When Chicago Private Investigator V.I. Warshawski checks out reports of an intruder at derelict Larchmont Hall, she doesn?t expect to stumble over a dead man. But the murdered journalist is about to lead V.I. deep into the heart of a dark mystery, involving a terrified young Muslim boy, two of Chicago?s most powerful families, and a generation of shameful secrets -political and sexual. It seems that somebody is desperate for the past to stay buried. But who? And why?