Chicago

Step back into the roaring twenties, where Chicago pulses with life and liquor flows freely despite the grip of Prohibition. In the heart of this ...

The ship is dead in the water. Its lines are tangled and its sails are slack as it drifts toward the rocky coast. A fisherman spies the vessel and steps aboard, expecting it to be deserted....

David Martin is a young college professor when, on a train trip to Chicago, he realizes he is the only one able to see Rosalind La Page, a resident apparition who makes a ghostly appearance every year on the anniversary of her 1940s murder....

A historical fiction based in the 1920s. The protagonist, named Eugene "Jack" Brewer, is a mulatto man who had an unfortunate mishap with a white sheriff....

In March 1969, eight young men were indicted by the federal government for conspiracy to incite a riot. Some of them barely knew one another, having come together briefly to protest the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the war in Vietnam....

The life and music of the legendary blues singer Bobby Jones aka Bobby Jonz. An informative and often deeply emotional journey that begins with his birth in a Louisiana cotton house....

Chuckie Eechaute thought a new life under the Witness Protection Program would save him from Victor Sanaducci, but he was wrong....

Gayle Pemberton shares the accumulated revelations of a lifetime of observation in 16 provocative autobiographical essays, interweaving her own history and that of her family with reflections on American literature, art, music, and film....

The Trader of Chicago by H. Wilhelm Starkweather is a psychological fiction novel set in early 20th century Chicago. It captures the tumultuous ...

It is Chicago. 1910. 11-year-old Lillian March looks over her mother's dead body with a sense of relief....

When investment banker Lazzaro de Medici is found dead, Professor of Biblical Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago Aiden Leonardo is the prime suspect....

After the Gone Gorilla case, wherein a 450 lb. gorilla spirit rampages through the Museum of Natural History in Chicago, the Old Fart Squad of retired Chi-town detectives are charged with learning just what was going on at the curious, huge SPIRE Hole....

A single mother and her son are stalked by a ghostly menace in Chicago. A monster, responsible for unspeakable acts, not limited to this world. Set...

Matt Tompkins, a reserved gay man, has always played by the rules and has created a comfortable but unfulfilling life for himself. When his bold best friend, Greg, stands up for himself in public, Matt's is determined to be more like Greg....

Frankie Turk and Lola Lahti were suspended for using excessive force in the pursuit of justice. So they were the choice to investigate the murder of a wealthy young widow's husband....

Seeing the future isn’t all it’s cracked up to be—especially when you can’t change it. Even more so when your Talent nearly kills you. I’ve searched the world for a guru—a magickal monk—who could help me tame my divination powers, but most were frauds or worse....

Back then, hot-headed gangsters, not-so-gentle dames and bullet-riddled corpses filled the newspaper headlines. And some of the stories below the headlines were even true. The 1920s was a period in American history when even the respectable were unwilling to stay sober....

Reprint of the classic textbook: 10th Anniversary 2021 Edition. Chicago history/culture with an Italian flair! There is something for everybody in ...

Robert Haze has been around the block when it comes to working in hotels, and not too long ago, he landed himself one heck of a job. He became the ...

Today, as one of the biggest cities in the country, Chicago means a lot of different things to different people, but the Windy City, as culturally rich as it is, has long been known for controversial political corruption and its gangster past....