Sara Paretsky is an author of primarily thriller or mystery fiction. Many of her novels are about a private investigator named V. I. Warshawski. Some of her books have been turned into movies. Most are set in Chicago. Many have underlying social messages. A partial list of her books is * Total Recall * Hard Time * Ghost Country * Windy City Blues * Tunnel Vision * Guardian Angel * Burn Marks * Blood Shot * Bitter Medicine * Killing Orders * Deadlock * Indemnity Only