Chicagos V I Warshawski confronts crooked politicians and buried family secrets in the gritty new novel from New York Timesbestselling author Sara Paretsky No one would accuse V I Warshawski of backing down from a fight but there are a few shed be happy to avoid High on that list is tangling with Chicago political bosses Yet thats precisely what she ends up doing when she responds to Frank Guzzos plea for helpFor six stormy weeks back in high school VI 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 daughters murderNewly released from prison Stella is looking for exoneration so Frank asks VI for help VI doesnt want to get involved Stella hated the Warshawskis in particular VIs adored mother GabriellaBut life has been hard on Frank and on VIs other childhood friends still stuck on the hardscrabble streets around the dead steel mills and VI agrees to ask a few questions Those questions lead her straight into the vipers nest of Illinois politics shes wanted to avoid When VI takes a beating at a youth meeting in her old hood her main question becomes whether she will live long enough to find answers.
