Another V.I. Warshawski novel. Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski's specialty. Her client says he is the prominent banker, John Thayer. Turns out he is not. He says his son's girlfriend, Anita Hill, is missing. Turns out that is not her real name. V.I.'s search turns up someone soon enough--the real John Thayer's son, and he is dead.