Sara Paretsky: Killing Orders (USA 2017)

From the Publisher:
From New York Times Bestselling Author Sara Paretsky comes another electrifying novel of suspense in her beloved V. I. Warshawski series...

They say blood is thicker than water. Private eye V. I. Warshawski has her doubts, especially when it comes to the bad blood between her and her great-aunt Rosa. But when the old lady reaches out, V. I. answers the call.

The good friars at St. Albertus Magnus Priory, Rosa's long-time employers, have cashed in on valuable securities from their safe.only to discover they were counterfeits. Suspended under a cloud of suspicion, Rosa wants V. I. to clear her name. Exonerate a senior citizen who's never missed Sunday mass? Easy enough -- or so V. I. thinks before a mystery brought to her by new flame Roger Ferrant crosses paths with Rosa's case.

The deeper V. I. digs, the more someone wants her to take her shovel and go home -- someone who threatens to blind her with acid, and won't stop there. Because corruption's tentacles reach farther than V. I. imagined; from her family to Chicago's infamous Family.and from a monastery's hushed hallways to the highest echelons of the Church.

Sara Paretsky: Killing Orders. A V. I. Warshawski Novel. William Morrow, ISBN: 9780062676221 (August, 2017), 368 p., $7.99.

Sara Paretsky: Killing Orders (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
Years ago V I Warshawski's Aunt Rosa treated the detective's beloved mother in an unforgiveable way. Now, after she's accused of stealing $3 million from the Dominican priory where she works, Rosa calls upon the ties of blood to clear her name. V I is not prepared to forgive so easily. She doesn't want the case. Until suddenly no one else -- the FBI, a threatening phone caller, and even Aunt Rosa herself -- appears to want her on the case either. V I turns to an old friend for help. But the stakes are higher than she could have realised...

Sara Paretsky: Killing Orders. A V. I. Warshawski Novel. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 0340935146 (January, 2008), 336 p., £6.99.

Sara Paretsky: Killing Orders (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
V.I.'s battleaxe Aunt Rosa is under investigation by the FBI and SEC after counterfeit stock certificates were found at St. Albert's Priory, where she serves as treasurer. As malicious as her aunt is, V.I. knows she's not dishonest, so V.I. vows to protect her from taking the fall. But V.I. starts questioning the strength of her family ties when a menacing voice on the phone threatens to throw acid into her eyes if she doesn't butt out. The stakes are high as she begins to sniff out a connection between Chicago's most powerful institutions: the Church and the Mob.

Sara Paretsky: Killing Orders. Signet, ISBN: 0451214978 (May, 2005), 368 p., $7.99.

Sara Paretsky: Killing Orders (USA 1993)

From the Publisher:
V.I. Warshawski's latest case has alreasy opened up old wounds. But when a silky voice on the phone threatened to throw acid in her eyes, V.I. knew this one could finish her off with some brand-new ones. The sour-faced old aunt she had agreed to help was accused of stealing millions in stock certificates from a pious order of Dominican brothers. V.I. knew the woman was a witch, not a thief, and she soon smelled something rotten in the sanctum sanctorum of Chicago's most powerful movers and shakers -- the Church and the Mob. Now someone wants to see V.I. burn in hell. But this tough cookie of a private eye had her back up, a brand-new Smith & Wesson, and a daring plan to make the bad guys go to the devil first.

Sara Paretsky: Killing Orders. Bantam Dell Publishing Group, ISBN: 0440215285 (October, 1993), 339 p., $5.99.

Sara Paretsky: Killing Orders (UK 1987)

From the Publisher:
Three million dollars in share certificates have been stolen from a Dominican priory, and Vic Warshawski doesn't want to find out why.
Aunt Rosa, the priory's treasurer, wants her on the case, and Vic has never forgiven Rosa for something she did a long time ago. But Vic changes her mind and the case changes its course when Vic visits the priory. Suddenly everyone -- her aunt, the FBI and a mysterious phone caller threatening to pour acid on Vic's beautiful eyes -- tell her to let sleeping dogs lie, and one of Vic's dearest friends is murdered...

With her customary skill and with the help of a few stiff drinks, Vic plunges into the affair. She needs all her wit, ingenuity and femininity, as well as her gun-handling and karate-chopping skills.

Sara Paretsky: Killing Orders. A Warshawski Story. Penguin Books, ISBN: 0140099263 (October, 1987), 233 p., £3.99.