Killing Orders, Sara Paretsky
Killing Orders, Sara Paretsky
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Killing Orders

Author: Sara Paretsky

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 9 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/09/2010

Synopsis

Killing Orders, V.I. Warshawski’s third adventure, starts when her great-aunt Rosa summons the detective to her cold suburban home. Rosa made V.I.’s childhood miserable and the detective resents the command to help her aunt prove she didn't embezzle five million dollars from a local Dominican priory. All hell breaks loose when a mysterious opponent tries to take Vic off the case by throwing acid in her eyes and burning down her apartment. And when a friend who’s involved in the case is brutally murdered, it begins to look as if Vic hasn’t got a prayer. But Warshawski continues to follow every lead, even when they point to some pretty unorthodox conclusions: Perhaps the Dominicans are covering up a financial scandal. Maybe the whole conspiracy is under the patronage of an international conglomerate, or of Don Pasquale, king of the Chicago mob. Worst of all, someone who’s close to Vic could be involved — her darkly handsome English lover, Roger Ferrant, or even Aunt Rosa herself.

About Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky is the author of fourteen previous books, including twelve V. I. Warshawski novels. She is the winner of many awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers’ Association. She lives in Chicago.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on March 26, 2020

Book Review 4 of 5 stars to Killing Orders, the third novel in the V.I. Warshawski mystery and thriller series, published in 1985 and written by Sara Paretsky. Another great installment, pitting VI against her own family this time. It's gotta be hard to have an animosity within your famil......more

Goodreads review by John on September 03, 2024

Third in the series and a great story. V.I agrees to help her estranged Aunt Rosa who is suspected of involvement in some missing share certificates at the Priory where she is the Treasurer. This story involves the Vatican and it’s missing millions and the takeover of Ajax an insurance company. Murde......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on December 17, 2012

Scooooorrrrre! And the crowd roars! Ok, ok. It's not a Great Book. But this is The One (previously Jet Li). Women need an extraordinary badass female detective and V.I. Warshawski is that guy. If James Bond can be young for 70 years and know how to do everything there is to do in the world, why can't......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on October 09, 2023

I remember when one of the things that made candidate (and later president) Bill Clinton seem so cool was his being caught reading one of the V.I. Warshawski novels while on the campaign trail. (Playing jazz sax and appearing on Arsenio Hall’s talk show didn’t hurt him, either.) But I never took the......more

Goodreads review by Rob on April 10, 2022

The crime investigations of Sara Paretsky's Chicago private eye VI Warshawski. (view spoiler)[Great-aunt Rosa summons VI to her cold suburban home. Rosa made V.I.’s childhood miserable and the detective resents the command to help her aunt prove she didn't embezzle five million dollars from a local Dominican priory (hide spoiler)]......more

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