Tunnel Vision

V. I. Warshawski, Book 8

By: Sara Paretsky

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

Stubbornness has landed private eye V.I. Warshawski in big trouble at her Chicago office. With her grand old Loop building set to be razed, she's become a hold-out tenant amid frayed wiring and scary, empty corridors. Then she finds a homeless woman with three kids in the basement, and before she can rescue them, they disappear. Worst of all, she's been implicated in a murder - after the body of Deirdre Messenger, a prominent lawyer's wife, turns up sprawled across her desk.

V.I., who had volunteered with Deirdre at a women's shelter, suspects her death is linked to a case of upper-class domestic abuse so slickly concealed that the police refuse to believe it. Increasingly at odds with the cops, V.I. is blindly plunging ahead after the truth. And her path may lead to corruption at the highest levels or deep into the abandoned tunnels beneath Chicago's streets, where secrets are hiding in the dark like a child's - or V.I.'s - worst nightmare.

©1994 Sara Paretsky (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

"Tunnel Vision", a Paretsky best.

Always enjoy the Paretsky stories with the interplay of characters, of which Tunnel Vision has many, and a very involved plot. I like that, and it keeps my mind from wandering.
The narrator, Susan Ericksen, walks the line and talks the talk for a perfect Vic, or would it be Vick? I'm an audible person anymore, and haven't read a Paretsky in paper for many years. Though, I could remember liking the author and the story. Now I'm hooked on Audible.com.

Good

It’s intense to follow the multitude of characters, but I think you’ll find it worth it.

Intense and well written

I love that she is unabashedly feminist.
I mean the majority of men that right right there males to be strong, somewhat misogynistic definitely chauvinistic, so why can’t we have this character stick to her feminist guns. And truth, her character is just a strong woman, trying to remain independent, and not subservient in a male, dominated world and feel that she is in. This was a really good story and I think it’s definitely worth the read or the listen should I say.

Good listening

The performance is outstanding. Little too long but enjoyed. It was a bit challenging keeping up with the different characters. Madge

Excellent voice and fast pace sorry

This was my first book that I listened to by this author and I am so glad to have stumbled on it. Fast paced, full of characters and moving plot. I can't wait to go back and listen to her other books.