can be independent and smart and still be a woman. There were a few times in the story that I thought "a cell phone would make this so much easier" which also means the plot would have to have changed.I haven't figured out why so many people don't recognize that V. She'll go do dangerous things on her own because she thinks the police won't do it or won't take her seriously etc.I agree with another reviewer that this book seems dated.
She'll say things she probably shouldn't-things that sometimes antagonize the very people she should be trying to avoid getting mad at her. I listened to this as an audiobook-and honestly, I don't know if it is the narrator or the intent of the author but sometimes I feel that V.I. discovers a connection between the two that brings her to a confrontation where the line between friend and enemy is redrawn to frightening effect. doesn't know whether it's the politicians, the police, or the developers who are after her.Īs this, her sixth investigation, takes her deep into the workings of both the construction business and Cook County politics, V.I. After three terrifying attempts on her life, V.I.
is warned off the case by both a high-ranking police officer and a major Chicago developer- who also happens to be a close friend of the chairman of the Cook County Board.
is hired to investigate the fire at the hotel, her aunt disappears, and her aunt's young friend is found dead at a construction site. vows that it will be a short visit and uses some old political contacts to find Elena a room. Burned out of her SRO hotel, Elena has turned to V.I. Warshawski's derelict aunt, re-enters her niece's life at three in the morning. With those words-and the sour yeasty smell of stale beer-Elena, V.I.
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