In Fire Sale, Sara Paretsky’s sharp-witted private investigator V.I. Warshawski returns to her gritty South Chicago roots — and finds herself entangled in a case that hits far too close to home.
What starts as volunteer work coaching a girls’ basketball team at her old high school quickly turns into a dangerous investigation when V.I. is asked to look into a classmate’s struggling business. As she digs deeper, she uncovers corruption, exploitation, and violence stretching from the local economy to powerful political circles — and even into the homes of her players.
Fast-paced, fiercely intelligent, and emotionally charged, Fire Sale blends social commentary with classic noir, cementing Paretsky’s status as a master of the modern detective novel.