Killing Orders
Author: Sara Paretsky
Read by Donada Peters
7 discs (approx 8 hours)
It begins as a $3 million heist from a Dominican priory. It spirals into a case of lethal complexity that may unite big corporate conspirators, Chicago's underworld bosses and the Church itself in a very unholy Trinity. V.I. Warshawski's job is to find out for sure...even hough it's clear she might die trying.
Personal Review: I couldnt finish this book. I am a fan of the V.I. Warshawski novels, however both of the other novels I read were read by Sandra Burr-she did a great job! This narrator isnt bad-its just She does have an English accent so after Listening to Sandra Burr read the other stories---and a BIG part of this character is that she was born/raised on the South side of Chicago it seemed odd that they would choose a reader with an English accent.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Fire Sale
Fire Sale
Author: Sara Paretsky
Read by: Sandra Burr
General Fiction
15 hours -12 discs
V.I. Warshawski may have left her old South Chicago neighborhood, but she learns that she cannot escape it. When V.I. takes over coaching duties of the girls' basketball team at her former high school, she faces an ill-equipped, ragtag group of gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms, who inevitably draw the detective into their family woes.
Through young Josie Dorrado, V.I. meets the girl's mother, who voices her worries about sabotage in the little flag manufacturing plant where she works. The biggest employer on the South Side, discount-store behemoth By-Smart, pays even less, and Ms. Dorrado doesn't know how she'll support her four children if the flag plant shuts down.
The elder Dorrado's fears are realized when the plant explodes; V.I. is injured and the owner is killed. As V.I. beings to investigate, she finds herself confronting the Bysen family, who own the By-Smart company. When Billy Bysen runs away with Josie Dorrado, V.I. is squeezed between the needs of two very different families. As she tries to find the errant teenages, and to track down a particularly cruel murderer, her own life is almost forfeit in the swamps that lie under the city of Chicago.
Reccomendations if you like this book:
V.I. Warshawski is a character in a Series of Sara Paretsky's Novels; if you check this one out you might like these others also.
Search Amazon.com for v.i. warshawski audio cd
More Sara Paretsky's Novels:
Search Amazon.com for sara paretsky audio book
More audio books with Sandra Burr (narrator):
Search Amazon.com for sandra burr audio book
Author: Sara Paretsky
Read by: Sandra Burr
General Fiction
15 hours -12 discs
V.I. Warshawski may have left her old South Chicago neighborhood, but she learns that she cannot escape it. When V.I. takes over coaching duties of the girls' basketball team at her former high school, she faces an ill-equipped, ragtag group of gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms, who inevitably draw the detective into their family woes.
Through young Josie Dorrado, V.I. meets the girl's mother, who voices her worries about sabotage in the little flag manufacturing plant where she works. The biggest employer on the South Side, discount-store behemoth By-Smart, pays even less, and Ms. Dorrado doesn't know how she'll support her four children if the flag plant shuts down.
The elder Dorrado's fears are realized when the plant explodes; V.I. is injured and the owner is killed. As V.I. beings to investigate, she finds herself confronting the Bysen family, who own the By-Smart company. When Billy Bysen runs away with Josie Dorrado, V.I. is squeezed between the needs of two very different families. As she tries to find the errant teenages, and to track down a particularly cruel murderer, her own life is almost forfeit in the swamps that lie under the city of Chicago.
Reccomendations if you like this book:
V.I. Warshawski is a character in a Series of Sara Paretsky's Novels; if you check this one out you might like these others also.
Search Amazon.com for v.i. warshawski audio cd
More Sara Paretsky's Novels:
Search Amazon.com for sara paretsky audio book
More audio books with Sandra Burr (narrator):
Search Amazon.com for sandra burr audio book
Saturday, November 6, 2010
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief
By John Grisham
(2999-CD) 9 compact Discs
Read by Alexander Adams
Late one October night, Justice Abe Rosenberg, at 91 the Supreme Court's liberal legend, is gunned down in his Georgetown home. Two hours later Myron Jensen, the court's youngest and most conservative justice, is strangled. The country is stunned. The FBI has no clues.
But Darby Shaw, a brilliant young law student and Tulane University, thinks she has the answer, She prepares a meticulous though very speculative brief that builds a strong case against a surprise suspect -- a suspect with very powerful friends who want Darby and "the pelican brief" she wrote out of the way for good!
"Takes suspense past the legal limit." (The New York Times)
By John Grisham
(2999-CD) 9 compact Discs
Read by Alexander Adams
Late one October night, Justice Abe Rosenberg, at 91 the Supreme Court's liberal legend, is gunned down in his Georgetown home. Two hours later Myron Jensen, the court's youngest and most conservative justice, is strangled. The country is stunned. The FBI has no clues.
But Darby Shaw, a brilliant young law student and Tulane University, thinks she has the answer, She prepares a meticulous though very speculative brief that builds a strong case against a surprise suspect -- a suspect with very powerful friends who want Darby and "the pelican brief" she wrote out of the way for good!
"Takes suspense past the legal limit." (The New York Times)
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