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Series
Chicago Stars volume 8
Language
English
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Description
Discovered by the former quarterback she was hired to tail, detective Piper Dove pretends to be the athlete's stalker and is subsequently hired by him, an arrangement threatened by their growing chemistry.
Author
Series
Yada Yada House of Hope volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gabby's husband is begging for reconciliation, but Gabby has moved on, finding purpose and a future in the House of Hope. Is God leading Gabby down a new path and giving her something--and someone--new? Or is He redeeming what she thought was gone forever?
63) Unspoken
Author
Language
English
Description
Charlotte Graham is at the center of the most famous kidnapping in Chicago history. A task force of FBI and local cops found her two abductors, killed them, rescued her, but it took four very long years. The fact she was found less than three miles from her home, and had been there the entire time, haunts them. She's changed her identity, found a profession she loves, and rebuilt her life. She's never said a word -- to the cops, to her doctors, to...
64) Grounded
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
Grace Meredith is a beloved contemporary Christian recording artist whose life has hit unexpected turbulence. She feels grounded - in more ways than one. Grace's fiancé, bothered by her outspoken stance on purity and her near-constant travel, has broken off their relationship. Exhausted and unable to continue her concert tour, Grace returns to her Chicago home where she finds herself connecting for the first time with her neighbors.
Author
Series
Jane Jeffry mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
234 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hired by a rebellious group of feminists for a huge house renovation, Jane Jeffry and Shelley Nowack become increasingly alarmed when the project is overshadowed by malicious pranks, a suspicious death, and numerous secrets.
66) Dead land
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Chicago may be the city of broad shoulders, but its political law is "Pay to Play." Money changes hands in the middle of the night, and by morning, buildings and parks are replaced by billion-dollar projects. Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski gets pulled into one of these clandestine deals through her impetuous goddaughter, Bernie Fouchard. Bernie tries to rescue Lydia Zamir, a famed singer-songwriter now living on the streets; Zamir's life fell apart when...
Author
Series
Windy City saga volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"A birthday excursion turns deadly when the SS Eastland capsizes with insurance agent Olive Pierce and her best friend on board. After her escape, Olive discovers her friend is among the missing victims. When she begins investigating the accident, more setbacks arise. Finding the truth will take all she's got to beat those who want to sabotage her progress"--
Author
Language
English
Description
What happens when a young sophisticated Chicagoan falls for the owner of a farm on Johns Island, a lush Lowcountry paradise off the coast of South Carolina -- trading the bustle of a cosmopolitan city for the vagaries of a small southern town?
In the Lowcountry of South Carolina, Diane English Stiftel, her brother Floyd, and her parents are throwing a barbeque to celebrate her son's engagement. Fred is marrying Shelby Cambria, whose father, Alejandro...
69) Brush back
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Reluctantly agreeing to help when an old boyfriend asks her to exonerate his mother for the murder of his sister, V.I. Warshawski is forced to confront ugly politics and violent elements in her hometown.
Author
Series
Ben Kincaid novels volume 14
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
368 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the senior senator from his native Oklahoma is accused of murder, crusading attorney Ben Kincaid heads for Washington, D.C., to take the case, but an incriminating videotape forces him to reevaluate his loyalty to an old friend.
Author
Series
Chicago World's Fair mystery volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's mid-September 1893 and Eloisa Carstairs is the reigning debutant of Gilded Age Chicago society. To outsiders she appears to have it all. But Eloisa is living with a dark secret. Several months ago, she endured a horrible assault at the hands of Douglass Sloane, heir to one of Chicago's wealthiest families. Fearing the loss of her reputation, Eloisa confided in only one friend. That is, until she meets Detective Sean Ryan at a high-society ball"--Page...
72) Shadow reaper
Author
Series
Shadow riders novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Billionaire playboy Ricco Ferraro knows no other life. Being a shadow rider is in his blood--but so is a haunting desperation stemming from the secrets of his dark past. His recklessness puts not only his life at risk, but also the future of his entire family. To save them all, he must find a woman who can meet his every desire with a heat all her own. Just when Ricco has given up hope, he meets her--a mysterious woman whose shadow connects with his....
Author
Series
American heiresses (Jen Turano) volume 3
Language
English
Description
"In 1886, Beatrix Waterbury's train is disrupted by a heist, scientist Norman Nesbit comes to her aid. He's swept up in the havoc she always seems to attract-including the attention of the men trying to steal his research - and they discover the curious way feelings can grow despite chaos"--Provided by publisher.
74) The Westing game
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
75) Shadow rider
Author
Series
Shadow riders novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Whether it's fast cars or fast women, Stefano Ferraro gets what he wants. When he's not fodder for the paparazzi, he commands Ferraro family businesses -- both legitimate and illegitimate. While their criminal activity is simply a rumor yet to be proven, no one knows the real truth. The Ferraros are a family of shadow riders capable of manipulating light and dark, an ability Stefano thought ran in his family alone -- until now. . . With little left...
76) Summer knight
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now that his girlfriend has left him, professional wizard Harry Dresden can't pay his rent and alienates his friends. He's soon approached by the Winter Queen of Faerie with an offer he can't refuse--all he has to do is find out who murdered the Summer Queen's right-hand man, the Summer Knight, and clear the Winter Queen's name. Soon, Harry finds out that the fate of the entire world rests on his solving this case.
Author
Publisher
See Sharp Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
xxvii, 335 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The horrifying conditions in the meatpacking industry in the early 1900's are revealed through the experiences of immigrants as they try to make a living by working in the Chicago stockyards.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 291 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Annika (rhymes with Monica) Rose is an English major at the University of Illinois. Anxious in social situations where she finds most people's behavior confusing, she'd rather be surrounded by the order and discipline of books or the quiet solitude of playing chess.
Author
Series
David Gold novels volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First revised ed.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an unknown terrorist group demands the release of a University of Chicago graduate student whose plan to set off a bomb at the Art Institute was thwarted at the last minute, Detectives Gold and Battle must stop them from shutting down a major U.S. city
80) The overnights
Author
Series
Ashe Cayne novels volume 3
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the suspicious shooting of an unarmed black man by a white cop to boost her ratings, Morgan Shaw, a hugely popular evening news anchor, creates powerful enemies and calls on P.I. Ashe Cayne to expose those behind the murder of a seemingly innocent man.
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