Set The Night On Fire: A 1960s Crime Thriller: 1 (Sagas) - Hardcover

Hellmann, Libby Fischer

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798989253074

Publisher: Red Herrings Press, 2025

Synopsis

A woman discovers her parents were not the people she thought they were. And why is someone trying to kill her?

Someone is trying to kill Lila Hilliard. During the Christmas holidays, she returns from running errands to find her family home in flames, her father and brother trapped inside. Later, she is attacked by a mysterious man on a motorcycle.... and the threats don't end there.

As Lila desperately tries to piece together who is after her and why, she uncovers information about her father's past in Chicago during the volatile days of the late 1960s... information he never shared with her, but now threatens to destroy her.

Part thriller, part historical novel, and part love story, Set the Night on Fire paints an unforgettable portrait of Chicago during a turbulent time: the riots at the Democratic Convention... the struggle for power between the Black Panthers and SDS... and a group of young idealists who tried to change the world.

Set the Night on Fire was named a finalist in Foreword Magazine's 2010 Book of the Year in Mystery/Suspense.

About this title

About the Author

Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago a long time ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. She soon began writing historical fiction as well. Eighteen novels and twenty-five short stories later, she claims they'll take her out of the Windy City feet first. She has been nominated for many awards in the mystery and crime writing community and has even won a few. She has been a finalist twice for the Anthony and the Shamus; and four times for Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year. She has also been nominated for the Agatha, the Daphne, and she won the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year in 2021. She has won the IPPY, Foreword Magazine's Indie Awards, and the Readers Choice Award multiple times. Libby was the President of Sisters in Crime in 2006. For two years she hosted "Solved," a streaming video show featuring bestselling and emerging Crime Authors. She was also the host of "Second Sunday Crime," a podcast with the Authors on the Air network. Both show series are available on YouTube.Over the years, she has developed several fiction-oriented workshops, including "Dialogue, Plot, and Setting," "How to Build Suspense", and "How to Promote in the Digital Age." She also coaches professionals on their presentation skills and how to conduct media interviews.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Herrings Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798989253074
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 396