Breakdown - V. I. Warshawski, Bk 15 Author:Sara Paretsky When a group of Chicago tweens holds a ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse -- stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying. V.I. Warshawski arrives on the scene to escort the girls home -- but protecting them places her at the tangled center of the investigation. And the girls include daughters of some of Ch... more »icago's most powerful families: the grandfather of one, Chaim Salanter, is among the world's wealthiest men; the mother of another, Sophy Durango, is running for the United States Senate.
For V.I., the questions multiply faster than the answers. Is the killing linked to a hostile media campaign against Durango -- or to Salanter's childhood in Nazi-occupied Lithuania? As V.I. struggles to find an answer, she finds herself fighting enemies who are no less terrifying for being all too human.« less
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This was my favorite Paretsky mystery yet! The plot was deftly woven. Dialogue was true to character. I enjoyed it immensely and almost didn't post it here so I could read it again!