Blue is the new Noir, and nobody does Blues like Chicago.
Twenty-one stories by some of the best Chicago crime fiction authors: Stuart Kaminsky, Max Allan Collins, Sara Paretsky, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Marcus Sakey, Sean Chercover, J.A. Konrath, Barbara D'Amato, and more. It was originally published in hardcover and paperback in October, 2007.
The depths to which people sink when they have the Blues. The emptiness and pain caused by greed. The violence of revenge. And, occasionally, the bittersweet redemption that comes from a broken heart. Whether it's the back alleys of Lower Wacker, the Blues clubs of yesteryear, or even the baseline at Wrigley Field, these stunning edgy tales of desperation, deceit, love gone bad, and revenge will haunt you like the riff of a Muddy Waters tune you can't get our of your head. Read these stories and see why the heart of Chicago throbs to the beat of the Blues... and why the Blues are made for Chicago.
PRAISE FOR CHICAGO BLUES "Classy... This impressive volume has soul, grit and plenty of high notes..." -Publishers Weekly "Twenty-one excellent reasons to stay out of the Windy City..." -Kirkus Reviews "A monument in words to this funky, mysterious and eternal American city... a fine collection." -Luis Alberto Urrea, author, The Hummingbird's Daughter "Extraordinary... Chicago Blues is a splendid bedside book, to be enjoyed for a long time." -Chicago Tribune " A strong sense of place, layered characters, and evocative prose..." -Chicago Sun-Times "Gritty, excellent... has my highest recommendation!" -Midwest Book Review " "An impressive group of stories... an amazing group of authors..." -Crimespree Magazine CHICAGO BLUES was named the "pick of the week" by both Crime Fiction Dossier and January Magazine! "A solid anthology of crime stories... the batting average of CHICAGO BLUES is definitely higher than most." "A collection with big shoulders..." -January Magazine "What a gem this collection written entirely by Chicago authors is..." -Barbara Peters, Poisoned Pen
Autorentext
Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago 35 years ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. Twelve novels and twenty 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.
With the addition of Jump Cut in 2016, her novels include the now five-volume Ellie Foreman series, which she describes as a cross between "Desperate Housewives" and "24;" the hard-boiled 4-volume Georgia Davis PI series, and three stand-alone historical thrillers that Libby calls her "Revolution Trilogy." Last fall The Incidental Spy, a historical novella set during the early years of the Manhattan Project at the U of Chicago was released. Her short stories have been published in a dozen anthologies, the Saturday Evening Post, and Ed Gorman's "25 Criminally Good Short Stories" collection. In 2005 Libby was the national president of Sisters In Crime, a 3500 member organization dedicated to the advancement of female crime fiction authors.
More at http://libbyhellmann.com
* She has been a finalist twice for the Anthony, three times for Foreword Magazines Book of the Year, the Agatha, the Shamus, the Daphne and has won the Lovey multiple times.