V. I. Warshawski, private investigator, Chicago, USA. People imagine private detectives to be tired-looking men in raincoats, but Vic is female. She's tough, beautiful, carries a gun - and goes on asking questions until she gets answers. When her cousin Boom Boom dies in an accident, Vic is naturally upset. She wants to know how and why the accident happened, and she isn't satisfied by the answers she gets. So she goes on asking questions .and more people start to die.
V. I. Warshawski是個美國芝加哥的私人偵探。一般大眾對於私人偵探的形象都是穿著雨衣,看似疲憊的男人,但Vic是女偵探。她既堅強又漂亮,隨身攜帶槍枝,並且問問題直到得到答案。一天,她的表親─Boom Boom,死於一場意外,Vic非常難過。她想知道意外發生的來龍去脈,對於得到答案,她並不滿意。然而,當她繼續打破砂鍋問到底時,更多人們身亡。