Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. HTML:�??No one, male or female, writes better P.I. books than Paretsky.�?��??The Denver Post 

V. I. Warshawski isn�??t crazy about going back to her old south Chicago neighborhood, but a promise is something she always keeps. Caroline, a childhood friend, has a dying mother and a problem�??after twenty-five years she wants V.I. to find the father she never knew. But when V.I. starts probing into the past, she  stumbles onto some long-buried secrets�??and a very new corpse. Now she�??s stirring up a deadly mix of big business and chemical corruption that may become a toxic shock to a snooper who knows too much. 

�??[Paretsky�??s] work does more than turn the genre upside down: her books are beautifully paced and plotted, and the dialogue is fresh and smart.�?��??Newsweek 

�??Her best and boldest work to date . . . a criminal inv