A review by liberrydude
Deadlock by Sara Paretsky

3.0

VI’s cousin, Boom Boom- a retired NHL player dies in his new job at the Port of Chicago in an industrial accident near a grain freighter She was named as his executor. She quickly suspects it was no accident as he had phoned her and left a message that he needed to see her. Her probing gets powerful people interested in silencing her. The security guard at Boom Boom’s apartment is killed. VI’s power steering and brake line are tampered with and she escapes death on the freeway but is sidelined. More deaths. She survives but the truth never comes out. She’s tough and can take care of herself but the outcomes are so unsatisfying but realistic.