Part of V.I. Warshawski, book 9
First published 2000
V.I. Warshawski drives home from a party celebrating her friend Murray Ryerson's new television show when she spots a woman lying in the street. V.I. stops to help, but her good deed pulls her into dangerous territory. Murray has reinvented himself as a TV host after Global Entertainment bought the Chicago Herald-Star and forced the newspaper's staff to fight for their jobs. The woman V.I. rescued becomes the key to a case that pits the detective against a massive corporation that runs private security and prison services. V.I. must navigate the glittering surface of the entertainment world to uncover the corruption beneath. She faces one of her most dangerous opponents yet, and survival itself becomes uncertain. The case tests V.I.'s skills against corporate power that reaches into every corner of Chicago's media and security landscape.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, underdog
Setting: Chicago
Period: Contemporary
495 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Dell