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x 3 (2011) includes both stories from V. eBooks
Photo Finish (2000) ISBN 978-1-101-53751-0
V. The protagonist of all but two of Paretsky's novels is V.

Sara Paretsky (born June 8 1947) is a modern American author of detective fiction.