Henry Carter Hull

In 1950s Chicago, a young Irish American named Chuckie experiences a new sort of Catholicism and reunites with his former foster sister, Rosemarie, whose deep dark secret threatens their love and their lives.

In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.

Sara Elliot returns to her home in Chicago to care for her younger siblings; however, when another brother, Mack, returns home after three years, his manipulative manner challenges Sara's authority.

While Emily Charters is recovering from bypass surgery, she is still able to help Chicago police dective Jeremy Ransom solve the murder of a man who had been crucified before being killed by a blow to the head.

Chicago detective Abe Lieberman finds no shortage of suspects when a local synagogue is vandalized and he must defend his faith and community from hate and violence.

Henry Shaw, a high school senior from an average upper-middle-class Chicago family, discovers that his mother, a pianist, is having an affair when he accidentally reads her E-mail.

McCormack Malloy, a fiftyish ex-cop and partner at Gage & Griswell, is sent to find a missing lawyer and the 5.6 million that disappeared from a company fund.

Michael Kelly, a Chicago cop turned private investigator, is called upon by the mayor for help when the city becomes the target of terrorist attacks centered on the public transit system.

Chicago attorney Jess Kostner believes she is being stalked by one of the men in her life.

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