Someone knocking on the door at 3 A.M. is nevergood news. For V.I. Warshawski, the bad newsarrives in the form of her wacky, unwelcome aunt Elena.The fire that has just burned down a sleazySRO hotel has brought Elena toV.I.'s doorstep. Uncovering an arsonist-- and the secrets hidden behind Elena's boozysmile -- will send V.I. into theseedy world of Chicago's homeless... into the WindyCity's backroom deals and bedroom politics, wherenew schemers and old cronies team up to get V.I.off the case -- by hook, by crook, or byhomocide.From the Paperback edition.