"As long as Paretsky's hotheaded, quick-witted sleuth is on the job, imperiled young women...will always have a champion." -- New York Times Book Review
"Chicago's V.I. Warshawski is on top form in Sara Paretsky's Shell Game." -- Seattle Review of Books
"Even after decades, Paretsky's landmark series remains as popular as ever, and the social consciousness behind the stories seems ever more in tune with contemporary events." -- Booklist (starred review)
"Warshawski's latest adventure, Shell Game, is a multi-layered mystery with lots of moving parts that all come together in a triumphant moment of truth and justice which satisfies the soul and the intellect." -- Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
" V.I. Warshawski [is] a sleuth to rival the greats, from Sam Spade and Nero Wolfe to Harry Bosch and Stephanie Plum... Shell Game is the most soulful novel of [Paretsky's] extraordinary career--the most urgent, the most haunting, the most satisfying. Please read Shell Game." -- A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Simply superb! As a fan of V.I. Warshawski from the very beginning, I can say without a doubt that... both author and protagonist [are] at the top of their games." -- Jeffery Deaver
"A road trip with V.I. Warshawski? Sign me up! What a thrill to join her on a missing-persons hunt that quickly turns dark and dangerous. Sara Paretsky's legendary P.I. is at the top of her game. Everyone will want to go along for this ride." -- Tess Gerritsen
"For me, the most remarkable of the moderns is Sara Paretsky. ...No other crime writer has so powerfully and effectively combined a well-crafted detective story with the novel of social realism." -- P.D. James
"Considerable pleasure comes from following the legendary heroine through an impenetrable maze of felonies knowing that you're in a master's hands." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Riveting. Paretsky isn't one to tiptoe around injustice, and this entry proves once again that she's one of the sharpest crime writers on the scene today." -- Publishers Weekly
"As is usually the case with Paretsky's novels, there is considerable social and political commentary... Everyone else can revel in the superb pacing, the well-developed characters and the crisp dialogue from one of the most consistently excellent writers in the genre." -- BookPage
"Warshawsky is an iconic sleuth, and in the recent novels she's proven a savvy vehicle for exploring changing social (and criminal) currents in the Windy City, a city she's come to define as surely as Marlowe once defined L.A." -- CrimeReads, "Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2018"
"Shell Game is a smart and engrossing international mystery to unravel that will keep readers wrapped up in its pages." -- Criminal Element
"Clever and devilishly complicated" -- The Oklahoman