The 16th novel to feature V.I. Warshawski, from one of America's greatest female crime writers. Warshawski investigates the disappearance of a woman from a farm south of Chicago, and the death of man whose body is found there. 'With the creation of V.I. Warshawski, Sara Peretsky did more than anyone to change the face of contemporary women's fiction.' "Express On Sunday"