Bitter Medicine

Book Review 4 of 5 stars to Bitter Medicine, the 4th book in the VI Warshawski mystery thriller series by Sara Paretsky. I really enjoyed this book, more than many of the others. In this installment, VI is trying to help out a friend, but things don't go well and both the young girl and h......more

How odd another review I wrote disappearing. I am listening to a radio serial and went to check my review which had disappeared? The story is about V.I investigating a suspicious death in a private hospital. She meets a doctor and discovers a conspiracy.......more

"I hardly like to deny an allegation of prettiness. On the other hand, when you are fantastically beautiful, you have to be careful not to use it to dazzle people into overlooking the law." Last week for my crime fiction module we read Cop Hater, which I decried for its packaging, that mass-marke......more

Here I am listening to the audible versions of the VI. Warshawski series more than 10 years later. And the audible version of this book was created in 2010 and it seems that a number of books in the series was recorded in that year. An amazing amount of time in this book is covering our heroine under......more

Poor Consuelo. Sixteen, pregnant, completely ignoring that her husband hates her (shotgun wedding, Catholics), her diabetes and her family's disgust, she wants this baby. Her hopeful support in helping her gangbanger husband, Fabiano, get a job is almost delusional, but her perseverance draws privat......more