Hardback: Michael Kelly, the tough-talking Irish cop turned private investigator first encountered in The Chicago Way, returns in an equally stylish, hard-boiled follow-up that cements Harvey's credentials as heir apparent to Leonard and Chandler.
Kelly is hired by an ex-flame to tail her abusive husband. But what looks like a bread-and-butter domestic dispute turns out to be more than he bargained for. The tail leads him to an old house on Chicago's North Side. Here he finds a body and what appears to be the answer to one of Chicago's most enduring mysteries: who started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and why.
As he explores further, he is drawn into a web of corruption and intrigue that reaches right to the top. An unknown enemy is out to frame Kelly for murder and rewrite history in the process - including the past he didn't even know he had.
Soon Kelly will find himself in the last place he wants to be - City Hall's fifth floor, where the Mayor is feeling the heat and looking to silence any investigations.
About the author: Michael Harvey is a writer, journalist investigative reporter and award-winning documentary producer. He has received national and international awards for his work. Harvey earned a law degree from Duke University, a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in classical languages (magna cum laude with honours) from Holy Cross College. He is the author of five crime novels and two stand-alone novels. He was also selected by the Chicago Tribune as Chicagoan of the Year in Literature for 2011. He is currently an adjunct professor at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and owns an Irish bar in Chicago, The Hidden Shamrock. He lives in Chicago.
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