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81) THE RED BOOK
Author
Series
Black book (James Patterson) volume 2
Language
English
Description
Launching an investigation of his own when his instincts tell him that more is behind a political shooting on Chicago's west side, SOS Detective Billy Harney uncovers a spate of murders connected to his troubled past
For Detective Billy Harney is the newest member of Chicago PD's elite Special Operations Section (SOS). When a drive-by shooting on the Chicago's west side turns political, he leads the way to a quick solve. But Harney's instincts run...
82) The Windy City
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Quest (Q) and his stepsister Angela head to Chicago for their parents' concert, they uncover another plot by the terrorist group Ghost Cell in the Windy City"--
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Chicago, 1897. An obsessive collector and insurance magnate commissions the world's tallest building. Determined to compete with Marshall Field's recent donation of $1 million to found the Field Museum, the tycoon funds a private collecting voyage into the Pacific
Author
Series
Entity novels volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Reporter Keira Turner, granddaughter of a famous vampire hunter, blackmails vampire and Chicago cop Alex Sanchez into helping her investigate a series of recent thefts from blood banks, as he tries to keep her safe
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In the Lowcountry of South Carolina, Diane English Stiftel, her brother Floyd, and her parents are throwing a barbecue to celebrate her son's engagement. On this gorgeous, magical night, the bride's father, Alejandro Cambria, a wealthy power broker and one of Chicago's celebrated elite, discovers the limits and possibilities of cell phone range. Meanwhile, mother of the bride, Susan Kennedy Cambria, who dabbles in public relations and believes herself...
86) Summer knight
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 4
Language
English
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
Series
Road to Perdition graphic novels volume 1
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Author
Series
Chicago Stars volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anabelle Granger endeavors to promote her grandmother's matchmaking business by landing sports agent Heath Champion as a client, an effort that is challenged by Heath's arrogant nature and Annabelle's own unexpected feelings
89) The brotherhood
Author
Series
Precinct 11 volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Boone Drake is a young cop rising through the ranks in Chicago-- until everything goes horribly wrong. His personal life destroyed and his career and future in jeopardy, Boone buries himself in guilt and bitterness. Face-to-face with the most vicious gang leader Chicago has seen in decades, he begins to realize that God is a God of second chances... and can forgive the worst of crimes
90) Notorious
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
To escape from family members who are after her inheritance, Texas heiress Gaby Dupont, assuming a new identity, starts working for a powerful Chicago lawyer who comes to her aid when her greedy relatives track her down
91) Just kill me
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
After taking a summer job with a Chicago ghost tour company, eighteen-year-old Megan is interrogated for murder, when the reports of "real" ghost sightings increase along with the number of missing tourists
92) 206 bones
Author
Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chicago forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy and the case of a missing heiress from Montreal--an investigation that becomes more complicated when two more bodies of elderly women are found in Montreal and Tempe faces the very real possibility that a colleague has sabotaged work in the lab
93) Fall
Author
Series
Detective Harriet Foster volume 2
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Chicago detective Harriet Foster investigates when two city aldermen are found dead, each with 30 dimes left on their bodies, indicating a betrayer's payment
94) Afterlife
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
FBI agent Will Brody remembers the explosion, then waking without a scratch. Welcome to the afterlife. But the line between life and death is narrower than we suspect, and all that matters to Will is getting back to Claire
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Dove "Birdie" Randolph's close bond with her parents is threatened by a family secret, and by hiding her relationship with Booker, who has been in juvenile detention
Author
Series
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Harry's in trouble he knows nothing about, and it's up to his big brother Thomas to track him down and solve those little life-threatening difficulties without his little brother even noticing. Set in Jim Butcher's ultra-popular Dresden Files series.--Dust jacket
Author
Series
Windy City saga volume 2
Language
English
Description
"When Sylvie Townsend's Polish ward, Rose, goes missing at the World's Fair, her life unravels. Brushed off by the authorities, Sylvie turns to her boarder and Rose's violin instructor, Kristof Bartok, for help searching the immigrant communities. When the unexpected happens, will Sylvie be able to accept the change that comes her way?"--
98) SHADOW RIDER
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When he's not fodder for the paparazzi, Stefano Ferraro commands 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. With little left to her name, Francesca Capello has come to Chicago in hopes of a new life. She wasn't...
99) 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....
100) Our crooked hearts
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told in alternating voices, years after it began, seventeen-year-old Ivy and her mom Dana's shared story comes down to a reckoning among a daughter, a mother, and the dark forces they never should have messed with
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