Three million dollars in share certificates have been stolen from a Dominican priory and V.I. Warshawski doesn’t want to find out why. Aunt Rosa the priory’s treasurer wants her on the case and V.I. has never forgiven Rosa for something she did a long time ago. But V.I. changes her mind and the case changes its course when she visits the priory. Suddenly everyone - her aunt the FBI and a mysterious phone caller threatening to pour acid on V.I.’s beautiful eyes - tells her to let sleeping dogs lie. Then one of V.I.’s dearest friends is murdered…

Part of the The V.I. Warshawski Series series.