BBC Radio Crimes: A V.I. Warshawski Mystery: Killing Orders Audiobook

" A well paced detective novel to read with a female character in the lead. "

" 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 Drew, (Kick-Ass) Girl Detective [the Kick-Ass is silent]. "

" I have read some of this several times over the years. It's a great series. "

" It's surprising how interesting a mystery about financial fraud can be in the hands of Sara Paretsky. "

" Every year or two I feel like a Paretsky book, but halfway through I decide (once again) that I really don't like her protagonist. She is a rude, very opinionated character, which doesn't always bother me in characters in other books, but in these it does. "

" I enjoy this series, especially since it is set in Chicago...I remember some of the places she writes about. "

" I'm really torn about these books. The mysteries are complicated without being opaque, the prose is solid, and I'm a sucker for anything set in Chicago. On the other hand, the rampant condescending sexism hurled Warshawski's way is so grating that I can't stand to read the scenes with, for example, Bobby Mallory. I realize that that's part of the point, that those characters are small-minded idiots and Warshawski is awesome and above it all, but I really, REALLY hate reading about it. "

" Chicago hard and quick paced read. Paretsky is great. The implausible thing is the way she drives from one end of Chicago to another multiple times each day, and still has time to take care of business. "

" All the V.I. Warshawski novels are fun mysteries set in Chicago. They are fun to read. "

" It was just okay for me. The plot was a dull but I was able to get through it. There just seemed like there was a little too much going on. The newer books in this series are a better. "

" VI does it again !!!!!! "

" Very good plot. Her 3rd book in series & V.I.'s character is developing nicely. Spenser-like. "

" Well written, action packed. Kept me glued. "

" Early-ish Paretsky, and very good indeed: it's even crisper than her usual and VI is at her best here. If it weren't for the pastede-on ending with her mother's mysterious secret I would have kicked this up to four stars, but I can't. "

" I love all of Sarah Paretsky's VI Warshawsky series. I thinking have finally read them all. I just love a good crime book! "

" I enjoy all Sara Partsky books. "

" Read this out of order, so it didn't have the appeal of her later books. V.I. does get into a lot of trouble! True to form.....acid thrown at her, apt burned........how many times has that happened? "

" I want to read more Paretsky. She has an interesting main character and I loved reading about Chicago. I also heard Ms. Paretsky speak at the Rosamund Gifford Lecture Series in Syracuse, NY. She was great! "

" Audio -- it was read like a play but the story lacked any intensity "

" One of her better books. I thoroughly enjoy these, but I have to admit they become fairly predictable after reading a few. Whether that's because of insight into the author's mind or blandness, I can't say. "

" Once again, all the story lines nicely woven together. A "good read." "

" makes molasses look zippy. "

" Paretsky at her sharpest. Minimalistic, spot-on, tight plot. The sarcastically feisty Warshawski still holds her stand and street cred way back from her hayday's in the 80's. One of Paretsky's novels which are always worth a re-read. "

" I had a hard time getting through this one for some reason. It didn't seem as interesting as the other VI novels, and I felt like it got bogged down in the details quite a bit. I actually found that I had a hard time understanding some of the connections between people. "

" Audio -- it was read like a play but the story lacked any intensity "

" Any heroine who rolls out of bed, checks her running clothes for freshness, before sliding them on and heading out for her morning run with her doggie is my type girl. Even though it's first person, V.I.'s voice is one I believe. "

" It was just okay for me. The plot was a dull but I was able to get through it. There just seemed like there was a little too much going on. The newer books in this series are a better. "

" Paretsky is always a light and interesting read. "

" Ugh. If Paretsky spent as much time on the dialogue and plot as she does describing exactly what the main character is wearing, I'm sure this would be a much better book. Read it in two days, and it still feels like a waste of time. "

" Read this out of order, so it didn't have the appeal of her later books. V.I. does get into a lot of trouble! True to form.....acid thrown at her, apt burned........how many times has that happened? "

" I want to read more Paretsky. She has an interesting main character and I loved reading about Chicago. I also heard Ms. Paretsky speak at the Rosamund Gifford Lecture Series in Syracuse, NY. She was great! "

" Sara Paretsky is the best--as a wannabe writer, I don't know how she does it: the intricacy of the plot, the attention to detail, the sense of being in V.I.'s world. "

" Every year or two I feel like a Paretsky book, but halfway through I decide (once again) that I really don't like her protagonist. She is a rude, very opinionated character, which doesn't always bother me in characters in other books, but in these it does. "