Engel im Schacht

Description:

Hard up for money, V.I. Warshawski resists investigating Home Free, a charitable organization for the homeless headed by an old college flame, until one of its board members is murdered in the detective's own office. The tracks she follows lead her to the trail of tormented runaways and a cynical financial fraud that stretches from Chicago's banks to the halls of Congress. As she nears the dramatic climax of her punishing case, V.I. finds she must choose between her private happiness and her sense of justice… (from the back cover)

subjects: Fiction,  V. I. Warshawski (Fictitious character),  Women private investigators,  Homeless persons,  Women detectives,  Detective and mystery stories,  Mystery,  V.I. Warshawski (Fictitious character),  Large type books,  American Detective and mystery stories,  New York Times reviewed,  Detectives,  Homicide,  Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths,  Warshawski, v. i. (fictitious character), fiction,  Chicago (ill.), fiction,  Private investigators, fiction,  Illinois, fiction

Places: Illinois,  Chicago,  Chicago (Ill.)