Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private
eye V.I. Warshwski's specialty. Her client says he's the prominent banker, John Thayer. Turns out he's not. He
says his son's girlfriend, Anita Hill, is missing. Turns out that's not her real name. V.I.'s search turns up someone
soon enough -- the real John Thayer's son, and he's dead. Who's V.I.'s client? Why has she been set up and sent
out on a wild-goose chase? By the time she's got it figured, things are hotter -- and deadlier -- than Chicago
in July. V.I.'s in a desperate race against time. At stake: a young woman's life.