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4.0�toiles sur 5 Well-written mystery, Jui 24 2004

Par	Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Blacklist (Hardcover)

V.I. Warshawski is back at it as she is asked to investigate some mysterious activity in a deserted mansion. Her investigation leads to the discovery of a dead black journalist and suddenly she is thrown into the past histories of some of Chicago's wealthiest families. She discovers secrets long-hidden by prominent people and delves into the Communist "witch hunts" of the McCarthy era and the current crackdown on immigrants from the Middle East. Paretsky's political opinions, as voiced by her leading character, are all too apparent, but she does spin a multi-layered mystery with well-drawn characters. Paretsky's many fans should enjoy this one.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Better luck next time, Jui 17 2004

Par	John Speer (Seattle, WA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

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The writing quality itself is Paretsky's usual good stuff; however, I'm subtracting two stars: one because the politics got in the way of the story and one for the confusing cast of characters. Available blurbs cover the plot structure fairly comprehensively, but I'll try not to give away any "secrets".
By the time the Egyptian kid enters the story directly, fairly far along in the book, I've forgotten exactly what he had "done" to deserve such attention from the Feds - aside from attending a suspect mosque on a regular basis. That aspect of the plot was handled in such an exaggerated manner that I had trouble suspending disbelief. The author might rebut that such a scenario "might be possible" under this draconian law. I'm not willing to agree.
Frankly I'm surprised Paretsky was able to get away with so many supporting characters speaking with, basically, two voices among them: "privileged Caucasian person" and "well educated African-American". The members of each group were, for the most part, indistinguishable from each other after a while.
Further confusing the reader in this long novel, the shadows of several deceased individuals are present. A scorecard was sorely needed; I checked to see if I'd missed a family tree chart at the beginning that might have helped me with this story.
In summary: this would have worked better as two (briefer!) stories - one on the Patriot Act and one on buried secrets from the past. As others have said, the link between the 50's and today doesn't work well enough to hold the two plots together.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 I enjoy this writer a lot,, Jui 7 2004