Killing Orders
by:
Sara Paretsky (author)
V.I.'s battleaxe Aunt Rosa is under investigation by the FBI and SEC after counterfeit stock certificates were found at St. Albert's Priory, where she serves as treasurer. As malicious as her aunt is, V.I. knows she's not dishonest, so V.I. vows to protect her from taking the fall. But V.I....
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V.I.'s battleaxe Aunt Rosa is under investigation by the FBI and SEC after counterfeit stock certificates were found at St. Albert's Priory, where she serves as treasurer. As malicious as her aunt is, V.I. knows she's not dishonest, so V.I. vows to protect her from taking the fall. But V.I. starts questioning the strength of her family ties when a menacing voice on the phone threatens to throw acid into her eyes if she doesn't butt out. The stakes are high as she begins to sniff out a connection between Chicago's most powerful institutions: the Church and the Mob.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451214973 (0451214978)
Publish date: May 3rd 2005
Publisher: Signet
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: V.I. Warshawski (#3)
I loved that the book finally got into more background on V.I.'s dead mother and her antagonistic relationship with her Aunt Rosa. I didn't really enjoy the parts that dealt with the outdated attitudes about lesbians and at one point hoped that the character of Bobby would have a stroke. I also didn...
bookshelves: published-1985, mystery-thriller, autumn-2010, north-americas, catholic, filthy-lucre Read from November 19 to 26, 2010 Kathleen Turner stars as Sara Paretsky's Chicago private eye.
Kathleen Turner stars as Sara Paretsky's Chicago private eye.http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0089j85/V_I_Warshawski_Killing_Orders_Remembrance_of_Things_Past/
I didn't think of it before, but Wasrshawski is a proto-Buffy. She is, after all, a private detective who loves fancy shoes, but is tough enough for her job. Further musing suggests that the crime genre has always been accepting of women who were both tough and feminine. There is, after all, Nancy D...
I didn't think of it before, but Wasrshawski is a proto-Buffy. She is, after all, a private detective who loves fancy shoes, but is tough enough for her job. Further musing suggests that the crime genre has always been accepting of women who were both tough and feminine. There is, after all, Nancy D...
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