V.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back to��her old south Chicago neighborhood, but a promise��is something she always keeps. Caroline, a��childhood friend, has a dying mother and a problem --��after twenty-five years she wants V.I. to find the��father she never knew. But when V.I. starts��probing into the past, she not only finds out where all��the bodies are buried -- she stumbles onto a very��new corpse. Now she's stirring up a deadly mix of��big business and chemical corruption that may��become a toxic shock to a snooper who knows too��much.From the Paperback edition.