Chicago Blues: A Collection of Crime Stories About the Real

Chicago Blues: A Collection of Crime Stories About the Real Windy City

This anthology includes 21 stories by 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.

Blue is the new Noir, and nobody does Blues like Chicago.

This collection of dark stories from some of the best Chicago crime fiction authors captures 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 itâ€™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 canâ€™t get our of your head.

Read these stories and see why the heart of Chicago throbs to the beat of the Bluesâ€¦ and why the Blues are made for Chicago.

PRAISE FOR CHICAGO BLUES

â€œClassyâ€¦ This impressive volume has soul, grit and plenty of high notesâ€¦â€
â€”Publishers Weekly

â€œTwenty-one excellent reasons to stay out of the Windy Cityâ€¦â€
â€”Kirkus Reviews

â€œA monument in words to this funky, mysterious and eternal American cityâ€¦ a fine collection.â€
â€”Luis Alberto Urrea, author, The Hummingbirdâ€™s Daughter

â€œExtraordinaryâ€¦ Chicago Blues is a splendid bedside book, to be enjoyed for a long time.â€
â€”Chicago Tribune

â€œA strong sense of place, layered characters, and evocative proseâ€¦â€
â€”Chicago Sun-Times

â€œGritty, excellentâ€¦ has my highest recommendation!â€
â€”Midwest Book Review

â€œAn impressive group of storiesâ€¦ an amazing group of authorsâ€¦â€
â€”Crimespree Magazine

CHICAGO BLUES was named the â€œpick of the weekâ€ by both Crime Fiction Dossier and January Magazine!

â€œA solid anthology of crime storiesâ€¦ the batting average of CHICAGO BLUES is definitely higher than most.â€
â€”Crime Fiction Dossier

â€œA collection with big shouldersâ€¦â€
â€”January Magazine

â€œWhat a gem this collection written entirely by Chicago authors isâ€¦â€
â€”Barbara Peters, Poisoned Pen Staff Recommendations

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781938733789
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	The Red Herrings Press
Manufacturer	The Red Herrings Press
NumberOfPages	456
PublicationDate	2014-09-30
Publisher	The Red Herrings Press
ReleaseDate	2014-09-30
Studio	The Red Herrings Press

Chicago Blues: A Collection of Crime Stories About the Real Windy City

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