[books 2009] Sara Paretsky

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52. Blacklist by Sara Paretsky

After the Big Bag o'Disappointment that was my encounters with Patricia Cornwell and Jed Rubenfeld, this is more like it!

Private Detective VI Warshawski is hired to check out reports of lights in a deserted mansion, and ends up knee-deep in a murder that is connected to the super-rich of Chicago and how they manipulated their way through the McCarthyite witch-hunts of the 1950s, and the hunt for a young "terrorist" in the post 9/11 wave a panic.

I was afraid that this book might be too long for what it is, but it didn't drag at all.

I'll definitely be getting more of these from the library when I get the pile here down to a more manageable level.

Comments

[silentq.livejournal.com]

I swear I've read some of the books, or at least seen the movie, but it was in high school and none of the titles look immediately familiar. I have happy fuzzy memories about enjoying the adventures of VI Warshawski though. :)