Annotation
"Chicago private investigator Michael Kelly is hired by his former partner, John Gibbons, to help solve an eight-year-old rape and battery case, a case it turns out his old friend was once ordered to forget. When Gibbons turns up dead on Navy Pier, Kelly enlists a team of his savviest colleagues to connect the dots between the recent murder and the cold case it revived: Diane Lindsay, a television reporter whose relationship with Kelly is not strictly professional; his best friend from childhood, Nicole Andrews, a forensic DNA expert; Nicole's boyfriend, Vince Rodriguez, a detective with a special interest in rape cases; and Bennett Davis from the DA's office, a friend since Kelly's days on the force. To close the case, Kelly will have to face the mob, a serial killer, his own double-crossing friends, and the mean streets of the city he loves."--BOOK JACKET.
Awards
2007 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
Characters
| Name | Kelly, Michael |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Private investigator |
| Trait | Irish American |
| Name | Lindsay, Diane |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Television investigative reporter |
| Name | Andrews, Nichole |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Forensics scientist |
| Name | Rodriguez, Vince |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Police detective |
| Genre | Fiction Mystery --Police procedural --Hard boiled Suspense |
| Topics | Cover-ups Unsolved crimes Rape Related crimes Murder Television journalists Forensics |
| Setting | Chicago, Illinois Illinois |
| Series | ||
| Michael Kelly mystery | ||
| 1 | The Chicago way | |
| 2 | The Fifth floor | |
| 3 | The Third rail | |