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"I've been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she works. I don't know the color of her eyes or what they look like when she's scared. But I will." One night, Mia Dennett enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But when he doesn't show, she unwisely leaves with an enigmatic stranger. At first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But following Colin home will turn out to be the...
2) Escape
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Language
English
Description
"As Chicago PD's special-ops leader, Detective Billy Harney knows well that money is not the only valuable currency. The filthy rich man he's investigating is down to his last twenty million. He's also being held in jail. For now. Billy's unit is called in when an escape plan results in officers down and inmates vanished. In an empty lot, Billy spots two Kevlar vests. Two helmets. Two assault rifles. And a handwritten note: Hi, Billy, Are you having...
3) The red book
Author
Series
Black book thriller volume 2
Language
English
Description
To Detective Billy Harney, the newest member of the Chicago PD's elite strike force--Special Operations Section--getting shot in the head, stalked by a state's attorney, and accused of murder by his fellow cops is all part of breaking a case. So when a drive-by shooting on Chicago's West Side turns political, he leads the way to a quick solve. But Harney's instincts--his father was once chief of detectives and his twin sister, Patti, is also on the...
4) Overboard
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English
Description
"On her way home from an all-night surveillance job, V.I. Warshawski is led by her dogs on a mad chase that ends when they discover a badly injured teen hiding in the rocks along Lake Michigan. The girl only regains consciousness long enough to utter one enigmatic word. V.I. helps bring her to a hospital, but not long after, she vanishes before anyone can discover her identity. As V.I. attempts to find her, the detective uncovers an ugly consortium...
5) Murder list
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Language
English
Description
Before taking a job with the FBI, Chicago detective Alec Buchanan has one last assignment to protect hotel heiress Regan Hamilton Madison from a serial killer. The serial killer is targeting people Regan placed on a list she created while attending a seminar of Dr. Lawrence Shields. The list names people who have hurt or deceived Regan over the years and now those people are turning up dead.
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Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Detective Boone Drake has successfully conducted an operation to bring down street gangs and crime bosses. A leak somewhere in the Chicago PD, however, threatens the life of his key witness, and Drake must figure out who the betrayer is before it's too late.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Large print ed. ; Unabridged.
Physical Desc
471 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Boone Drake has it made. He's a young cop rising rapidly through the ranks of the Chicago Police Department. He has a beautiful wife and a young son, a nice starter house, a great partner, and a career plan that should land him in the Organized Crime Division within five years. Everything is going right. Until everything goes horribly, terribly wrong. His personal life destroyed and his career and future in jeopardy, Boone buries himself in guilt...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Berkley Sensation ed.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
There is a dark side to every passion . . . Cases of random violence have erupted across the countrymurderous acts committed by previously non-violent people. Detective Adam Boedecker, grieving brother to one of the suicide-murderers, has discovered that all the suspects had taken a new breakthrough anti-depressant, Valazine. Elizabeth Barnes has devoted her heart and soul to pharmaceutical research. Shes at the top of her game and slated to be awarded...
9) Ghost boys
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 360L
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 372 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Person of Interest is an astute slice of suspenseful crime fiction offering an intense portrait of the complicated lives of an undercover police officer and his family. As Schwegel steadily ratchets up the tension, the McHugh family faces mounting internal and external pressures that threaten to shred the very fabric of their domestic life.
Author
Publisher
Agora Books
Language
English
Description
"When Detective Lauren Medina sees the calling card at a murder scene in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, she knows the Pied Piper has returned. When another teenager is brutally murdered at the same lagoon where her sister's body was found floating years before, she is certain that the Pied Piper is not just back, he's looking for payment he's owed from her. Lauren's torn between protecting the city she has sworn to keep safe, and keeping a...
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Series
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
268 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a witness's son is kidnapped, Chicago's gangland erupts into chaos Once a college football star, Bill Hanrahan has had a hard time of it ever since his bad knees kept him out of the pros. He became a homicide detective with the unfortunate reputation of losing witnesses and loving the bottle. Now Hanrahan is off the sauce, and working a job that should be straightforward: He's guarding a mob informant's ex-wife and teenage son while they tour...
13) The Fifth Floor
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
16) The Chicago way
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st revised ed.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Someone is setting off fire bombs in Chicago in stolen cars using untraceable cell phones. The international terror channels are silent. A group calling itself the Islamic Freedom Federation demands the release of Hassan Al-Shahid, a graduate student whose plan to set off a bomb at the Art Institute was thwarted by Detective David Gold and his long-time partner, Detective Paul Liszewski. Gold, a third generation native of South Chicago, the hardscrabble...