Michael Harvey's gritty debut, The Chicago Way, rips the classic crime novels of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett from their 30s origins and slams them like a brass fist into the teeth of modern-day Chicago. All of the pieces are here: Chandler's Byzantine plots and tack-sharp dialogue; a smorgasbord of knuckle sandwiches to sate the die-hard Hammett fan; and a damaged dame (platinum blonde, natch), straight out of a James Cain roadside diner.
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Praise for Michael Harvey's "The Chicago Way"
"A magnificent debut that should be read by all."
--John Grisham
"Harvey's debut delivers a fast-paced thrill ride through Chicago's seedy underbelly . . . [He] masterfully combines the sardonic wit of Chandler with the gritty violence of Lehane's Kenzie and Gennaro series. Bringing Chicago to life so skillfully that the reader can almost hear the El train in the distance, Harvey is poised to take the crime-writing world by storm."
--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"Heartfelt, ambitious . . . Kelly, a wisecracking Irish Scrapper, slings metaphors like Philip Marlowe and reads Homer and Aeschylus in Greek . . . Harvey ends up delivering the goods."
--"Kirkus"
"Michael Harvey's tightly plotted evocation of the Chicago underworld is set in the present but brings to mind the voices of Chandler and Hammett."
--"New York
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"Gritty and witty, "The Chicago Way" is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner."
--Kathy Reichs
""The Chicago Way" is a wonderful first novel. Michael Harvey has studied the masters and put his own unique touch on the crime novel. This book harkens the arrival of a major new voice."
--Michael Connelly
"The efficiency of [Harvey's] cinematic style . . . suits the brisk, animated shots of Chicago that give the story both grit and authenticity."
--"New York Times Book Review
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"It is a measure of the ambition of Michael Harvey's first novel, "The Chicago Way," that we start it thinking about Dashiell Hammett and end it pondering Aeschylus."
--"The Washington Post BookWorld
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"Not to be outdone by his work in television, Harvey has written a provocative novel that captures the grittiness of the Windy City and spins a murder mystery with a satisfying and out-of-left-field ending. . . . Readers will find the clipped cadence of Harvey's dialogue and narrative wonderfully reminiscent of Raymond Chandler."
--"USA Today
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"[Harvey] composes punchy noir sentences that he stacks into punchy noir paragraphs that have all the rhythm, irony, and wit of the genre's manly classics of the 1920s and '30s."
--"Entertainment Weekly
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"This contemporary police procedural by the man responsible for TV's "Cold Case Files" smacks of Raymond Chandler filtered through Robert B. Parker."
--"Go Magazine
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""The Chicago Way" by Michael Harvey is as entertaining as a night out on the town."
--"The Missourian
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"From the Hardcover edition."
"A magnificent debut that should be read by all." --John Grisham"An intricate, fast-paced crime thriller." --"The Chicago Sun-Times"" A smart, stylish debut." --"The Boston Globe""This book harkens the arrival of a major new voice." --Michael Connelly"Gritty and witty, "The Chicago Way" is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way." --Kathy Reichs
A magnificent debut that should be read by all. John Grisham An intricate, fast-paced crime thriller. "The Chicago Sun-Times" A smart, stylish debut. "The Boston Globe" This book harkens the arrival of a major new voice. Michael Connelly Gritty and witty, "The Chicago Way" is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Kathy Reichs"
Ex-cop turned Private Investigator Michael Kelly is hired by his former police boss, John Gibbons, to investigate a brutal rape and battery, an eight year old crime which was never solved because Gibbons was ordered to forget it.
The following day Gibbons is shot dead.
Kelly's quest to find his friend's killer and to bring the perpetrator of the rape to justice forces him to confront the Mob, corrupt policeman and a serial rapist awaiting execution on Death Row.
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