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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Electrifying ... a rollicking nineteenth-century thrill ride."--Amy Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of Girl Waits with Gun Inspired by the real story of investigator Kate Warne, this spirited novel follows the detective's rise during one of the nation's times of crisis, bringing to life a fiercely independent woman whose forgotten triumphs helped sway the fate of the country. With no money and no husband, Kate Warne finds herself with...
Author
Series
Paul Turner mysteries volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"Craig Lenzati, the rich and powerful CEO of Chicago's answer to Microsoft, is found brutally murdered with stab wounds all over his body. The murder is reported anonymously, and a quick and quiet resolution to the case is demanded by City Hall. Meanwhile, the list of suspects is almost endless and that along has the powers-that-be breathing down the necks of Chicago Police Detectives Paul Turner and Buck Fenwick. But as the two struggle to untangle...
Author
Series
Paul Turner mysteries volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Paul Turner is not your typical middle-aged cop. A widower, he lives with his two teenaged sons, and he is gay. He is also trusted by the brass to handle sensitive cases, so when a Chicago Alderman is found murdered, Turner is assigned to the case. The dead Alderman was not only a professor at the University of Chicago, but also a leading liberal gadfly with the media's ear. As Turner investigates, he discovers that jealous professors and old-guard...
4) Sorry now?
Author
Series
Paul Turner mysteries volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
Publishers Weekly calls Mark Richard Zubro's Sorry Now: A Paul Turner Mystery? "Compelling and even urgent."
While in Chicago, right-wing televangelist Bruce Mucklewrath is attacked and his daughter killed. Sensing a potential time bomb, and with Mucklewrath creating great pressure, the police brass assign the case to Detective Paul Turner whom they trust with sensitive matters. During their investigation, Turner and his partner discover that other...
Author
Series
Mission of Alex Kane volume 6
Publisher
Alyson Publications
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Scott Carpenter, Chicago baseball player, and his lover, Tom Mason rush to rural Georgia to be by the side of Scott's father, who has just been stricken by a heart attack. Once there, they discover that the locals are none too pleased to have them around. To make matters worse, the local sheriff turns up dead, in the back of their rental car, and the local officials can't imagine anyone they'd rather convict of the crime than the two of them...
7) In the game
Author
Series
Virginia Kelly mysteries volume 1
Publisher
The Naiad Press, Inc
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Black businesswoman Virginia Kelly is called in by her business school classmate, Beverly, when Bev's lover is found dead in back of a lesbian bar.
8) Eye contact
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Reporter Mark Manning searches for a killer and stumbles upon a stunning conspiracy Chicago Journal reporter Mark Manning has been called in to replace a colleague on a big story. Famed Swiss astrophysicist Pavo Zarnik has just stunned the science world with his announcement that he's discovered a tenth planet in our solar system. Manning is skeptical of Zarnik's claims and believes he's a fraud. His suspicions grow when his fellow reporter-award-winning...
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