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In this gripping mystery by New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky, Chicago private investigator V.I. Warshawski is drawn into a web of political corruption and family secrets when she takes on a favor for an old high school flame, Frank Guzzo. Frank's mother, recently released after being convicted of her daughter's murder, seeks exoneration, prompting V.I. to delve into the troubled pasts of her childhood friends. As her investigation intensifies, V.I. faces the dangerous underbelly of Illinois politics, forcing her to confront not just the truth behind Stella's case, but her own survival in a treacherous landscape.