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Chicago Blues
By Hellmann, Libby Fischer
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-93255-750-3
- Publisher
- Bleak House Books
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2007
Blues can evoke music, mood, and more, and the 21 stories in Chicago Blues display the work of some of Chicago's finest mystery writers. Most haunting are those that celebrate the blues as music, including Stuart Kaminsky's "Blue Note," in which a man plays high-stakes poker to prevent the maiming of his blues-singing mother. Longtime series protagonists are featured in tales from Sara Paretsky, Kris Nelscott, J.A. Konrath, and Max Allan Collins, while entries by Barbara D'Amato, David J. Walker, and Michael Allen Dymmoch star cops who may be crooked but are loyal to their own. Superior to Chicago Noir (Akashic, 2005), this should be of interest beyond the Second City area.Motor City, Motown, Murder City: Detroit's varied faces are revealed in Detroit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
