Grace notes -- The Pietro Andromache -- Strung out -- At the old swimming hole -- The Maltese cat -- Settled score -- Skin deep -- Three dot po -- The Takamoku Joseki
Nine stories on PI V.I. Warshawski of Chicago, mostly involving friends and family. In one, at the request of an Italian cousin she searches for sheet music which belonged to her mother, in another a friend asks her aid in recovering a stolen family sculpture