| The Fifth Floor: A Michael Kelley Novel Contributor(s): Harvey, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307386295 ISBN-13: 9780307386298 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2009 Annotation: Private detective Michael Kelly returns in a lightning-paced, intricately woven mystery that links a political cover up in contemporary Chicago to the great Chicago Fire of 1871. When an old girlfriend hires Kelly to tail her abusive husband, Mike expects trouble of a domestic rather than a historical nature. Life, however, is not so simple. The trail leads to a dead body in an abandoned house on Chicago's North Side and then to places Kelly would rather not go: including City Hall's fabled fifth floor, where the mayor is feeling the heat. Kelly becomes embroiled in a scam that stretches from today's politics back to the night Chicago burned. Along the way, Kelly is framed for murder, before finally facing a killer bent on rewriting history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009504367 |
| Series: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.28" W x 7.92" (0.66 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Private detective Michael Kelly returns in a lightning-paced, intricately woven mystery. When Kelly is hired by an old girlfriend to tail her abusive husband, he expects trouble of a domestic rather than a historical nature. Life, however, is not so simple. The trail leads to a dead body in an abandoned house on Chicago's North Side and then to places Kelly would rather not go: specifically, City Hall's fabled fifth floor, where the mayor is feeling the heat. Kelly becomes embroiled in a scam that stretches from current politics back to the night Chicago burned to the ground. Along the way, he finds himself framed for murder, before finally facing a killer bent on rewriting history. |