A woman having a murky past who kills herself-or was it murder? A spoiled child awash in gambling debt who feels he can defeat the system. A pleasant woman whose existence is about to splinter right into a thousand fragments. A specialist shoplifting ring doing work for the Mob, racking up millions from stolen goods. A wandering spouse, wealthy and ruthless. A dirty cop so entrenched in the force he is immune to publicity. A sinister gangster, conscienceless and brutal. A lonely widower mourning the loss of life of his lover, desperate for answers, which might be worse than the discomfort of his reduction. An exclusive detective, Kinsey Millhone, whose thirty-eighth-birthday present is a punch in the face that leaves her with two black eye and a busted nasal area. And a stylish and powerful businessman whose dealings are defnitely beyond your legislation: the magus at the center of the net. V: Victim. Violence. Vengeance.