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Brush Back

By: Sara Paretsky
Narrated by: Karen Peakes
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Summary

Chicago’s V.I. Warshawski confronts crooked politicians and buried family secrets in this gritty mystery from New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky.

No one would accuse V.I. Warshawski of backing down from a fight, but she’d happily avoid tangling with Chicago political bosses. Yet that’s what she ends up doing when she responds to a plea for help from an old high school flame, Frank Guzzo.

Frank’s mother Stella was convicted of killing his kid sister, but now that she’s out of prison, she’s looking for exoneration. Even though the Warshawskis and Stella never got along, V.I. agrees to make a few inquiries after she sees how hard life has been on Frank and her other childhood friends.

Only, that small favor leads her straight into the vipers’ nest of Illinois politics—and soon her main question isn’t about Stella’s case but whether or not she’ll make it out of this investigation alive …

A Washington Post Best Mystery of 2015

“Truthfully drawn and mercilessly insightful.”—The New York Times Book Review

©2015 Sara Paretsky (P)2015 Brilliance Audio
Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Chicago
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