[bksvol-discuss] Blacklist

  • From: "Jim" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Bksvol-Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:39:16 -0700

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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