Body Work

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Paretsky's superb 14th novel featuring PI V.I. Warshawski (after Hardball) delves into Chicago's avant-garde art scene. At the trendy Club Gouge, where Warshawski is keeping an eye on Petra, a young cousin who caused trouble in the previous book, performance artist Karen Buckley (aka the Body Artist) invites members of the audience to step on stage to paint her nude body. The intricate design that one woman paints on Karen's back provokes a violent outburst from Chad Vishneski, a troubled Iraqi war veteran. When two nights later, someone shoots the woman who upset Chad outside the club, Chad is the logical murder suspect. Hired by Chad's estranged parents to clear his name, Warshawski straddles a minefield that reaches from the Windy City's neighborhoods to the Gulf War battlefields. Scenes with her aging neighbor and a new love interest give a much needed balance to the serious plot. This strong outing shows why the tough, fiercely independent, dog-loving private detective continues to survive. ''0446619310'',''0451231740'',''0312569912'',''0312377045'',''0425226417'',''0425231194'',''1439170258'',''0385528043'',''0061348155'',''0312613695'',''0061930210'',''0307357813'',''0316078786'',''006193836X'',''B003D7JT3G'',''0525951768'',''052595192X'',''0425226956''); var purchaseLoadFunction = amznJQ.onReady; if ((document.getElementById('purchaseShvl').offsetTop + document.getElementById('purchaseButtonWrapper').offsetTop + 76) < document.body.clientHeight) { purchaseLoadFunction = amznJQ.available; } purchaseLoadFunction.apply(amznJQ, ['amazonShoveler',function() { var generatorFunction = function(cellStart, numCells) { var asinargs = ''''; for(var i = cellStart; i 0; }, get: function() { return parseInt( jQuery('input#purchaseShvlState').val() ); }, set: function(value) { jQuery('input#purchaseShvlState').val(value); } }; } window.purchase = jQuery(''#purchaseShvl'').shoveler( generatorFunction, 100, { cellTransformer: cellTransformer, cellChangeSpeedInMs : 30, preloadNextPage : true, prevButtonSelector : 'div.back-button > a', nextButtonSelector : 'div.next-button > a', startOverSelector : 'span.start-over', startOverLinkSelector: 'a', horizPadding: 10, state: stateSerializer }); var prevWidth = 0; var shovelerDPResize = function() { var curWidth = jQuery(window).width(); if (prevWidth != curWidth) { window.purchase.updateUI(); prevWidth = curWidth; } } var resizeTimer = null; jQuery(''#purchaseShvl'').resize(function() { if (resizeTimer) clearTimeout(resizeTimer); resizeTimer = setTimeout(shovelerDPResize,100); }); }]); }); A shooting in Chicago is nothing new, certainly not to V.I., who is hired by a veteran's family to clear his name after his arrest for the murder of a performer known as the Body Artist. As V.I. seeks answers, her investigation will take her from the North Side of Chicago to the far reaches of the Gulf War