Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking
for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private eye V.I. Warshwski's
specialty. Her client says he's the prominent banker, John Thayer. Turns
out he's not. He says his son's girlfriend, Anita Hill, is missing.
Turns out that's not her real name. V.I.'s search turns up someone soon
enough -- the real John Thayer's son, and he's dead. Who's V.I.'s
client? Why has she been set up and sent out on a wild-goose chase? By
the time she's got it figured, things are hotter -- and deadlier -- than
Chicago in July. V.I.'s in a desperate race against time. At stake: a
young woman's life.
"The Chicago writer whose name always makes the top of the list when
people talk about the new female operatives." -- Marilyn Stasio, "The
New York Times Book Review."