Sara Paretsky

Description from goodreads.com: Sara Paretsky's famous private eye V.I. Warshawski bleeding Chicago blue and this book has nine short stories featuring V.I. and friends, and adds depth to the detective's character in an early book in the series.It is the mid 1990s. There is no internet or social media, and people get the majority of their news from newspapers, television, and radio, detectives included. V.I. really has to detect and snoop, worming her way into situations usually barred to all but the police. Murray Ryerson, V.I.'s contact at the Globe plays a key role in providing her with news tips in exchange for her own information. The two enjoy an interesting relationship, usually providing a few laughs. Additionally, with her father, beat cop Tony Warshawski, only deceased fifteen years at this point, Vic still has friends on the force. While at times the cops resent her presence as getting in their way and at other times do not want to see Tony's daughter in harms way, an early Vic enjoyed a cordial working relationship with Chicago's finest. Sergeant John McGonnigal appears in each of the cases here as does Captain Bobby Mallory, her father's closest friend on the force. Both give her the benefit of the doubt on dubious cases, allowing V.I. to wrap up loose ends quickly. Click on the 'Visit Store' link above to find many other interesting books, magazines, games and other items in It Was the Best of Times for a Book. If you purchase more than one item in a single transaction, eBay adds the shipping charges instead of calculating them. I do refund excess paid shipping. Thank you for looking.