V. I. Warshawsky

V.I. Warshawsky, a detective from the pen of Sara Paretsky, is featured in nine novels and numerous short stories. Three novels, "Deadlock", "Killing Orders" and "Bitter Medicine", were adapted for radio by the BBC. V.I. Warshawski is a female detective in modern day Chicago, assisted only by a part-time assistant Mary Louise Neely, a former Chicago cop. The novels were adapted for radio in the early 1990's and starred Kathleen Turner as Warshawsky in "Killing Orders" and "Deadlock". She later played V.I. Warshawsky in the movie "V.I. Warshawsky", based on the novel "Indemnity Only", the first V.I. Warshawsky novel. In "Bitter Medicine" the lead was played by Sharon Gless. The producer for all three mini-series was Janet Witaker. Michelene Wandor was adapter for all three. Each mini-series aired on BBC Radio 4, in stereo, each in six 30-minute episodes.