Blackbird Singing by Jay AmbergWorld-famous basketball player Robert "Sky" Walker and small-town detective Tom Hopkins are caught up in an increasingly dangerous web of violence, media mania, and massive egos, when Walker's nine-year-old daughter is kidnapped by a madman who wants fame more than he wants money.
Native Son by Richard WrightTrapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young African-American man finds release only in acts of violence.
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Caramelo by Sandra CisnerosCelaya "Lala" Reyes, traveling from Chicago to Mexico City each summer, draws together stories of her Mexican-American family of shawl-makers, including her papa and Awful Grandmother.
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Chicago Noir by Neal Pollack (Editor)A collection of short stories by various authors that explore the rougher side of Chicago and the experiences of its residents.
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Death In Uptown by Michael Raleigh
Private investigator Paul Whelan and a city cop comb Uptown Chicago for a murderer.
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The Jungle by Upton SinclairDepicts the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young Lithuanian immigrant struggling in early-twentieth-century America.
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The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn MitchardBeth Cappadora finds herself in the midst of every parent's nightmare when her three-year-old son vanishes without a trace from a Chicago hotel lobby, throwing Beth, her husband Pat, and their son Vincent into a turmoil that ravages their lives.
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Coffee will make you black by April SinclairThe story of an African-American woman growing up on the South side of Chicago in the turbulent 60s as she tests the limits of racism and refuses to accept the fact that just because she is African American she is inferior.
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Chicks with sticks by Elizabeth Lenhard
Four teenage girls from very different social cliques at their progressive Chicago high school become friends after forming a knitting club.
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Chicks with sticks by Elizabeth LenhardFour teenage girls from very different social cliques at their progressive Chicago high school become friends after forming a knitting club.
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The Bishop and the missing L train by Andrew Greeley
When Auxiliary Bishop Gus Quill, and the train he was riding on, seem to vanish into thin air, it is up to Bishop Blackie Ryan to find out what happened to the train and its passengers.
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
The driving forces of our culture -- restless idealism, glamorous material seductions and spiritual innocence -- are revealed in Dreiser's transformation of the conventional "fallen woman" story into a genuinely original work of imaginative fiction.
Leavin' Trunk Blues by Ace Atkins
Nick Travers heads to Chicago, where he investigates the murder of blues producer Billy Lyons, but he soon learns that some people will go to any lengths to keep the events surrounding his death a secret.
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The Bishop and the missing L train by Andrew GreeleyWhen Auxiliary Bishop Gus Quill, and the train he was riding on, seem to vanish into thin air, it is up to Bishop Blackie Ryan to find out what happened to the train and its passengers.
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I sailed with Magellan by Stuart Dybek
Presents eleven intertwined fiction stories in which narrator Perry Katzak presents a portrait of his life growing up in the 1950s and 60s in the neighborhoods of Chicago's South Side.
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I sailed with Magellan by Stuart DybekPresents eleven intertwined fiction stories in which narrator Perry Katzak presents a portrait of his life growing up in the 1950s and 60s in the neighborhoods of Chicago's South Side.
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Sister Carrie by Theodore DreiserThe driving forces of our culture -- restless idealism, glamorous material seductions and spiritual innocence -- are revealed in Dreiser's transformation of the conventional "fallen woman" story into a genuinely original work of imaginative fiction.
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Hardball by Barbara D'Amato
Cat Marsala, a freelance journalist, is thrust into danger when a bomb explodes next to her at the University of Chicago.
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Flight Dreams by Michael Craft
In order to save his career, investigative journalist Mark Manning must prove his hunch that a missing heiress is alive. At the same time, his denial of his sexual orientation is shattered when he finds himself attracted to a visiting architect.
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Chicago Confidential by Max Allan Collins
Private-eye Nathan Heller finds himself being tracked by the FBI after they begin the first congressional inquiry into organized crime and realize that Nathan may know where more than a few of the bodies are buried.
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Jackson Park by Charlotte Carter
It is the Spring of 1968. After the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the city of Chicago is a powder keg ready to explode. Against this tense backdrop, there is Woodson and Ivy Lisle, an elegant couple living in a shabby chic apartment hotel in Cook County’s Hyde Park. Both are proud patriarchs of a large, extended family, which includes their twenty-year-old grandniece, Cassandra, a college student standing at the crossroads— and on the brink of a troubling mystery involving the missing granddaughter of an old family friend. Fearing for the girl’s safety, Woody, Ivy, and Cassandra begin a determined investigation. What they uncover is a chilling link to an old murder case. Now a shattering secret of the past threatens all who try to expose it.
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A Killing Frost by Michael Black
Private detective Ron Shade agrees to help Maria Castro find her friend Juanita's missing fiance, but when the missing fiance is found dead in the river, Maria, whom Ron has become romantically involved with, refuses to let Ron turn the case over to the police, causing Ron to wonder if Maria is more involved than she has admitted.
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The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
Describes the life of Augie March, a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Depression, and his search for a career.
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The Beast of Chicago: an account of the life and crimes of Herman W. Mudgett by Rick Geary
Hardball by Barbara D'AmatoCat Marsala, a freelance journalist, is thrust into danger when a bomb explodes next to her at the University of Chicago.
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Flight Dreams by Michael CraftIn order to save his career, investigative journalist Mark Manning must prove his hunch that a missing heiress is alive. At the same time, his denial of his sexual orientation is shattered when he finds himself attracted to a visiting architect.
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Chicago Confidential by Max Allan CollinsPrivate-eye Nathan Heller finds himself being tracked by the FBI after they begin the first congressional inquiry into organized crime and realize that Nathan may know where more than a few of the bodies are buried.
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Jackson Park by Charlotte CarterIt is the Spring of 1968. After the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the city of Chicago is a powder keg ready to explode. Against this tense backdrop, there is Woodson and Ivy Lisle, an elegant couple living in a shabby chic apartment hotel in Cook County’s Hyde Park. Both are proud patriarchs of a large, extended family, which includes their twenty-year-old grandniece, Cassandra, a college student standing at the crossroads— and on the brink of a troubling mystery involving the missing granddaughter of an old family friend. Fearing for the girl’s safety, Woody, Ivy, and Cassandra begin a determined investigation. What they uncover is a chilling link to an old murder case. Now a shattering secret of the past threatens all who try to expose it.
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A Killing Frost by Michael BlackPrivate detective Ron Shade agrees to help Maria Castro find her friend Juanita's missing fiance, but when the missing fiance is found dead in the river, Maria, whom Ron has become romantically involved with, refuses to let Ron turn the case over to the police, causing Ron to wonder if Maria is more involved than she has admitted.
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The Adventures of Augie March by Saul BellowDescribes the life of Augie March, a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Depression, and his search for a career.
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The Beast of Chicago: an account of the life and crimes of Herman W. Mudgett by Rick GearyA graphic novel account of the life and grisly career of serial killer H.H. Holmes, particularly focusing on his life in Chicago, where he was responsible for an unknown number of deaths in the late nineteenth century.
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Leavin' Trunk Blues by Ace AtkinsNick Travers heads to Chicago, where he investigates the murder of blues producer Billy Lyons, but he soon learns that some people will go to any lengths to keep the events surrounding his death a secret.
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