"V.I. Warshawski is one of the best . . . smart, tough, sexy."--Daily News (New York)

"Sara Paretsky makes excellent use of local backgrounds in a carefully plotted tale of murder and great misdeeds in the world of Great Lakes cargo shipping."--Chicago Tribune

When Chicago Black Hawks hockey legend Boom Boom Warshawski slips off a wharf and drowns in Lake Michigan, his private-eye cousin questions the accidental death report and rumors of suicide. Armed with a bottle of Black Label and a Smith & Weson, V.I. follows a trail of violence and corruption to the center of the Windy City's powerful shipping industry. Dodging elaborate attempts on her life with characteristic grit and humor, the one-of-a-kind detective wends her way through a maze of grain elevators and thousand-ton freighters, ruthless businessmen and gorgeous ballerinas, to ferret out Boom Boom's killers before they phase her out of the picture--permanently.

"Hard-boiled detective fiction . . . a swift-paced and engrossing read."--The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Slithers with suspense!"--Chicago Sun-Times

Author: Sara Paretsky
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Published: 03/02/1992
Series: V. I. Warshawski #2
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 6.74h x 4.21w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780440213321
Revised Edition


Review Citation(s):
Beyond the Cover Author Interv 10/01/2000 pg. 13

About the Author
Sara Paretsky is the author of many novels, including her V. I. Warshawski series, which began with Indemnity Only. She lives in Chicago.