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V.I. unravels the mystery of a battered and discarded woman, she moves through circles of the rich and the troubled. Good book
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The best female first-person mystery series IS the V.I. Warshawski series!!!
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good read. its the first ive read in this series but it made me want to read the others, that speaks for itself.
I loved this book! Shirley
I can't believe what happens in this book. It was intense and even better than most books. I felt so bad for VI and whoever else as had this happen to them. I won't give it away what did happen.
This is the ninth edition to the VI Warshawski books. Her old friend is involved in the life of a new tennis star, Lacey Dowell. Vic is returning from a visit with them when she almost hits a woman lying in the road. After a slimy cop tries to pin a hit and run on her, Vic tries to get to the bottom of it. A windy path leads from the ER to the state prison when the victim once stayed. Throw in the mix her old friend Murray Ryerson, who has a new TV news show and things are bound to get messy. When Vic goes undercover, no one is quite sure if she will escape alive.
I've resisted posting my collection of VI Warshawski books but it is time to clear off the bookshelves. Sara Paretsky has developed on of the finest female private investigators in contemporary fiction. If you are looking for a great series, featuring a flawed human being, this one is for you. This story takes the detective from the wealthy enclaves of Chicago to a the world of prison life. I am sad to see these stories end and take my time as I near the last few pages. I usually wind up pulling a late night with one of these novels. Hope you do too!
Early VI Warshawski mystery. I'm a big fan of this series.
Another Paretsky's writings... very good
one of the better P.I.'s out there.. a good read
This is the ninth edition to the VI Warshawski books. Her old friend is involved in the life of a new tennis star, Lacey Dowell. Vic is returning from a visit with them when she almost hits a woman lying in the road. After a slimy cop tries to pin a hit and run on her, Vic tries to get to the bottom of it. A windy path leads from the ER to the state prison when the victim once stayed. Throw in the mix her old friend Murray Ryerson, who has a new TV news show and things are bound to get messy. When Vic goes undercover, no one is quite sure if she will escape alive.
V I Warshovski is a great character, and the messes she gets into are entertaining as well as being powerful commentary on unjust situations. Her unique friends, her amazing dogs - it's all in this one.
Two women lives turn upside down after a terrible accident. One likes to drive to fast the other lying in the road dying of an agonizing death.
excellent
Sara Paretsky and her Warshawski, P.I., mysteries are a good read!
"In a crowed field of female detectives - V.I. Warshawski Rules! "
Great Book!
V. I. warshawski is back. In a crowded field of female detetives, she rules.
9 in series
In an instant,the lives of two women colided. One was behind the wheel of a Trans Am she liked to drive too fast.The other was lying in the road,dying an agonizing death.When Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski got out of her car to look at the woman she almost hit,she began a long,harrowing descent into a world of shadowy secrets and tangled lives-and into the darkest heart of her city.
From the cover - In an instant, the lives of two women collided. One was behind the wheel of a Trans Am she liked to drive too fast. The other was lying in the road, dying an agonizing death. When Chicago private eye V.I. got out of her car to look at the woman she almost hit, she began a long, harrowing descent into a world of shadowy secrets and rangled lives - and into the darkest heart of the city.
From cover:
Among the first, and perhaps the most compelling, female private investigators of contemporary fiction, Sara Paretsky's incomparable character V. I. Warshawski at last returns to the page in her first full-length appearance since 1994's Tunnel Vision. Hard Time is the work of a master--a riveting novel of suspense that is indisputably Paretsky's best V.I. Warshawski novel yet. Multimedia conglomerate Global Entertainment has purchased the Chicago Herald-Star, forcing the paper's staff to scramble to stay employed. Reporter Murray Ryerson, V.I.'s longtime friend and sometime rival, manages to reinvent himself as the host of a television show on Global's network.
On her way home from a party celebrating Murray's debut, V.I. almost runs over a woman lying in the street. Stopping to help, V.I. soon learns that her Good Samaritan act will drop her squarely in a boiling intrigue. In a case that forces her to go head-to-head with one of the world's largest providers of private security and prison services, a case that exposes dark hidden truths behind the razzle-dazzle of the entertainment industry, V.I. will be ahead of the game if she gets out alive.
Among the first, and perhaps the most compelling, female private investigators of contemporary fiction, Sara Paretsky's incomparable character V. I. Warshawski at last returns to the page in her first full-length appearance since 1994's Tunnel Vision. Hard Time is the work of a master--a riveting novel of suspense that is indisputably Paretsky's best V.I. Warshawski novel yet. Multimedia conglomerate Global Entertainment has purchased the Chicago Herald-Star, forcing the paper's staff to scramble to stay employed. Reporter Murray Ryerson, V.I.'s longtime friend and sometime rival, manages to reinvent himself as the host of a television show on Global's network.
On her way home from a party celebrating Murray's debut, V.I. almost runs over a woman lying in the street. Stopping to help, V.I. soon learns that her Good Samaritan act will drop her squarely in a boiling intrigue. In a case that forces her to go head-to-head with one of the world's largest providers of private security and prison services, a case that exposes dark hidden truths behind the razzle-dazzle of the entertainment industry, V.I. will be ahead of the game if she gets out alive.
