V.I. Warshawski Series

22 primary works • 25 total works
Victoria Iphigenia "V. I." Warshawski is a private investigator in Chicago.

Book 1

Indemnity Only
3.90
· 19327 Ratings · 856 Reviews · published 1982 · 91 editions
Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling sum…
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Book 2

Deadlock
3.82
· 6227 Ratings · 340 Reviews · published 1984 · 34 editions
“V.I. Warshawski is one of the best . . . smart, t…
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Book 3

Killing Orders
3.89
· 5399 Ratings · 272 Reviews · published 1985 · 27 editions
V.I.'s battleaxe Aunt Rosa is under investigation …
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Book 4

Bitter Medicine
3.89
· 5459 Ratings · 298 Reviews · published 1987 · 79 editions
In this novel, Vic Warshawski, heroine of "Indemni…
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Book 5

Blood Shot
4.03
· 10189 Ratings · 230 Reviews · published 1988 · 65 editions
Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ISBN…
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Book 6

Burn Marks
3.94
· 4927 Ratings · 205 Reviews · published 1990 · 7 editions
Someone knocking on the door at 3 A.M. is never go…
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Book 7

Guardian Angel
3.91
· 4337 Ratings · 210 Reviews · published 1992 · 82 editions
Racine Avenue is going upscale—bad news for hand-t…
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Book 8

Tunnel Vision
3.90
· 4586 Ratings · 239 Reviews · published 1994 · 48 editions
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “ The best of Sara Par…
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Book 8.5

Windy City Blues
3.85
· 2589 Ratings · 152 Reviews · published 1995 · 5 editions
It's strictly Friends & Family as V.I. Warshawski,…
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Book 9

Hard Time
4.05
· 6513 Ratings · 283 Reviews · published 1999 · 64 editions
Among the first, and perhaps the most compelling, …
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Book 10

Total Recall
3.97
· 4002 Ratings · 245 Reviews · published 2001 · 68 editions
The bestselling V.I. Warshawski novels have dazzle…
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Book 11

Blacklist
3.86
· 4940 Ratings · 353 Reviews · published 2003 · 73 editions
From one of the most distinguished writers in Amer…
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Book 12

Fire Sale
3.99
· 5609 Ratings · 288 Reviews · published 2005 · 13 editions
A conscience can weigh a PI down more than the hea…
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Book 13

Hardball
4.04
· 5657 Ratings · 484 Reviews · published 2009 · 63 editions
Chicago politics-past, present, and future-take ce…
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Book 14

Body Work
3.92
· 6898 Ratings · 470 Reviews · published 2010 · 46 editions
The audacious new V. I. Warshawski novel from the …
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Book 15

Breakdown
3.96
· 4913 Ratings · 552 Reviews · published 2012 · 38 editions
Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shape-shifting …
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Book 16

Critical Mass
4.01
· 4476 Ratings · 618 Reviews · published 2013 · 36 editions
V.I. Warshawski’s closest friend in Chicago is the…
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Book 17

Brush Back
3.96
· 4492 Ratings · 508 Reviews · published 2015 · 21 editions
Chicago’s V. I. Warshawski confronts crooked polit…
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Book 17.5

Wildcat
4.03
· 686 Ratings · 50 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
Sara Paretsky, one of the most legendary crime wri…
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Book 18

Fallout
3.95
· 5217 Ratings · 678 Reviews · published 2017 · 25 editions
Before there was Lisbeth Salander, before there wa…
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Book 18.5

Death on the Edge
3.95
· 327 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 2018 · 1 edition
In this short story from New York Times bestsellin…
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Book 19

Shell Game
3.97
· 4422 Ratings · 592 Reviews · published 2018 · 20 editions
When V. I Warshawski gets word that her closest fr…
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Book 20

Dead Land
4.05
· 5342 Ratings · 579 Reviews · published 2020 · 22 editions
Chicago’s legendary detective, V.I. Warshawski, kn…
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Book 21

Overboard
4.01
· 5325 Ratings · 607 Reviews · published 2022 · 1 edition
Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a nef…
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Book 22

Pay Dirt
4.06
· 3082 Ratings · 382 Reviews · published 2024 · 12 editions
Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mys…
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