, others that run so deep they can only be exposed, and striking powerfully at Vic’s emotions (about her mother, about her friends, about her own detective work and her ethics) and mine. It’s what Paretsky does best.

She also does originality in her villains. Economists from the University of Chicago just aren’t used as villains in fiction enough. This is probably because they’re too cartoonish. Fiction seems to demand some level of nuance, unlike reality, which is free to be as black and white as it wants. The Chicago Boys didn’t go in for nuance when they allied with Pinochet. Personally, I prefer realistic villains, who often lack delicious ambiguity. So I appreciate Sara Paretsky for making them a villain here. The one slightly jarring note was that Vic didn’t know about them or the U.S. government’s role in Pinochet’s regime. You would think a politically aware, left-wing Chicago native, who has shown some awareness of things like the School of the Americas, would know about it. It’s not out of character, exactly—everyone has limits on their knowledge, and this is not common knowledge even in progressive circles. It was just an odd moment.

But the main draw of Paretsky’s novels, apart from the intricate plotting, is her relationships. Here, Bernie Fouchard and Murray Ryerson take center stage. Bernie is impetuous, passionate, uncompromising, energetic, and filled with the recklessness of youth, and thus prone to drawing Vic into trouble without losing Vic’s sympathy or ours. But Murray, Vic’s old friend—their friendship predates the series—one-time lover, and frequent ally, is the real star here. Though he’s a falling star at first: he’s compromised in his role at Global, but ultimately acts as a true investigator and pays the price for it. His relationship with Vic is given due weight, and it’s immensely satisfying to see him start to pull out of the hole he’s been in since Hard Time.

I also like how Paretsky has been expanding her setting beyond Chicago in recent books. Here, she takes Vic out to Kansas for a large portion of the investigation. She is helped by some of the local people, and at the same time treated with suspicion by many of them. And she has to deal with the unfamiliar local law enforcement—and the people pulling their strings. It’s a great addition of a new story factor, moving the plot along and giving texture to the world. I enjoy Vic in her element in Chicago, but it adds something to see her out of it.

A great Paretsky. I’d rank it very high on the list. I preferred it to the other recent offerings (Shell Game, Fallout, Brushback, Critical Mass) even though I enjoyed all of those, too.

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September 21, 2022 (Wednesday)

"Killing Orders" by Sarah Paretsky | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I finished this 11 days ago but I've been swept by all the festivities that I barely had time to talk about this here and in my bookblr. Now that I'm here, I'd like to say that it was one fun ride. I didn't like the protagonist at first since she seemed a little to rude and sarcastic for my taste but I grew to love her as I read on and saw her different sides. She's like that family member who seems to always force you to do things you don't want to but you know is good for you. Haha! The story was interesting and I am a little guilty for including our little St. Niño in this photoset because of the main plot of having discord inside a Catholic church. Haha!

But yes, the story is a little long but I found the process V.I. Warshawski had as she went through all the clues and tragedies were interesting and I loved it.