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Chicago private investigator Michael Kelly is hired by his former partner, John Gibbons, to help solve an eight-year-old rape and battery case, a case it turns out his old friend was once ordered to forget. When Gibbons turns up dead on Navy Pier, Kelly enlists a team of his savviest colleagues to connect the dots between the recent murder and the cold case it revived: Diane Lindsay, a television reporter whose relationship with Kelly is not strictly professional; his best friend from childhood, Nicole Andrews, a forensic DNA expert; Nicole's boyfriend, Vince Rodriguez, a detective with a special interest in rape cases; and Bennett Davis from the DA's office, a friend since Kelly's days on the force. To close the case, Kelly will have to face the mob, a serial killer, his own double-crossing friends, and the mean streets of the city he loves.
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1 primary bookMichael Kelly is a 1-book series first released in 2007 with contributions by Michael Harvey.
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This book surprised me, I didn't expect it to be this good (I think it was a Kindle deal some time ago). I like the hard-boiled genre, but it can be so difficult to ignore the rampant sexism. This book definitely has a hard-boiled feel to it, but no shallow broads. The mystery was great, it kept unfolding slowly and I love that, I love clever red herrings! And finally Chicago is one of my favorite cities, so I certainly enjoyed the setting and the authors descriptions of places I have visited. Excellent read.
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