Indemnity Only: Library Edition

from bolgai

2012 marks the 30 year anniversary of the first publication of Sara Paretsky's debut novel and after listening to the BBC World Book Club program where she was the guest I decided to pick it up. You can definitely see that Indemnity Only is a debut novel. There is the minute detail often present...

from SheilaDeeth

I've never been to Chicago, but I love Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden novels, so my husband suggested I try something a little more "normal." Sara Paretsky's city is just as convincing and intriguing, without the myth and magic. Her first person narrator has the same toughness as Dresden, the same f...

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This is a piece of history: first published in 1982, it was ground-breaking at the time for being a novel about a hard-driving Chicago private detective who was female. Today, that's not remarkable, but it's still a good book: Warshawski is a compelling character, her Chicago feels real and vibra...

from LiteraryFeline

This is the first mystery in the V.I. Warshawski series. Vic is a female detective in a man's world. She is hired by a man pretending to be someone else and is asked to find a young woman. The investigation takes many twists and turns, placing Vic and her friends in danger. Vic is a strong and re...

from DabOfDarkness

Vick Warshawski is a Chicago cop's daughter and an independent private detective. A man calling himself John Thayer hires her to find his son's missing girlfriend, Anita Hill. Vick starts with the basics, such as checking the boyfriend Peter's apartment for clues. What she finds is Peter's body. ...