A knock at the door in the middle of the night pulls a Chicago PI into a web of crime and corruption in this "captivating" New York Times bestseller (The Baltimore Sun).
V.I. "Vic" Warshawski's alcoholic aunt turns up at her door at three in the morning, accompanied by an addict friend after the hotel she's been living in burns down, and Vic is soon on the trail of an arsonist. But then the private investigator starts getting ominous messages, and her aunt's friend is found dead . . . with Vic's driver's license in their possession. To unravel the mystery and keep herself alive, Vic will have to delve into the dark world of the city's unhoused population-and the even darker world of Chicago's wealthy and powerful-in this steely thriller by a winner of multiple Anthony, Edgar, and Dagger Awards.
"One gritty good read . . . V.I. is a worthy heir to Marlowe." -Daily News (New York)
"Fast-paced." -The New York Times Book Review
"America's most convincing and engaging professional female private eye." -Entertainment Weekly
"V.I. Warshawski is good company." -Los Angeles Times
| ISBN: | 9781504099820 |
| Publication date: | 18th March 2025 |
| Author: | Sara Paretsky |
| Publisher: | MysteriousPress.com an imprint of Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 464 pages |
| Series: | The V.I. Warshawski Mysteries |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery Thriller and Suspense |
A knock at the door in the middle of the night pulls a Chicago PI into a web of crime and corruption in this "captivating" New York Times bestseller (The Baltimore Sun).
V.I. "Vic" Warshawski's alcoholic aunt turns up at her door at three in the morning, accompanied by an addict friend after the hotel she's been living in burns down, and Vic is soon on the trail of an arsonist. But then the private investigator starts getting ominous messages, and her aunt's friend is found dead . . . with Vic's driver's license in their possession. To unravel the mystery and keep herself alive, Vic will have to delve into the dark world of the city's unhoused population-and the even darker world of Chicago's wealthy and powerful-in this steely thriller by a winner of multiple Anthony, Edgar, and Dagger Awards.
"One gritty good read . . . V.I. is a worthy heir to Marlowe." -Daily News (New York)
"Fast-paced." -The New York Times Book Review
"America's most convincing and engaging professional female private eye." -Entertainment Weekly
"V.I. Warshawski is good company." -Los Angeles Times
Burn Marks features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Thriller and Suspense
Burn Marks is available in Paperback, CD-Audio, Ebook
Burn Marks was written by Sara Paretsky and published by MysteriousPress.com an imprint of Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Burn Marks has 464 pages
Yes it is part of The V.I. Warshawski Mysteries series