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The Chicago Way (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $13.95
Manufacturer: Vintage
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Description
Private detective Michael Kelly is hired by his former partner to solve an eight-year old rape and battery case long gone cold. But when the partner turns up dead, Kelly enlists a team of his savviest colleagues to connect the dots between the recent murder and the cold case it revived: a television reporter whose relationship with Kelly is not strictly professional; his best friend from childhood, a forensic DNA expert; and an old ally from the DA's office. To close the case, Kelly will have to face the mob, a serial killer, his own double-crossing friends, and the mean streets of the city he loves.
Amazon Significant Seven, August 2007: Michael Harvey’s gritty debut, The Chicago Way, rips the classic crime novels of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett from their 30s origins and slams them like a brass fist into the teeth of modern-day Chicago. All of the pieces are here: Chandler’s Byzantine plots and tack-sharp dialogue; a smorgasbord of knuckle sandwiches to sate the die-hard Hammett fan; and a damaged dame (platinum blonde, natch), straight out of a James Cain roadside diner. Seemingly destined for noir greatness, The Chicago Way both respects its gnarled roots and catapults hardboiled crime fiction into a new century. --Jon Foro
P.I. Michael Kelly's ChicagoSo where does a detective go to quench his thirst in the Windy City? The author offers Kelly's top five places to get a pint.
Best pint of Guinness in the city. Besides, Kelly knows the owners. 2. Celtic Crossings, 751 North Clark Street
A print of James Joyce’s death mask hangs in a frame behind the bar. Around closing, it’s the liveliest-looking thing in the place. 3. Billy Goat Tavern, 430 North Michigan Avenue, Lower Level
A Chicago legend. And a good place to eavesdrop on the ink-stained wretches that make a living out of other people’s misfortune, also known as newspaper reporters. (Learn more about the Billy Goat when Kelly drops in for a drink in his second novel, due out in 2008.) 4. Hopleaf Bar, 5148 North Clark Street
Beer in three hundred different flavors. Need we say more? 5. Coq D’Or inside the Drake Hotel, 140 East Walton Place
Old school Chicago. Order an Executive Martini, made with eight ice cubes and poured from a brandy snifter. Then find yourself a cab home.
Reviews
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-08-21
Summary: "Fast Paced Thriller Set in the Windy City"
Having read The Third Rail, The Fifth Floor and now The Chicago Way (reverse order), this was the third novel I have read by Michael Harvey and enjoyed this debut the most. The self-depreciating humor he adds to the dialogue reminds me a bit of the style that David Rosenfelt used in the Andy Carpenter series.
While Harvey is not my favorite author, The Chicago Way is a quick and engaging thriller debut that kept me flipping pages from beginning to end.
Cubs fan, Michael Kelly is a former divorced cop and now tough private investigator in Chicago. The story begins when retired police officer and his former partner from the decade before, John Gibbons gets him involved in a cold case involving the near stabbing death and rape of the beautiful victim, Elaine Remington.
In short order Gibbons turns up murdered as do so many others who were part of the cold case. Organized crime and dirty politicians and city employees help set the scenes and keep the story interesting.
Through the stories of many victims of sexual assault and support groups aimed at helping those who have been raped, Kelly learns more than he bargained for and meets some attractive women along the way.
Kelly's childhood best friend, DNA analyst Nicole Andrews is involved with a Rape Victim's support group headed up by her friend Judge Rachel Swenson. Also involved in the group is Diane Lindsay, 6 p.m. Chicago Action Television News announcer.
The flow of the plot involves solving the puzzle of how death row murderer and rapist, John William Grime and possible accomplice Daniel Pollard are connected to Elaine's rape and the murders of others. Through Mike Kelly, the author unravels the case and ties up loose ends while he prepares the way for his next novel.
I enjoyed this book, I think you will too.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-07-14
Summary: "The real cops of Chicago people don't know."
I am partial to law enforcement people because they put their lives on the line for us every day. The fact that I love one of them might have something to do with that. The average citizen has no idea regarding the impact the job has on the individual and their families. Very good. People really have no idea of what it takes and this gives an excellent eyes view.
Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-07-12
Summary: "the benefit of a classical education"
A good first novel that depends on an overly plotted Greek tragedy to finish up. This guy can write. He tells a good story. Get on board.
Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-06-22
Summary: "Easy reading, easy to forget"
In his debut, Michael Harvey has put together a rather standard detective/police story. The plot maintains a smooth, if somewhat uneventful, pace until the end when everything is wrapped up way too quickly.
The pace picks up, the story gets more interesting, but in the end, the ending is just too gift-wrapped. More development of both the characters and the story would have added to the enjoyment.
I do not regret reading the book and would consider trying a later attempt from him. I expect that I will have easily forgotten the details of this one in a few weeks though.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-18
Summary: "Contemporary, but still old fashioned noir"
With all the previous reviews, it seems redundant to mention how one can't avoid being aware of the Hammett and Chandler influences in this debut novel. And if you're not that familiar with the classic noir writers, you'll still be reminded of CHINATOWN and L.A. CONFIDENTIAL. Yet the setting is modern day Chicago. The Sean Connery quote from THE UNTOUCHABLES that precedes the first chapter helps set the feeling for the Chicago setting. But the plot ingredients are quite familiar to noir readers...the murder of a former partner, snappy dialogue, physical violence, possible femmes fatale, James Ellroy type police corruption, etc And it all works. The test of the pudding though will be how the next couple novels with the same P.I. come off. I'm all set to start on the 2nd novel and will probably read the recent one within the month. I imagine most reading this will be anticipating the follow up novels as much as I will.