- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (29 Aug 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140251235
- ISBN-13: 978-0140251234
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 951,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This volume contains nine stories about V.I. Warshawski in which the private eye uses her judgement, skills and intuition to get the better of her adversaries. Playing on the themes of family, honour, trust and friendship, she proves that the truth can usually be bought to light.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
First, a practical point. This is the same collection that was originally published in the US as 'Windy City Blues', so don't buy both.
This collection of stories is likely to appeal mainly to readers who are already familiar with V.I. Warshawski and her milieu. I came to it after nine of the novels, and found that it added considerably to the character development of many of the series regulars. But the main thing is that the stories themselves are great, especially the one written specifically for the collection, 'Grace Notes'. Paretsky clearly uses the short story form to play with some of the conventions of the genre, and breaks out of her 'hardboiled' pigeonhole with some of them. Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie are namechecked, and 'The Maltese Cat' provides a nice homage to Dashiell Hammett.
If you're someone that doesn't normally read short stories, but are still a Paretsky fan, then don't be put off. The best of what is here are almost as engrossing as the novels, and at the very least they are all a bit of fun. If you've never read Paretsky before, don't start here - pick up the omnibus volume of the first three novels (Indemnity Only/Deadlock/Killing Orders) instead.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a collection of some of Sara Paretsky's finest short stories. There are eight of them and the prestigious magazines that have published them over the past twelve years include: 'Alfred Hitchock's Mystery Magazine.' The stories, as the anthology's name implies, feature the private investigator V.I. Warshawski, and quite a few of the characters that regularly grace Paretsky's novels. Even if you don't normally read short stories these will make you think again. The stories are well plotted and if anything the action is faster paced and more tightly packed into just a few pages than her novels.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sara Paretsky should stick to novel writing not short stories. As an avid VI fan I need time to get to know her each time I read a new book. Short stories just confuse the reader.
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