Friday, January 28, 2011

Body Work by Sara Paretsky


This is the fourteenth book in the V.I. Warshawski Series. It's hard to believe that I read the first one back in 1982 but V.I. is a character that I will always love to follow. The stories are always interesting but it's the character that keeps me coming back for more. Every time I read one of these novels I picture Sharon Gless from Cagney and Lacey! That old TV series is probably nothing to do with these books but V.I. has some similar character traits. So if you didn't like Cagney and Lacey you probably won't enjoy these books.


In this novel V.I. investigates the murder outside of Club Gouge, Chicago's edgiest nightclub where the Body Artist performs, her naked body the canvas that the audience paints on.