Burn marks.

Description:

When her seedy and importunate Aunt Elena turns up on her doorstep at midnight having been burned out of her old people's home, V.I. Warshawski is exasperated rather than curious. Her interest is aroused however, when an old friend, now a politician, puts pressure on her to investigate.

subjects: Fiction,  V. I. Warshawski (Fictitious character),  Women private investigators in fiction,  Women private investigators,  Women detectives,  Detective and mystery stories,  Women detectives in fiction,  Mystery,  Arson investigation,  Private investigators,  Large type books,  Warshawski, v. i. (fictitious character), fiction,  Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths,  Private investigators, fiction,  Chicago (ill.), fiction,  Illinois, fiction,  V.I. Warshawski (Fictitious character)

Places: Illinois,  Chicago,  Chicago (Ill.)