But Warshawski continues to follow every lead, even when they point to some pretty unorthodox conclusions: Perhaps the Dominicans are covering up a financial scandal. And when a friend who’s involved in the case is brutally murdered, it begins to look as if Vic hasn’t got a prayer. All hell breaks loose when a mysterious opponent tries to take Vic off the case by throwing acid in her eyes and burning down her apartment. Rosa made V.I.’s childhood miserable and the detective resents the command to help her aunt prove she didn’t embezzle five million dollars from a local Dominican priory. Warshawski’s third adventure, starts when her great-aunt Rosa summons the detective to her cold suburban home. Each character shines as an individual, making this one of the best Sara Paretsky productions ever. She s equally convincing as a gangbanger, a gentle nun, a kindly neighbor, and a stroke victim.

Warshawski is pitch perfect.’ AudioFile, Earphones Award Winner Praise for the audio edition of Hardball: narrator Susan Ericksen ramps up the excitement in the story with a memorable voice that is intense and breathless. Praise for the audio edition of Body Work: ‘Susan Ericksen s portrayal of Chicago private investigator V.I. figures out the answers, she is in a race to find the missing young woman before the murderers do. Her efforts to track down her client and learn his true identity take her deep into a labyrinth of fraud and violence.

Finds young Peter s dead body instead, her client disappears.

s assignment is to find Thayer s son Peter s missing girlfriend. Hired by a man who calls himself John Thayer, V.I. Warshawski mystery America’s top private eye is tossed into a dangerous adventure when a seemingly straightforward assignment becomes complicated and deadly. In this gripping adventure the first V.I.

Hard time by sara paretsky