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Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky

Once Upon a Crime Mystery Book Club

2025-06-05 15:00:00 2025-06-05 16:00:00 America/Chicago Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky Join the discussion of Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky, which is our Once Upon a Crime Mystery Book Club selection for June. Pick up a copy at the Highland Branch. Highland

Thursday, June 05
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-05 15:00:00 2025-06-05 16:00:00 America/Chicago Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky Join the discussion of Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky, which is our Once Upon a Crime Mystery Book Club selection for June. Pick up a copy at the Highland Branch. Highland

Highland

Meeting Room A

Join the discussion of Pay Dirt by Sara Paretsky, which is our Once Upon a Crime Mystery Book Club selection for June. Pick up a copy at the Highland Branch.

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky. V.I. Warshawski is famous for her cool under fire, her sardonic humor, and her unflinching courage. All that changes when a case ends with a father killing the child she’d been hired to find. She’s second-guessing herself, forgetting to eat, forgetting her workout. Her worried friends send her down to Kansas for a weekend of college basketball; Angela, one of her protégées, is a Northwestern star. And that’s when V.I.’s troubles really begin. Sabrina, one of Angela’s roommates, disappears and V.I. agrees to stay behind to try to find her. Finding a missing person in a town where she doesn’t know anyone and has no snitches is hard, but not as hard as the local reaction to the detective. When V.I. finds Sabrina close to death in a drug house, the mother’s gratitude quickly turns to suspicion. V.I. finds herself in the FBI’s crosshairs, and the young men running the county’s opioid distribution are not happy. When V.I. discovers a local troublemaker’s dead body in the drug house a few days later, she is pitched headlong into a local land-use battle with roots going back to the Civil War. Today’s combatants are just as willing as opponents in the 1860s to kill to settle their differences. V.I.’s survival depends on keeping one step ahead of players in a game she doesn’t even know she’s playing.

AGE GROUP: | Adults (19-99) |

TAGS: | Discussion Groups |

Highland

Phone: 219-838-2394

Branch manager
Heather

Hours
Mon, May 05 12:30PM to 8:30PM
Tue, May 06 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Wed, May 07 12:30PM to 8:30PM
Thu, May 08 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, May 09 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, May 10 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, May 11 Closed

About the branch

The Highland Branch Library has long played an important role in downtown Highland. From its beginnings in rented storefronts to the Highland Memorial Library built in 1946 to its present location on Jewett and 4th Street, it has been an integral part of the community. The exterior of the library looks nearly as it did when it was first built in 1966. Although it is one of the oldest buildings in the library system, it's newly remodeled interior makes it one of the newest. The library still houses over 65,000 items, but now also features a large meeting room and children's program room, a small group room, and WiFi, along with many public Internet computers. These features, along with the library's bright and inviting atmosphere and convenient location, make the Highland Branch Library a destination for the community and surrounding areas.

Upcoming events

Tue, May 06, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Programming Room
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Mon, May 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room A

Tue, May 13, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Programming Room

Wed, May 14, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room A

Thu, May 15, 10:30am - 11:15am
Children's Programming Room
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Tue, May 20, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Programming Room
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Wed, May 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Programming Room

Thu, May 22, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room A

Tue, May 27, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Programming Room

Tue, May 27, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Mon, Jun 02, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room A

Mon, Jun 02, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room A

Tue, Jun 03, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Programming Room

Wed, Jun 04, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Programming Room

Thu, Jun 05, 10:30am - 11:15am
Children's Programming Room

Thu, Jun 05, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room A