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VI Warshawski

Drama: Crime

The crime investigations of Sara Paretsky's Chicago private eye VI Warshawski.

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VI Warshawski: Deadlock: 1. A Hero's Death

1. A Hero's Death

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When her cousin is killed, the private eye wants answers.

When her cousin is killed, the private eye wants answers. Kathleen Turner stars as Sara Paretsky's Chicago investigator.

At the funeral of her ice-hockey hero cousin, private eye V I Warshawski gets suspicious. 

Was his death really an accident? 

Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner. 

Dramatised in six-parts by Michelene Wandor. 

VI Warshawski    ……    Kathleen Turner 
Lotty    ……    Eleanor Bron
Bobby Mallory    ……    William Hootkins
Martin Bledsoe    ……    James Aubrey  
Nils Greyfalk    ……    Peter Marinker
Paige Carrington    ……    Teresa Gallagher 
Clayton Phillips    ……    William Roberts

Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime-fiction. VI Warshawski is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. She’s comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects, but never loses touch with her basic femininity. 

Paretsky says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable female private investigator".

Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film 'VI Warshawski'.

Music:

Rememberin’ Stevie  - Buddy Guy 
Ballade Pour Adeline – Richard Clayderman

Director: Janet Whitaker 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993.

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