V.I. Warshawski Novels: Brush Back (Paperback)

from dsdmd

V.I. Warshawski, the PI with nine lives...well that's probably on the low side. She attracts trouble like a magnet but always manages to get through it. One tough lady. In Brush Back, she finds herself up against a Russian mob enforcer, but even more dangerous the Chicago Southside political mach...

from librarian1204

A series that never grows old with me, although I worry that VI can not take many more episodes of being beaten up . After all she must be aging after 17 books, I know I am. Chicago's south side, where VI grew up is the focus of this book. All the usual characters return, including Boom Boom's go...

from NewsieQ

Frank Guzzo, V.I. Warshawski's high-school flame and old friend of V.I.'s late cousin Boom Boom, a former star on the Chicago Blackhawks, asks our heroine to help exonerate his mother, who's just left prison after serving decades for beating her teenage daughter Annie to death. Stella Guzzo, who ...

from shazjhb

A bit preachy. All these authors who have had long careers with the same detectives are beginning to sound a little preachy

from Romonko

Sara Paretsky proves once again that she is one of the best mystery writers out there. This book is a real wild ride. I read through the book at breakneck pace. The tension never lets up from the first page right up to the very end where Ms. Paretsky treats us to such a menacing ending. What she ...