Once Billy Fox starts looking for trouble, he discovers that—in Chicago—trouble's under every footstep.Home from the war, Billy Fox leaves Michigan for Chicago, hoping to find his ex-girlfriend, Rita—
"This series is a small treasure." —BOOKLIST Chicago private eye Paul Whelan is hired by an elderly jazz musician to find a missing street hustler named Sam Burwell. As Whelan delves into Burwell's pa
"A shaggy, satisfying valentine to Chicago's seedy uptown." —KIRKUS The body of a small-time drug dealer washes up in Belmont Harbor among the yachts of Chicago's wealthy. Convinced that this murder c
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