Sara Paretsky (Magill’s Choice: 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction)

Principal Series

V. I. Warshawski, 1982-.

Principal Series Characters

V. I. Warshawski, a female private investigator in her mid-thirties who practices in Chicago. She is a tough professional with a wry sense of humor, and she specializes in financial crime.

Dr. Lotty Herschel, Warshawski’s closest friend, is a woman in her fifties who operates a clinic for women and children. She is a renowned perinatalogist at the fictional Beth Israel Hospital.

Murray Ryerson, head of the crime desk at the fictitious Chicago Herald-Star, often feeds...

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