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Title: Brush Back

Subtitle: V. I. Warshawski Series, Book 17

Author: Sara Paretsky

Narrator: Karen Peakes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-15

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 250 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

Chicago's V. I. Warshawski confronts crooked politicians and buried family secrets in the gritty new novel from New York Times - bestselling author Sara Paretsky.

No one would accuse V. I. Warshawski of backing down from a fight, but there are a few she'd be happy to avoid. High on that list is tangling with Chicago political bosses. Yet that's precisely what she ends up doing when she responds to Frank Guzzo's plea for help.

For six stormy weeks back in high school, V. I. thought she was in love with Frank. He broke up with her, she went off to college, he started driving trucks for Bagby Haulage. She forgot about him until the day his mother was convicted of bludgeoning his kid sister, Annie, to death. Stella Guzzo was an angry, uncooperative prisoner and did a full twenty-five years for her daughter's murder.

Newly released from prison, Stella is looking for exoneration, so Frank asks V. I. for help. V. I. doesn't want to get involved. Stella hated the Warshawskis, in particular V. I.'s adored mother, Gabriella.

But life has been hard on Frank and on V. I.'s other childhood friends, still stuck on the hardscrabble streets around the dead steel mills, and V. I. agrees to ask a few questions. Those questions lead her straight into the vipers' nest of Illinois politics she's wanted to avoid. When V. I. takes a beating at a youth meeting in her old hood, her main question becomes whether she will live long enough to find answers.

Members Reviews:

Narrator

I tried to finish the book - each time I fell asleep. This is the only V.I. book I'm really disappointed with.

Good story, lousy narrator, can't speak Chicagoan

It was very difficult to get past the voice of the new narrator. She doesn't sound like a Chicagoan. I only continued because I like Paretsky's style.

Another great V.I. Warshawski book...

At first I found the narrator to be quite boring, but as I continued listening, I discovered that Karen Peakes did a beautiful job of bringing the characters to life. And yes, even V.I. herself, I had almost let the fact that I believed that Susan Ericksen was the voice of V.I. interfere with my enjoyment of this story. In the end I'm willing to admit that Ms Peakes did an excellent job.

Sara Paretsky wrote another winner as usual! I highly recommend this book to anybody that is interested in mysteries.

Wonderful book!!

Just use to "V I" voice being Jean Smart or Susan Ericson but it is a good story well worth the wait - can't wait for the next book!!!

Excellent story, well narrated

A lot of characters to keep track of, but the story moves along well. generally excellent job with multiple characters ' voices.