Critical Mass (A V.I. Warshawski Novel)

Chicagos V. I. Warshawski is at her stubborn reckless compassionate best in this complicated page-turner about selfish secrets passed down through generations (Booklist). In 1939 Dr. Lotty Herschel V. I. Warshawkis closest friend in Chicago escaped the Holocaust in Vienna with her childhood playmate Kitty Saginor Binder. Though the two drifted and animosities grew between them over the years when Kittys daughter finds her life in danger she turns to Lotty for help. In turn Lotty summons V. I. to take the case. The threats on the daughters life at first seem a simple case of bad drug dealings but V. I. soon discovers that they are just the tip of an iceberg of lies secrets and silence whose origins trace back to the deadly race among America Germany Japan and England to develop the atomic bomb. And while the secrets may be old the people who continue to guard them will do anything to make sure they stay buried...