![]() ![]() ![]() Paretsky taps a different vein and strikes gold in this timely tale of fear and conflict in heartland America. Meanwhile, Gina stirs prejudices and passions to a fever pitch. The Schapens’ fundamentalist doctrines come to the fore when they discover “a perfect red heifer” in their dairy herd that may be a path to riches as well as to the second coming. ![]() Chip Grellier, after being expelled from high school, enlists in the army and is killed in Iraq with devastating effects on his family. In Sara Paretsky Bleeding Kansas (2008) was another departure from Warshawski and her Chicago milieu it concerned the disputes and recriminations between two politically and religiously opposed families in contemporary rural Kansas. ), weaves a gripping contemporary novel around three farm families-the Grelliers, Fremantles and Schapens-that can trace their Kaw Valley, Kans., roots back to the 1850s, a time of violent clashes between antislavery and proslavery forces in “Bleeding Kansas.” Their shared history is no buffer against the storm of changes that begin with the arrival of Gina Haring, a lesbian Wiccan. Warshawski detective series (e.g., the Holocaust in Total Recall Bleeding Kansas is about how the lives of ordinary people are affected by events over which they have little control. Bestseller Paretsky, who has tackled weighty issues in her V.I. Sara Paretsky, (born June 8, 1947, Ames, Iowa, U.S.), American mystery writer known for her popular series of novels featuring V.I. ![]()
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