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Vega Family Love Stories volume 2
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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A stressed-out single dad and caregiver to his mischievous abuelo butts heads and creates sparks with a teacher and social justice advocate.
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Series
Nuala Anne McGrail novels volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
With only a few weeks left before his wedding, Dermot is hoping his fiancee Nuala won't have anymore psychic dreams, but before he knows what is happening, he is following one of Nuala's hunches and trying to solve a historic mystery.
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Series
Dr. Evan Wilding novels volume 2
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Evan Wilding, a professor of semiotics, assists homicide detective Addie Bisset after an esteemed historian is found in her car, killed by a cobra's bite.
"What an exotic way to die in Chicago. When esteemed historian Elizabeth Lawrence is found in her car, killed by a cobra's bite, only a brilliant professor of semiotics, Dr. Evan Wilding, can see the signs around her strange death. As he helps homicide detective Addie Bisset decipher the scene,...
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning author of Bubblegum and The Instructions, a daring new novel about the absurdity, the humor, and the tragedy of survivorship. A one-in-ten-billion natural disaster devastates Chicago. A Jewish comedian, his most devoted fan, and the city's mayor must struggle to move forward while the world-quite literally-caves beneath their feet. With this polyphonic tale of Chicago-style politics and political correctness, stand-up comedy...
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Series
Dispatcher volume 3
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From Hugo-winning author John Scalzi comes The Dispatcher: Travel by Bullet, which clocks in at over 40,000 words, the longest novella yet in the series. The world has changed. Now, when someone is murdered, they almost always come back to life--and there are professionals, called "dispatchers," who kill in order to save lives, to give those near the end a second chance. Tony Valdez is a dispatcher, and he has never been busier. But for as much as...
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Series
Detective Annalisa Vega novel volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The next installment of Joanna Schaffhausen's critically acclaimed Detective Annalisa Vega series. For Chicago police detective Annalisa Vega, Sam Tran’s death presents an ominous puzzle. The ex-cop turned PI is found hanging from a cemetery tree with a message across his chest that suggests someone holds a murderous grudge against the police. Annalisa suspects the real answer lies in one of Tran’s open cases. She believes he stumbled on a dark...
7) Cold curses
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Series
Heirs of Chicagoland novels volume 5
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Elisa, the only vampire ever born, is hoping all can remain quiet in the City of Chicago in the wake of a destructive attack by an ancient supernatural being. Still, she and her friends, including shifter Connor Keene, know they need to be ready for anything. They're working as hard as they can to repair the city's defenses, but they soon find themselves caught in the middle of a magical turf war with roots that go back generations. They know they...
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"A dramatic and inspiring novel based on the true story of the Jane Collective and the brave women who fought for our right to choose, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Paris Bookseller. Chicago, early 1970s: Who does a woman call when she needs help? Jane. The best-known secret in the city, Jane is an underground women's health organization composed entirely of women helping women, empowering them to live lives free from the expectations...
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English
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''#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips returns with the next book in her Chicago Stars series where a successful sports agent and the sister of his biggest client engage in a take-no-prisoners battle of the sexes. Take one hard-driving sports agent… Throw in a failed chocolatier… And her superstar football player brother… Add a quirky pink and purple food truck… Then, to really screw things up, mix in a very unfortunate...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Sam is stuck sharing the streets for Chicago’s summer festivals with a man she can’t stand, she’ll find it’s often a bumpy road that leads to love…. As office manager of the city’s leading luxury boudoir and pinup photography studio, lovable grump Samantha Sawyer has everything under control. With an eventful summer season on the horizon, Sam is balancing a hectic workload while preparing the Buxom Boudoir “Photobus,” a vintage...
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the international bestseller The German Heiress, a gripping historical drama about a woman determined to avenge for the crimes against her family, set at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair"--
"Vengeance is in the family, and the family is a bond like no other… It’s the worst year of the Great Depression, and America needs all the hope it can get. The Chicago World’s Fair, a glittery city-within-a-city, becomes a symbol of the...
12) The overnights
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Series
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Ian K. Smith brings back former Chicago detective turned private eye Ashe Cayne in this eagerly anticipated mystery in which the investigator finds himself in a race against the clock to protect a high-profile Chicago news anchor and solve the racially charged murder of a Black teen by a white police officer. Someone wants Morgan Shaw dead-or so the beautiful, brilliant, and hugely popular evening news anchor of...
13) Play of shadows
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Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"On a stormy Chicago night, renowned semiotician Dr. Evan Wilding and his brother, River, who's back from an archaeological dig, reunite in a mystery. A package addressed to both of them contains a hand-drawn maze, an ancient Cretan coin, and a cryptic greeting: Let the game begin. The opening move is murder. In a downtown alley, a man has been found nearly cleaved in two, a symbol drawn on his forehead and a savage rip in his throat. Given the clues,...
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Series
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the newest entry in the USA Today-bestselling Cameron Winter series, the ex-spy-turned-English professor defies accepted narratives and corrupt local authorities to investigate the murder of a wealthy family in the Chicago suburbs. Cameron Winter is known for having a sense about crime. His background as a spy trained his mind―and his body―for action, and his current role as an English professor gives him a sharp understanding of human nature....
15) The coldest case
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Homicide detective Billy Harney sends his new partner, Kate, deep undercover in a notorious Chicago drug ring. When several members of the ring soon turn up dead, Billy abruptly pulls Kate out, blowing her cover. Kate's informant inside the gang quicklydisappears. As does the ring's black book... When Billy can't find the informant, he wonders if Kate is secretly harboring her, since the two grew close during Kate's weeks undercover. As Billy and...
16) Shadowed loyalty
Author
Publisher
Chrism Press, a division of WhiteFire Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Shadowed Loyalty, set amid the glitz and scandal of the Roaring Twenties, examines what love really means and how we draw lines between family and our own convictions, especially when following one could mean losing the other."--Provided by publisher.
17) Fall
Author
Publisher
Thomas and Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Chicago PD is on high alert when two city aldermen are found dead: one by apparent suicide, one brutally stabbed in his office, and both with thirty dimes left on their bodies—a betrayer’s payment. With no other clues, the question is, Who else has a debt to pay? Detective Harriet Foster is on the case before the killer can strike again. But even with the help of her partner, Detective Vera Li, and the rest of their team, Harriet...
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Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"AN AMAZON EDITORS’ PICK: BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH IN ROMANCE Love is a hex of a thing. Former childhood sweethearts fake a relationship in this charming, witchy romcom. There’s nothing wrong with being a wallflower. Not to Emmaline Bluewater, anyway. Emma may have been born into witch society, but her days of trying to fit in where she doesn’t belong are over—they ended seven years ago, when the man she’d hoped to marry left town without...
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