Illegal aliens, labor problems, political corruption and prison abuse all mix into the intrigue. Contreras and her mentor Lotty, the activist doctor, never waver further, unexpected support comes from an advocate for political prisoners and an inner-city priest. Things get even murkier when Robbie shows up at V.I.'s house and the PI is arrested and herself shipped off to Coolis to await bail. Then one of Lacey's childhood friends is found drowned. Vic gains access to the Baladine enclave-where no one but the Baladine son, Robbie, seems concerned about Nicola's death. Nicola was serving time for stealing a $50,000 necklace from her employers, the Baladines, owners of Carnifice Security, which operates state prisons. A hostile cop barges in the next day to question Vic about the ""hit-and-run"" of Nicola Aguinaldo, who seems to have escaped from the medical ward of Coolis, a privately operated prison in northwestern Illinois. swerves to avoid hitting an injured young woman, who later dies. Warshawski's first outing in five years begins with a party celebrating the TV debut of her reporter friend Murray Ryerson and attended by Lacey Dowell, Chicago native and star of Mad Virgin films.
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