Chicago

Smokey Dalton is on the run. But history won’t leave him alone. His new job places him in the center of the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention. And someone is killing children....

Aided by Lucia Vargas, a rookie detective who doesn’t know when to quit, and Fr. Remy Mbombo, a priest with a history he’s desperate to keep under wraps, FBI agent Ezra James takes on the case. He must work fast to uncover the truth before more people die....

When America’s hardest-working private eye goes clubbing, a stranger is shot and dies in her arms....

Working late-night surveillance at a luxury condominium development in a city world famous for corruption, Chicago private detective Joe Kozmarski encounters a burglary crew....

Step into the holiday spirit of one hundred years past with this wonderful short piece of work entitled “Christmas in Chicago.” Reminisce on the urban Christmas traditions of a world in the distant past, but one that still lives on in our hearts....

Join Brandon and Helen for a lighthearted romance set in the American Southwest! Brandon Juarez, 22 and a type 1 diabetic, has been a policeman in the small town of Chili Pepper, Colorado for just two days when someone tries to kill Helen Granillo, 21....

The big news story in Chicago is the murder trial of Johnny Santoro, a dock worker whose girlfriend has been killed....

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Recommended by agents and acting coaches, Acting in Chicago, 4th Edition demystifies the question of how to build a rewarding, sustainable, and profitable acting career.....

From his first news job working as a legman to his later role as a news anchor and political commentator, Jacobson battled along the front lines of an industry undergoing dramatic changes....

Jason Smiley, a cop in Chicago before he joined the Army after 9/11 came back from the wars knowing all the real heroes were dead....

A veteran of the war in Iraq, where he suffered extreme injury, Tommy McClain places his faith in a beat-up blue Chevy and his future in the city of Chicago....

Struggling actor Danny Kafka is about to see his dream come true—he’s been hired to play a key role in a big movie to be filmed in Chicago. But when Danny, a Medal of Honor war hero, arrives in the Windy City, he is immediately arrested for the murder of United States Senator Dana Shapiro. And the evidence against him is overwhelming....

Lizzie Fletcher decides to open the Paradise Creek Inn. The morning after a wedding reception, a man's body was found near the swimming pool. A second body was found while evidence for the first murder was being analyzed. This time, the victim appeared to be Lizzie Fletcher....

What would you do if you were playing in a pick-up Celtic band at an Irish pub in downtown Chicago and a biker man yanks you outside, bites you, and says "Welcome to the family"....

Rabbi Funnye, Michelle Obama’s first cousin, holds a pulpit on the South Side of Chicago and is the first African American rabbi to serve on the Chicago Board of Rabbis....

Her family was killed and her home destroyed, during the brutal Civil War. Penniless and desperate to find a new life, 18-year-old Katina Monroe flees from Georgia to Chicago, disguised as a boy....

Kay Sullivan Lynch, reinstated to the Chicago Police Department after two years as a widowed mom of four, not only plans to excel on the force, but to show her brothers - who opposed her return to "the job" - that she's up to the challenge....

Michael Hainey had just turned six when his uncle knocked on his family's back door one morning with the tragic news....

Mr. Pin, the beloved penguin detective from the South Pole, helps stamp out crime in the windy city of Chicago. With his young assistant Maggie at his side, he follows the chocolate trails in exciting mysteries....