[bksvol-discuss] Re: Blacklist

  • From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:39:49 -0800 (PST)

Hi Ernie,
   
  There are 11 Sara Paretsky novels in the collection already, so have a great 
time reading them!
   
  Carrie

k4zq <k4zq@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
          Jim,
   
  Great Cerendipity.  I've been looking for Ms. Peretsky for years with no 
success, and she just shows up on the list.
   
  Thanks.
   
  Peace,
  Ernie
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim 
  To: Bksvol-Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 10:39 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Blacklist
  

  Hi List,
  Just submitted Blacklist by Sara Paretsky.
   
    From The Barnes & Noble Review
In the wake of 9/11, Sara Paretsky examines the devastating effect of personal 
fear set against an escalating climate of national paranoia and despair. 
Blacklist, the 12th outing for private eye V. I. Warshawski, is rife with 
weighty themes, including terrorism, McCarthyism, and the never-ending fight to 
preserve the First Amendment; but the author balances out the heaviness with 
plenty of her trademark dark humor, one-line zingers, intense action, and 
thrills galore.
  V. I. "Vic" Warshawski agrees to investigate the story of a 90-year-old 
female nursing home resident who claims to have seen lights in a nearby 
abandoned mansion. In no time, Vic has stumbled across the corpse of a reporter 
who was hunting down a reclusive dancer blacklisted in the Red Scare of the 
1950s. Each event combines with others to reveal a complex cover-up involving 
the FBI and terrorists at large.
  Blacklist, a powerful entry in Paretsky's popular series, gives Vic a chance 
to show her tender, vulnerable side, as the plucky P.I. wrestles to overcome 
her feelings of anxiety and powerlessness. Offering up a solid mixture of 
excitement and thought-provoking issues, the author pulls us into a story that 
combines the best elements of political intrigue with a classy, first-rate 
mystery. Tom Piccirilli
   
  Jim B
  Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    
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