From the Bookshelf of The Complete Idiots Guide to the Ultimate Reading List…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
This introduces the series with V.I. Warshawski, a female PI. Paretsky does at least give us sketch in more of a background then I've read in a host of private detective fiction. Vic's Italian/Jewish mother and Polish cop father certainly left their mark on her, and she's actually shown to have a friend. The plot, full of shady businessmen, even shadier labor leaders, mobsters and corrupt cops in Chicago is fairly intricate yet hangs together nicely. I think the "rich people" are rather stereoty
...more
I sold a ton of Paretsky mysteries when I worked in a bookstore. So I thought I should try one out. V.I. Warshawski is definitely the forerunner to both Kinsey Milhone and Stephanie Plum. Definitely old-school detecting going on here. Though I think I might be past reading books where cell phones could have negated all the suspense.
I started this series on a cruise to Mexico.
May 03, 2009
Maggie
marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2011
Nicole
marked it as to-read
May 04, 2011
Shay
added it
Jan 10, 2013
Celeste
marked it as to-read
Feb 03, 2014
Eileen Conner
marked it as want-to-read-maybe
Apr 13, 2015
Nina
marked it as to-read
Sep 17, 2020
Mary
marked it as to-read
Oct 01, 2021
Maddie
marked it as to-read
Mar 03, 2022
Kenneth
marked it as to-read
May 30, 2022
Marty
marked it as to-read
