Windy City Crime

At the City’s Edge
Marcus Sakey
CRIME SAKEY M
South Side gang warfare and political corruption intersect with a murder when Iraq war veteran Jason Palmer attempts to protect his eight year old nephew from ruthless killers.

A Beer at a Bawdy House
David J.  Walker
CRIME WALKER D
Wild Onion investigators and spouses Dugan and Kristen investigate threats made against a prominent Chicago bishop.  Second in the series.

Button-Holed
Kylie Logan
CRIME LOGAN K
Josie Giancola's operates The Button Box shop out of a Chicago brownstone. When a customer is murdered, Josie finds she also is being stalked.  First in the series.

Chicago Blues
Various authors
CRIME CHICAGO
A collection of crime stories set in Chicago, written by Chicago authors, including Sara Paretsky, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Michael A. Black, and Marcus Sakey.

The Dead Caller From Chicago
Jack Frederickson
CRIME FREDERIC J

Rivertown seems to be a quiet suburb of Chicago.  Appearances, however, can be deceiving.  Rivertown is rife with corruption and draws in criminals.  When his best friend, Leo, disappears, quirky private eye Dek Elstrom remembers Leo telling him about an odd phone call he received; a phone call from a “dead man!”

Death at Pullman
Frances McNamara
CRIME MCNAMARA F

When the Pullman worker’s threaten to strike, independent reformer Emily Cabot gets pulled into the situation when a suspected spy for the company is found hanged.

Indemnity Only
Sara Paretsky
CRIME PARETSKY S
Hard-hitting Chicago private investigator V.I. Warshawski has to wade through mountains of lies to save a young woman’s life.  First in the series.

Last Known Address
Theresa Schwegel
CRIME SCHWEGEL
Chicago Detective Sloane Pearson investigates a serial rapist, a case which is jeopardized by skeptical colleagues.

Lieberman’s Folly
Stuart Kaminsky
CRIME KAMINSKY S
Chicago police detective Abe Lieberman is approached by a former prostitute asking for protection.  Ultimately, this connects to an unsolved ten-year-old murder.  First in the series.

The Mummy’s Ransom
Fred Hunter
CRIME HUNTER F
Chicago Police Detective Jeremy Ransom must deal with murderous mummies as a controversial mummy exhibit opens in Chicago.  Eighth in the series.

Out of Cabrini
Dave Case
CRIME CASE D
A car loaded with narcotics is missing and some Chicago gang leaders desperately want it back.  Undercover Cabrini cop Stacey Macbeth needs to recover the car before the bodies start to pile up.

Red Hot Lies
Laura Caldwell
CRIME CALDWELL L
Chicago attorney Izzy McNeil searches for a missing fiancé who allegedly stole $30 million of Panamanian land bonds. First in the series.

Sticks and Stones
K.J. Larsen
CRIME LARSEN K
Cat DeLuca is ot to clear her client, Cleo Jones, after Cleo's cheating husband turns up dead.

Three Strikes You’re Dead
Robert Goldsborough
CRIME GOLDSBOR
Steve Malek is a reporter for the Chicago Tribune in 1938.  When a reform-minded candidate for mayor is murdered, Steve becomes involved in the investigation.

Well Bred and Dead: a high society mystery
Catherine O'Connell
CRIME OCONNELL C
Chicago society widow Pauline Cook investigates a suspicious suicide of a close friend.  First in the series.


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