by Sara Paretsky
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 I didn't really enjoy the parts that dealt with the outdated attitudes about lesbians and at one point hoped that the character of Bobby would have a stroke.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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