Deadlock
Written by Sara Paretsky
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
"V.I. Warshawski is one of the best . . . smart, tough, sexy."—Daily News (New York)
"Sara Paretsky makes excellent use of local backgrounds in a carefully plotted tale of murder and great misdeeds in the world of Great Lakes cargo shipping."—Chicago Tribune
When Chicago Black Hawks hockey legend Boom Boom Warshawski slips off a wharf and drowns in Lake Michigan, his private-eye cousin questions the accidental death report and rumors of suicide. Armed with a bottle of Black Label and a Smith & Weson, V.I. follows a trail of violence and corruption to the center of the Windy City's powerful shipping industry. Dodging elaborate attempts on her life with characteristic grit and humor, the one-of-a-kind detective wends her way through a maze of grain elevators and thousand-ton freighters, ruthless businessmen and gorgeous ballerinas, to ferret out Boom Boom's killers before they phase her out of the picture—permanently.
"Hard-boiled detective fiction . . . a swift-paced and engrossing read."—The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Slithers with suspense!"—Chicago Sun-Times
Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky is the author of twenty books, including the renowned V. I. Warshawski novels. Named 2011 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and a recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger award given by the British Crime Writers’ Association, she is president of the Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Chicago.
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Reviews for Deadlock
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One on of my favourite Vic Warshawski books. because the setting , involving giant grain ships going across the Great lakes, is so vivid. Vic is investigating the death in a whatf of her cousin Boom Boom. As usual she gets into big trouble but gets herself out of .
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I love the VI Warshawski novels and this one is no exception. VI's cousin Boom Boom has been found dead floating in the Chicago docks, VI believes he was murdered and sets out to find out why and how. This book was originally written in the 1980s and has dated a little, but VI is an engagingly driven character and the narrative skips along.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Good stuff about shipping industry. Otherwise rather dead story. Could not really care much. The explosion in the lock was a cool touch.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An enjoyable story revolving around shipping in the Great Lakes and rivalries between ship operators and the death of Warshawski's cousin Boom Boom, an ex-hockey pro, working in the shipping industry who falls off a dock and is killed. As usual "Vic" relentlessly pursues the truth behind Boom Boom's death, not much caring who gets in the way.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5People imagine private detectives to be tired-looking men in raincoats, but Vic is female. She's tough, beautiful, carries a gun and goes on asking questions until she gets answers. When her cousin Boom Boom dies in an accident, Vic is naturally upset. She wants to know how and why the accident happened, and she isn't satisfied by the answers she gets. So she goes on asking questions... and more people start to die.