A New York Times Bestselling Author A V. I. Warshawski Novel No one would accuse V. I. Warshawski of backing down from a fight, but there are a few she''d be happy to avoid. High on that list is tangling with Chicago political bosses. Yet that''s precisely what she ends up doing when she responds to high-school crush Frank Guzzo''s plea for help. Frank''s mother did a full twenty-five years for bludgeoning his kid sister, Annie, to death. Newly released, Stella is looking for exoneration, so V.I. agrees to ask a few questions.