Nighttime Book Discussion

Fallout

By Sara Paretsk

Private investigator V.I. Warshawski is hired by her cousin’s goddaughter, Bernadine, to find a missing person. Bernie’s friend August is a film student and seems to have disappeared with a former Hollywood film star, Emerald Ferring. The trail leads V.I. from her native Chicago to the unfamiliar town of Lawrence, Kansas. While investigating the case, V.I. learns that Lawrence, though very different from her urban hometown, still has complex race relations and is dealing with decades-old tensions that could have a bearing on her current case. As V.I. uncovers both old and new acts of violence, she must face danger to locate August and Emerald, if she’s not already too late.