Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter, Kat, and together they set out to crack the case.
| Directing | Jeff Kanew | Director |
| Writing | Sara Paretsky | Novel |
| Writing | Edward Taylor | Screenplay |
| Writing | David Aaron Cohen | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nick Thiel | Screenplay |
| Camera | Jan Kiesser | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Randy Edelman | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Carroll Timothy O'Meara | Editor |
| Editing | Debra Neil-Fisher | Editor |
| Production | Glenn Daniels | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gloria Gresham | Costume Design |
| Art | Barbara Ling | Production Design |
| Art | Larry Fulton | Art Direction |
| Art | Anne H. Ahrens | Set Decoration |
| Production | Jeffrey Lurie | Producer |
| Production | Penney Finkelman Cox | Executive Producer |
| Production | John P. Marsh | Executive Producer |
| Production | John Bard Manulis | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Lauren Weissman | Co-Executive Producer |
| Camera | Jane O'Neal | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Judith Saunders | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Bill MacSems | Property Master |
| Art | Dora Medrano | Art Department Coordinator |
| Sound | Roxanne Jones McCarthy | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tom C. McCarthy | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Roberta Doheny | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Peter Reale | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Howard Wilmarth | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Mychal D. Smith | Boom Operator |
| Sound | David Kelson | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Michael Runyard | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Glenn Randall Jr. | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Joseph P. Kane | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donna Turner Culver | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pamela S. Westmore | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chuck Velasco | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nancy McArdle | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | R.J. Kizer | ADR Editor |
| Crew | Ross Reynolds | Pilot |
| Crew | Cheryl Wheeler Duncan | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeff Imada | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Picerni Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Charlie Picerni | Stunts |
| Crew | Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| Crew | Manny Perry | Stunts |
| Production | Doug Claybourne | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Germaine | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | E. Thomas Case | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Jack Frost Sanders | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Sharon Mann | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Brian Fong | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | John Frazier | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Ken Blazer | Stunts |
| Crew | Kerrie Cullen | Stunts |
| Crew | Gilbert B. Combs | Stunts |
| Crew | Doc Duhame | Stunts |
| Crew | Mark Harper | Stunts |
| Crew | Eddie J. Fernandez | Stunts |
| Crew | Lane Leavitt | Stunts |
| Crew | Rick LeFevour | Stunts |
| Crew | James Fierro | Stunts |
| Crew | Lori Lynn Ross | Stunts |
| Crew | Stacy Logan | Stunts |
| Crew | Danny Rogers | Stunts |
| Crew | Tim Trella | Stunts |
| Crew | Randy Popplewell | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene Hartline | Stunts |
| Crew | Scott Wilder | Stunts |
| Camera | John M. Stephens | Second Unit Director of Photography |
