She has a prolific V. I. Warshawski novel series. Warshawski is a woman PI in Chicago (at least in this book, “Fire Sale”) who is originally from the deep Southside which she has abandoned for a better neighborhood. But, her old high school coach, who is dying, gets her to be the substitute head coach for a year, so Warshawski is pulled back to her old neighborhood. She gets involved in the shenanigans and troubles of the Southside. Paretsky writes about the gut-wrenching poverty and the greed of others taking advantage of the downtrodden. Of course there are murders to be solved. Overall, the story line is good, but in this book, she was rather wordy at times and the story did not always keep me interested. I was given this book and a couple more by her, so I'll give her another chance. Having spent some time in Chicago, including a visit to Comisky Park which is in the South, I enjoyed getting to more about these parts.
WC Don
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