--- title: St. Louis County Library Hosts Author Sara Paretsky on November 19 canonical: https://thestlouisfeed.com/st-louis-county-library-hosts-author-sara-paretsky-on-november-19/ published: '2026-11-08T23:22:34-06:00' updated: '2026-11-08T23:22:34-06:00' author: StLouisFeed Staff section: Libraries tags: - St. Louis County Library - Crime source: St. Louis County Library source_url: https://www.slcl.org/news/slcl-hosts-bestselling-crime-fiction-author-sara-paretsky publisher: StLouisFeed attribution: Copyright StLouisFeed. Quote with credit to StLouisFeed and a link to the canonical URL above. --- # St. Louis County Library Hosts Author Sara Paretsky on November 19 The St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Favorite Author Series and The Novel Neighbor will present bestselling suspense author Sara Paretsky for a discussion and signing of her latest thriller, "Bad Company," on November 19, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. The event will take place at the Clark Family Branch, located at 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131. Sara Paretsky, known for the V.I. Warshawski detective series, introduces a new character in her latest novel, which explores themes of love, power, and revenge. --- ### Press Release: St. Louis County Library *Reproduced in full from the [St. Louis County Library](https://www.slcl.org/news/slcl-hosts-bestselling-crime-fiction-author-sara-paretsky).* #### SLCL Hosts Bestselling Crime Fiction Author Sara Paretsky November 5, 2026 St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Favorite Author Series and The Novel Neighbor present bestselling suspense author Sara Paretsky for a discussion and signing of the latest thriller, “Bad Company.” The event will take place on Thursday, November 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131. International bestselling creator of the V.I. Warshawski detective series, Sara Paretsky returns with a brand new novel and character. To all appearances, Lily Sedako is an ordinary retiree, a seventy-something single woman living in Chicago, her days filled with the routine tasks of normal life. But underneath that exterior, lies a remarkable past. A former CIA field agent, she spent her career in various Central Asian countries, most notably in Hayalistan, a former USSR territory. But everything went sideways when Lily's connections to the mountain tribes resulted in her being moved to a new post and Rani, the tribal leader and first democratically elected President was presumed killed in a coup. All of this is long behind her when she receives an anonymous package containing a magazine with an article about Hayalistan, an article with a previously unknown photo showing Lily in the background. This was no mistake, someone out there is trying to expose Lily. Even worse, the magazine story casts doubt on everything she believed to be true about her time in Hayalistan. Lily is determined to find out who is behind this and, even more important, the truth of what really happened so long ago. As word of her investigation reaches the CIA, the company knows that they must silence he. But Lily is no one's pawn, even now. Using hard won skills, Lily takes on the unwise, and perhaps impossible task of fighting back against the powerful forces aligning against her. In a powerful novel about love, power, corruption, aging, trust...and revenge, “Bad Company” reaffirms Sara Paretsky's place as one of the pre-eminent crime writers of our time. Hailed by the Washington Post as “the definition of perfection in the genre,” SARA PARETSKY is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including the renowned V.I. Warshawski series. She is one of only four living writers to have received both the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain. Program sites are accessible. With at least two weeks' notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314-994-3300 or [contact us](https://www.slcl.org/contact-us). Press Releases Source: [St. Louis County Library](https://www.slcl.org/news/slcl-hosts-bestselling-crime-fiction-author-sara-paretsky)