<p><strong>NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY <em>THE WASHINGTON POST</em></strong><strong><br/></strong></p><p><strong>“A proper hero for these times . . . To us, V.I. is perfect.”</strong> — <strong><em>THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW</em></strong></p><p><strong>"Sara Paretsky’s gloriously kick-ass private eye, V.I. “Vic” Warshawski, is back . . . in a political-rot thriller that’s the definition of perfection in the genre."</strong> — <strong><em>THE WASHINGTON POST</em></strong></p><p><strong>Chicago’s legendary detective, V.I. Warshawski, knows her city’s rotten underbelly better than most, but she’s unable to avoid it when her goddaughter drags her into a fight over lakefront land use, in this propulsive novel from <em>New York Times</em> bestseller Sara Paretsky.</strong><br/><br/>Chicago may be the city of broad shoulders, but its political law is “Pay to Play.” Money changes hands in