Hardball

Summary: When V.I. Warshawski is asked to find a man who's been missing for four decades, a search that she figured would be futile becomes lethal. Afraid to learn that her adored father might have been a bent cop working for the Chicago P.D., V.I. takes the investigation all the way to its frightening end.

Item details

ISBN: 9780399155932
ISBN: 0399155937
ISBN: 9780340839157
Physical Description: print
regular print
xi, 446 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, ©2009.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Anaconda fury -- Wild parent -- No good deed remains unpunished -- Helluva client -- It's a bird ... it's a plane ... no! It's supercousin! -- Fit for your hoof -- Bad boy Lamont?? -- A very late-night call -- Uncovering history -- The roar of the hoof -- Nothing like Echezeau for relaxing -- Meeting the hammer in the tank -- A wild night at the end of a pier -- Dreams of olden times -- Old trial ... or something like it -- Alito off guard -- The friendly man from mountain hawk -- Dubious judge, frightened woman -- Exuberant cousin -- Trunk show -- Ever-more-nquisitive-cousin -- A scary sidewalk -- Visit a client ... and talk -- Fire in the nunnery -- Alphabet visitors-FBI, OEM, HS, CPD -- And now murray -- In the fired house -- And fire in the old homestead -- All those friendly government agents -- Line spinners -- Home in tatters -- Vanishing cousin -- Losing a follower -- The boys in the back room -- In the hall of the titans -- What on earth is going on? -- A bass ride ... or was it vile? -- Confession in MySpace -- A different car, a new crib -- The shoemaker's tale -- Rousting an uncle -- Roughing up the uncle -- Death of not such a good guy -- Escape in contaminated laundry -- The good book ... and the bad ball -- Discovery -- A river runs through it -- Up against the wall ... all of you! -- Guilt all around -- The rats attack ... each other -- Gabriella's voice returned.

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