Sara Paretsky characterizes her newest book Dead Land as the first book she has written without her beloved husband who died in 2018. V.I. Warshawski tackles city hall as she gets involved in a fight about land use on Chicago’s lake front thanks to her goddaughter’s interest in the project.
Before long people are dead and a once-popular singer-songwriter, Lydia Zamir, is missing. Zamir’s boyfriend was killed four years earlier, and she has never recovered. Before he was killed, Hector traveled to South America in search of his roots, stirring up a hornet’s nest.
V.I.’s involvement brings her another dog, Bear, left to her by mystery man Coop, who is involved not only with protesting plans for land use but who is also a self-appointed guardian of the singer-songwriter Lydia Zamir.
V.I.’s search for Zamir and Coop takes her to Kansas where she is shot at not once but twice. Before she can untangle this web, reporter Murray Ryerson will also be injured as someone tries to put him out of commission before he can finish his story about the problems on the waterfront.
I never miss a Sara Paretsky book as she is an amazing writer, and her V.I. Warshawski is one smart cookie. Mystery fans will love the latest from this Chicago-based writer.
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