From New York Times Bestselling Author Sara Paretsky comes another
electrifying novel of suspense in her beloved V. I. Warshawski
series...
They say blood is thicker than water. Private eye V. I. Warshawski has
her doubts, especially when it comes to the bad blood between her and
her great-aunt Rosa. But when the old lady reaches out, V. I. answers
the call.
The good friars at St. Albertus Magnus Priory, Rosa's long-time
employers, have cashed in on valuable securities from their safe...only
to discover they were counterfeits. Suspended under a cloud of
suspicion, Rosa wants V. I. to clear her name. Exonerate a senior
citizen who's never missed Sunday mass? Easy enough--or so V. I. thinks
before a mystery brought to her by new flame Roger Ferrant crosses paths
with Rosa's case.
The deeper V. I. digs, the more someone wants her to take her shovel and
go home--someone who threatens to blind her with acid, and won't stop
there. Because corruption's tentacles reach farther than V. I. imagined;
from her family to Chicago's infamous Family...and from a monastery's
hushed hallways to the highest echelons of the Church.