The V. I. Warshawski Series - Book 19
Shell Game
“A multilayered mystery with lots of moving parts that all come together in a triumphant moment of truth and justice.”
Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Winner of the 2019 Sue Grafton Memorial Award
A Boston Globe Best Books of the Year selection
A Crime Reads Pick of Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2018
Sara Paretsky follows her instant New York Times bestseller Fallout—her most widely read novel in years—with an extraordinary adventure that pits her acclaimed detective, V.I. Warshawski, against some of today’s most powerful figures.
Legendary sleuth V.I. Warshawski returns to the Windy City to save an old friend’s nephew from a murder arrest. The case involves a stolen artifact that could implicate a shadowy network of international criminals. As V.I. investigates, the detective soon finds herself tangling with the Russian mob, ISIS backers, and a shady network of stock scams and stolen art that stretches from Chicago to the East Indies and the Middle East. In Shell Game, nothing and no one are what they seem, except for the detective herself, who loses sleep, money, and blood, but remains indomitable in her quest for justice.
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