The Governor's Wife

I couldn’t put this down. I didn’t skip to the end. I was that absorbed in the story. This is my first foray into the series (this being #5) about Private Investigator Michael Kelly. Now, I am ready to read the first in the series to get a sense of back story…not that it was needed for this novel. I......more

“So you help her. Make up something. Tell her whatever she needs to hear…That’s what I want. Nothing more. Nothing less.” “And why would I help you?” “It’s Chicago, Kelly. That’s what we do.” Michael Harvey knows Chicago. He lives there. His P.I., Michael Kelly, is not so far from Harvey that he doesn’......more

Май това е най-слабата история от тези в серията за Майкъл Кели. Той трябва да открие изчезналия бивш губернатор на Илиноис, осъден на десетилетия затвор за рекет и злоупотреби и естествено, трябва да ръчка с голямата тояга кошера на осите. Но този път те се оказват твърде много и твърде могъщи. Роман......more

"I wondered where ambition ended and evil began, and if anyone had ever charted that border (p. 230)." Michael Harvey's five novels about Michael Kelley, Chicago-based private eye, are centered on charting that border. The power apparatuses of places other than Chicago live on that same border, but C......more

You yearn for hard-boiled crime fiction that’s set in today’s reality? Read on. Marilyn Stasio covers books on crime for the New York Times Book Review. Though I sometimes disagree with her judgment, I’ve found interesting leads in her column from time to time. The most recent of these was The Govern......more