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Violence
Some
Murder investigation; moderate thriller danger; organized crime connections
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate psychological intensity; Catholic Church institutional power; organized crime; family tension
What this book is about
V.I. Warshawski is reluctantly drawn into a case involving her difficult Aunt Rosa and a forgery scandal at a Chicago Dominican priory. What looks like a simple financial crime opens into a world of organized crime, corporate fraud, and the Catholic Church's complex relationship with power. The third V.I. Warshawski novel shows Paretsky expanding the series' ambitions.
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Organized crime
Religious institutional corruption
Forgery
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