Michael Kelly PI Investigation – serie

''A knockout thriller. Harvey dispenses the pressure plays, cruel surprises and heartbreaking setbacks of his plot with crack timing, never allowing the reader a moment to unfasten his seat belt'' Washington Post''For readers who like the action fast and furious and the body count high'' Literary ReviewThe ferocious new novel from the author of The Chicago Way and The Fifth Floor finds Michael Harvey at the top of his game in an expertly plotted, impossible to put down thriller set in Chicago''s public transit system.Harvey''s tough talking, Aeschylus quoting, former Irish cop turned PI, Michael Kelly, is back in another sizzling murder mystery that pits him against a merciless sniper on the loose in Chicago''s public transportation system. After witnessing a shooting on an L platform-and receiving a phone call from the killer himself-Kelly is drawn toward a murderer with an unnerving link to his own past, to a crime he witnessed as a child, and to the consequences it had on his relationship with his father, a subject Kelly would prefer to leave unexamined.But when his girlfriend-the gorgeous Chicago judge Rachel Swenson-is abducted, Kelly has no choice but to find the killer by excavating his own stormy past.Stylish, sophisticated, edge-of-your-seat suspense from a new modern master.

‘A knockout thriller. Harvey dispenses the pressure plays, cruel surprises and heartbreaking setbacks of his plot with crack timing, never allowing the reader a moment to unfasten his seat belt' Washington Post‘For readers who like the action fast and furious and the body count high' Literary ReviewThe ferocious new novel from the author of The Chicago Way and The Fifth Floor finds Michael Harvey at the top of his game in an expertly plotted, impossible to put down thriller set in Chicago's public transit system.Harvey's tough talking, Aeschylus quoting, former Irish cop turned PI, Michael Kelly, is back in another sizzling murder mystery that pits him against a merciless sniper on the loose in Chicago's public transportation system. After witnessing a shooting on an L platform-and receiving a phone call from the killer himself-Kelly is drawn toward a murderer with an unnerving link to his own past, to a crime he witnessed as a child, and to the consequences it had on his relationship with his father, a subject Kelly would prefer to leave unexamined.But when his girlfriend-the gorgeous Chicago judge Rachel Swenson-is abducted, Kelly has no choice but to find the killer by excavating his own stormy past.Stylish, sophisticated, edge-of-your-seat suspense from a new modern master.

Chicago cop-turned-PI Michael Kelly is racing to save his city from a deadly new foe: a biological weapon unleashed underground.When a light bulb falls in a subway tunnel, it releases a pathogen that could kill millions. While the mayor postures, people begin to die, especially on the city''s grim west side. Hospitals become morgues. L trains are converted into rolling hearses. Finally, the government acts, sealing off entire sections of the city - but are they keeping people out or in? Meanwhile, Michael Kelly''s hunt for the people who poisoned his city takes him into the tangled underworld of Chicago''s west side gangs and the even more frightening world of black biology - an elite discipline emerging from the nation''s premier labs, where scientists play God and will stop at nothing to preserve their secrecy.It''s a brave new world... and the most audacious page-turner yet from an emerging modern master.Featuring plenty of next-generation technology, We All Fall Down is stylish suspense from a major new voice.

When Michael Kelly agrees to track the movements of an abusive husband, little does he know he is about to become embroiled in a murder investigation and a plot to re-write history. What Kelly thinks is a routine domestic case soon turns sour when he finds a body in an old house. As links with the City Hall's notorious fifth floor and Chicago's longest standing mystery start to emerge, it turns out the history books may not be quite what they seem. Plunged into a world of corruption and startling intrigue Kelly struggles to unearth the truth before an unknown enemy can frame him for the murder.Michael Harvey's tough-talking ex-cop turned PI returns in this urgent, stylish, ferociously absorbing follow up to his masterful debut, The Chicago Way.

When PI Michael Kelly is called upon by former colleague John Gibbons to help with an old case, he doesn''t expect to find him dead the next morning. Coincidence? Kelly doesn''t think so. Determined to catch his friend''s killer, Kelly must piece together a link between Gibbons'' death and the brutal rape that happened eight years earlier. He needs all the help he can get. Kelly''s fearsome new team is bright, savvy and determined, but Chicago''s mob, serial rapists and shady policing won''t make it easy.This fast-paced debut captures the dangerous, gritty world of Chicago crime through wit and suspense.

When Michael Kelly agrees to track the movements of an abusive husband, little does he know he is about to become embroiled in a murder investigation and a plot to re-write history. What Kelly thinks is a routine domestic case soon turns sour when he finds a body in an old house. As links with the City Hall''s notorious fifth floor and Chicago''s longest standing mystery start to emerge, it turns out the history books may not be quite what they seem. Plunged into a world of corruption and startling intrigue Kelly struggles to unearth the truth before an unknown enemy can frame him for the murder. Michael Harvey''s tough-talking ex-cop turned PI returns in this urgent, stylish, ferociously absorbing follow up to his masterful debut, The Chicago Way.

It''s been two years since disgraced Illinois governor Ray Perry disappeared from a federal courthouse in Chicago moments after being sentenced to thirty-eight years in prison on corruption charges. PI Michael Kelly is sitting in his office when he gets an anonymous email offering to pay him nearly a quarter million dollars if he will find Perry, no questions asked. Kelly''s investigation begins with the woman Ray Perry left behind – his wife, Marie. Ostracized by her former friends and hounded by the feds, Marie tells Kelly she has no idea where her husband is. Like everyone else, Kelly doesn''t believe her. As he hunts for her husband, Kelly begins to unwind Marie Perry''s past. What he finds is a woman who turns out to be even more intriguing than her husband, with her own deeply complicated reasons for standing by him. Everyone in Chicago has secrets, including the governor''s wife. Some of them she shared with her husband. Some of them she kept to herself. And some of them could get Michael Kelly killed. The Governor''s Wife is a hard-eyed look at the intersection of the political and the personal, at the perils of trusting even those closest to us and the collateral damage of our highest aspirations. This is stylish, knock-out suspense from a modern master.

When PI Michael Kelly is called upon by former colleague John Gibbons to help with an old case, he doesn't expect to find him dead the next morning. Coincidence? Kelly doesn't think so. Determined to catch his friend's killer, Kelly must piece together a link between Gibbons' death and the brutal rape that happened eight years earlier. He needs all the help he can get. Kelly's fearsome new team is bright, savvy and determined, but Chicago's mob, serial rapists and shady policing won't make it easy.This fast-paced debut captures the dangerous, gritty world of Chicago crime through wit and suspense.

A light bulb falls in a subway tunnel, releasing a deadly pathogen.Within hours, a homeless man, a cop, and then dozens more start to die.Hospitals become morgues. 'L' trains become rolling hearses.Chicago is on the verge of chaos before the mayor finally acts, quarantining entire sections of the city. Meanwhile, cop-turned-PI Michael Kelly hunts for the people responsible. The search takes him into the tangled underworld of Chicago's west-side gangs and the even more terrifying world of black biology - an elite field operating covertly at the nation's top labs, where scientists play God and will do anything necessary to keep their secrets safe.