Indemnity Only

Even tho' this was my first (and long overdue) exposure to V.I. and Paretsky, it felt very familiar. And I think that's a good thing. It had the same feel as early Parker, and even some of Gregory MacDonald's Flynn. As a quick aside, speaking of Parker, I think Sunny Randall owes a more than a debt of gratitude to V.I.

A good deal of the “you're just a woman, you should leave this stuff to men” got old quick. But I get it–esp. as both the author and character were blazing a trail or three here. Hopefully it dwindles over the rest of the series.

The mystery itself was decent, the action scenes fit in very well with her contemporaries, good style, but the novel did very much feel like “first in a series”, it'll be good to see how Paretsky handles things once she's fully established the character and her world.