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205th out of 907 books
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Blood Shot (V.I. Warshawski #5)
by
Sara Paretsky (Goodreads Author)
V.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back toher old south Chicago neighborhood, but a promiseis something she always keeps. Caroline, achildhood friend, has a dying mother and a problem --after twenty-five years she wants V.I. to find thefather she never knew. But when V.I. startsprobing into the past, she not only finds out where allthe bodies are buried -- she stumble...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
May 1st 1989
by Dell
(first published 1988)
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Wow.
This is one THRILLING book! I couldn't put it down! V.I. Warshawski faces her most PTSD-inducing case in the series so far and manages to dig up a lot of information on her own past, both of which promise to give her nightmares for a long time.
V.I. would rather drive into hell than go back to her old Chicago neighborhood, but a pleading request from a childhood friend, Carolyn Djiak, during a charity basketball game for her old high school forces her to submit to her conscience and give in...more
This is one THRILLING book! I couldn't put it down! V.I. Warshawski faces her most PTSD-inducing case in the series so far and manages to dig up a lot of information on her own past, both of which promise to give her nightmares for a long time.
V.I. would rather drive into hell than go back to her old Chicago neighborhood, but a pleading request from a childhood friend, Carolyn Djiak, during a charity basketball game for her old high school forces her to submit to her conscience and give in...more
Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski rarely shies away from doing something just because she would rather not do it. Now she has returned reluctantly to her childhood streets of South Chicago to participate in a reunion match for her high school basketball team. Ensnared both by a manipulative lifelong friend and her own mixed feelings about her escape from the shadows of the South Side's dying steel mills, V.I. finds herself agreeing to look for a missing father. Soon she is slogging through toxic m...more
Dec 28, 2009
Mary JL
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of mysteries/private detective novels
Recommended to Mary JL by:
I am familiar with the series
Shelves:
mystery-horror
This is one of the earleir V. I. Warshawski novels by Sara Paretsky. It is quite good and a good example of the quality of her series.
One reason I liked this better than some of the books is that Vic is drawn book to her roots in the old South Chicago neighborhood she was raised in. Now, she is seeing the past through adult eyes.
Caroline, a family friend since Vic was eleven years old, has asked her to find out who her father was. Her mother was a single parent, and never revealed it to her daug...more
One reason I liked this better than some of the books is that Vic is drawn book to her roots in the old South Chicago neighborhood she was raised in. Now, she is seeing the past through adult eyes.
Caroline, a family friend since Vic was eleven years old, has asked her to find out who her father was. Her mother was a single parent, and never revealed it to her daug...more
Aren’t holiday weekends wonderful for leisure reading?! I sat in the sunshine in the little courtyard out the back of our motel unit in Opotiki – with a glass of wine and a Sudoku book for alternating with this – and read the second in this volume.
V.I. and Caroline Djiak go way back – all the way back to their rough-and-tumble girlhoods in grimy South Chicago – so when Caroline comes begging for a favour, V.I. cannot refuse. No sooner does V.I. get on the case than she discovers that the chemica...more
V.I. and Caroline Djiak go way back – all the way back to their rough-and-tumble girlhoods in grimy South Chicago – so when Caroline comes begging for a favour, V.I. cannot refuse. No sooner does V.I. get on the case than she discovers that the chemica...more
Out of the few detective books I read this is my favorite series. I really like everything I read,but the character here gives this series the edge. I just like V.I. This book takes us to her past, and all the things she is trying not to think about or remember, but they are also all the things that make her who she is. Politics, and power in Chicago. It seems like an obvious choice,we've all heard of Mayor Dailey, and Paretsky doesnt pull any punches.
This series is a re-read for me. I read mos...more
This series is a re-read for me. I read mos...more
"I felt a little prickling along the base of my neck, that primitive adrenaline jolt that lets you know you're getting close to the saber-toothed tiger"
Sara Paretsky's veteran private investigator, V. I. Warshawski, is summoned to her childhood suburbs in this family/industrial mystery, in which the kid next door wants Vic to find her father. Vic stumbles onto a industrial negligence cover-up, and as usual, is shortly on the trial of the bad guys...
As usual, there is a decent sized cast as Vic b...more
Sara Paretsky's veteran private investigator, V. I. Warshawski, is summoned to her childhood suburbs in this family/industrial mystery, in which the kid next door wants Vic to find her father. Vic stumbles onto a industrial negligence cover-up, and as usual, is shortly on the trial of the bad guys...
As usual, there is a decent sized cast as Vic b...more
When I started this book, I didn’t understand how much I wanted a read that rose to five stars. Blood Shot doesn’t rise to the level of great classical literature but it served my needs better than I could have hoped. Lots of action requiring suspension of disbelief led to a conclusion worthy of a graphic comic book. After I finished the book, I looked at the GR ratings and reviews. Of 2700 GR ratings, only seven have given this book only one star. On the other hand, two-thirds have given it fou...more
Any V.I. is good V.I. as far as I'm concerned, but for some reason this one left me a trifle unsatisfied. It may be because she seemed to be having the same conversations with Lotty, Mr. Contreras and all other important people in her life that she'd had before. Of course, stubborn hardheadedness is part of V.I.'s charm.
Anyway, enjoying this in-order experience of Paretsky's books, although I've yet to hit one I ever remember reading before!
Anyway, enjoying this in-order experience of Paretsky's books, although I've yet to hit one I ever remember reading before!
It probably should be higher, but I really hate Carolyn. This is me being ridiculous, but it hurt the book for me, esp. the end. But I love that the dog gets featured, and, well, I love Paretsky. And it is interesting how often this book of hers, which was written over 20 years) kept coming up at the PCA conference in Boston. It is still an important environmental mystery.
This was probably one of the first of her novels I read. I had read a lot of "Spenser" by this time, and it was fun to read the genre with a female heroine. The author's love for the city of Chicago shines through her writing, and the conflict between the old and new cities is very well-drawn.
I don't like all the flip dialogue of the detective character, much of this book was over the top for me. A dying woman's daughter wants to find out who her father was, who got her mother pregnant. Lots of drama, lots of 'maybe' then the ending. Can't recommend this one.
Good mystery book. Warshawski is an intelligent PI, independent but not too much a crazy lone wolf to be irritating. In this one she is asked to help find the natural father of a childhood friend. By the end she's taken on mobs, politicians and corporate tycoons. Fast paced and never silly.
VI digs deep in the murky world of Chicago South Side politics and big business sharp practice. All her tenacity and powers of detection are required to uncover the necessary truths and achieve some measure of justice - and once again her personal safety and that of close associates is at risk. Really good story-telling.
Paretsky entices the reader in and keeps the hold on till the end. Even though this book was written in the 1980's, it is still an excellent and gripping read.
have read the beginning, the end and feel glad I didn't stick it out for the middle. It's too much like Sue Grafton's Kinsey in a way except this one swears and drinks more. There's an elderly neightbour who cooks for her and a substitute parent who is a Doctor and so on....it reads like Kinsey's big sis.
I also think it's pretty apparent that this is a subsequent book in a number of the series, and that the relationships between characters have probably gradually developed so feel a bit out of s...more
I also think it's pretty apparent that this is a subsequent book in a number of the series, and that the relationships between characters have probably gradually developed so feel a bit out of s...more
I thought VI got off to easy this time around, but it was a fun read. In terms of purely story it was tight and had strong characters, good and bad.
Not Paretsky's best detective novel by far, but a pleasant evening's diversion nonetheless. Probably better suited to hardcore fans.
As always Sara Paretsky delivers a fast paced well thought out plot that kept me up half the night to finish it.
fun read, reminiscent of Sue Grafton. Doesn't get into relationships/character development too much. thanks for that.
Fantastic story, and it just keeps you guessing up until the very end. I'm definitely looking forward to the next one.
the second-best book in the hostel book exchange. again, i am not kidding. not a fan of conventional mysteries.
A book from the V.I. Warshawski series. I've really enjoyed the books in this series that I've read.
I liked the book. Not a favorite of mine, but that has more to do with the writing style than the story. A little hard to follow at points. Sort of choppy in the middle that wraps up fairly smoothly in the end. With characters to cheer for and against, a determined, no-nonsense, take no bull investigator and justified ending to a shark, hook, line and sinker, I would recommend this book.
Much better crime fiction than anything I've read by men. Believable characters, well-written.
Another excellent work from Paretsky. Her love of Chicago is obvious and she has a way of writing that has you holding on until the last page
Not the best of the V.I. Warshawki novels, but certainly suspenseful.
Good feel for Chicago and the politics. Interesting plots
HI DEAR!
I WOULD LIKE TO RED YOUR BOOK .
I WOULD LIKE TO RED YOUR BOOK .
I saw Sara on the TODAY SHOW when she talk about her book becoming a movie. My mother and I went and i love the movie, that year she got me Blood Shot for the holidays and I've been reading her book ever since than.
But didn't read them in order.
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Sara Paretsky is a modern American author of detective fiction. Paretsky was raised in Kansas, and graduated from the state university with a degree in political science. She did community service work on the south side of Chicago in 1966 and returned in 1968 to work there. She ultimately completed a Ph.D. in history at the University of Chicago, entitled The Breakdown of Moral Philosophy in New E...more
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