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Loading... Blacklist (2003)by Sara Paretsky
None. this is the first mystery, hard boiled crime novel I've read. reading for a lit class. it's very enterining lots of details. a fast read (  ) michaelbartley | Jan 14, 2013 |  Nach Jahren habe ich mal wieder einen V.I. Warshawski Krimi gelesen und fand den Krimi, wie die früheren Romane auch, wieder sehr gut.Wobei ich nie ganz sicher bin, wie sehr ich V.I. Warshawski selbst als Charakter mögen würde, wenn sie meine Nachbarin wäre. Sie scheint sehr angespannt zu sein. (  ) volumed42 | Jan 27, 2012 | Another gripping V.I. Warshawski tale of murder, mystery and intrigue. This time the story involves the very rich and priveleged, the poor black artists of the 1950's, and the secrets that intertwined their lives. Throw in a supposed Arab terrorist for current flavor and a murdered black writer and you have a story that has something of interest for everyone. (  ) justicefortibet | Jan 28, 2011 | 11th in the V.I. Warshawski, P.I., series set in contemporary Chicago. How to combine old witch hunts with new ones--Paretsky has managed to do that in an intriguing way in a murder plot that’s pretty thin but is an excellent raison d’etre for this off-beat look into the US penchant for letting fear override the Constitution. Darraugh Graham is V.I.’s most important client; his retainer is the mainstay of her ability to pay her rent. so when Graham calls because he wants V.I. to more or less humor his 90-something year old mother who claims she is seeing lights on in Larchmanot, the old family mansion, V.I. obliges, although without much enthusiasm. Skulking around one midnight, trying to determine whether there is any basis to Geraldine Grahams’ claims and chasing after a teenage girl who may be connected to those lights, V.I. literally falls on top of a body in Larchmont’s filthy, neglected pool. the corpse is that of Marcus Whitby, an African-American journalist who works for a prominent African-American publishing house in Chicago. Enriching and texturing the plot is information about the Federal Theater project of the 30’s, but from the point of view of the African-American performers who were given a chance to do more than play stereotypical Mammy or Step N Fetchit roles. Paretsky brings in the persecution of left-leaning intellectuals during the infamous HUAC years, when cynical politicians such as Joseph McCarthy seized upon American fears to boost themselves politically. Paretsky connects this beautifully to the kind of Constitution-bending, if not breaking, of the Patriot Act; V.I.,’s situation illustrates the dangers ordinary citizens face from this seizure of power by yet another set of cynical politicians 50 years after the McCarthy era. It’s well done and informative, the way just about all of Paretsky’s books are without being preachy (no one comes out looking good), and would be much better if the plot weren’t quite so stretched. Be that as it may, it’s still a very good read for V.I. fans, and for those who like main courses with the dessert of their mystery genre. (  ) Joycepa | Aug 24, 2010 | The best mystery novel I've read in a couple of years. Blacklist holds a lot of political commentary, a long and complicated list of characters, and V.I. at a lovable point in her life. I appreciated the historical connections and also the frustration of the relative power of the wealthy to defeat justice. An unlikely and well-crafted villain round out the tale. Sure, the plot is complicated, but that was part of the fun for me. ( ) metamariposa | Jun 1, 2010 | no reviews | add a review
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