Hardball, English edition

Sara Paretsky, geb. 1947 in Kansas, zog in den späten 60er Jahren nach Chicago. Dort promovierte sie in Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Geschichte und arbeitete von 1977-85 als Verkaufsmanagerin einer großen Versicherungsgesellschaft. Ihre Kriminalromane um die Privatdetektivin V.I. Warshawski wurden in 24 Sprachen übersetzt und erfolgreich verfilmt. Sie wurde mit diversen Literaturpreisen und bereits zweimal mit einer Ehrendoktorwürde ausgezeichnet.

'It's hard not to get caught up in her passion ... Snappy dialogue, tight plotting and realistic situations make Paretsky's unapologetically politicised thrillers a pleasure to read, whatever your viewpoint.' -- Daily Mail 'She is writing with the kind of passion for social justice that inspired Chandler and Hammett ... a narrative as gripping as it is emotionally wrenching.' -- Joan Smith, The Sunday Times 'Details are so rich and the dialogue so snappy that the mystery whizzes by.' -- Guardian 'Packed with social themes and moral energy, held together by humor, compassion and sheer feistiness, this novel shows why Paretsky and her heroine are such enduring figure in American detective fiction' -- Publishers Weekly (starred) 'With the creation of V.I. Warshawski, Sara Paretsky did more than anyone to change the face of contemporary women's fiction.' -- Express on Sunday 'Tough, complex and moving, Paretsky is still at the top of her crowded genre.' -- Bookseller 'The thing about Sara Paretsky is, she's tough ... she doesn't flinch from examining old social injustices others might find too shameful (and too painful) to dig up ... it's a distinct pleasure to hear her unapologetically strident voice once again' -- New York Times on HARDBALL 'An ambitious novel layered in the grit of recent American racial history. Paretsky has always written intelligent mysteries ... realising the potential of the homgrown hard-boiled detective genre to investigate the more troubling mysteries at the heart of our national identity.' -- Washington Post