Drugs, death and rock and roll on Chicago's AM radio dial... Before dawn in January, 1975, Emily detours from her normal route to work in the newsroom of Chicago's top pop rock station to investigate a crime scene. The police believe the body on the street is a suicide. Emily is stunned to discover that the dead woman is a dear friend since high school. Unable to fathom why Beni Steinart would take her own life, Emily begins an investigation that leads to a trunk-load of cocaine, Federal narcotics charges, abuse of power and a perplexing mystery - suicide or murder? Emily's reporting triggers an explosive battle between two men who tower over their city. Cary Chase is Chicago's most prominent bachelor, a wealthy entrepreneur whose mansion is the epicenter of Chicago's elite society. United States Attorney Tommy "Tommy Terrific" Jameson is ambitiously determined to rid his city of corruption on his way up to the Governor's office and perhaps even higher. Drawing on an eclectic roster of news sources and WEL colleagues and her own considerable talent and determination, Emily uncovers the full story of her friend's death in a remarkable confrontation which produces front page headlines and restores one life as it ruins another.

Winter in Chicago

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Hamlin, David M.

Mystery

Open Books

“...a town where the moralists were power-mongering phonies, the feisty reporters who saw through them were just beginning to be women, and rock ‘n’ roll still ruled the AM dial.”—Mike Miner, Chicago Reader “What I find so compelling is Emily’s determination…I wish I’d met her at Riccardo’s in 1975.”—Rick Kogan, WGN radio host: "After Hours" Winter in Chicago journalist Emily Winter is the first reporter on the scene of a gruesome murder in the offices of CARD, a civic organization that investigates corruption in City Hall. Although she has proven herself to be a skilled reporter with at least one headline making story to her credit, her new TV boss assigns her to a more “ladylike” beat—lifestyle and feature stories. Determined to overcome the sexism that inhibits her career, Emily works her way into hard news coverage, including the story of the murder at CARD, but she faces major obstacles on all fronts as she pursues the killer. As the case twists and turns, Emily navigates the city she loves, relishing Chicago’s architecture, neighborhood restaurants, culture and her beloved, if hapless, Chicago Cubs. Will she uncover the murderer and bring justice for those who depend on hard-working journalists to write the stories that define their lives? Find out in Winter Gets Hot!

Winter Gets Hot

The Best in Short Mystery Fiction Mystery Weekly is a monthly mystery magazine that presents crime and mystery short stories by some of the world's best established and emerging mystery writers. The original stories selected for each issue include noir, cozy, hardboiled, locked room, comic, and historical mysteries--plus occasional genre-busting stories that lean toward speculative or literary fiction. However you classify them, all of our stories feature strong writing and unsurpassed entertainment value. In this issue... "Brown Cigarette" by Ross Gresham Bodies don't stay buried in Florida "The Beech Boys Run Amok" by David M. Hamlin Two L.A. losers concoct a car theft scheme perfect for their city and it works like a charm, until it doesn't. "Today, you inspired me." by Francesgrace Mary-Hedwyck Ferland What is the point of casting a shadow, if those who stand within it don’t feel its chill? "Mad Still" by Andrew Davie Two groups of street performers who are jockeying for prime position in The French Quarter of New Orleans both try to court the unnamed narrator to inflict damage upon the other group. "Family Tradition" by Troy Soos With the family business failing, Sal D’Amico is tempted by an unusual offer to bring back the boom times and carry on the tradition. "The Veteran" by Martin Roy Hill Crags was determined to face life - and death - on the streets the same way he did in war. Alone.

Mystery Weekly Magazine: February 2017 (Mystery Weekly Magazine Issues)

Soos, Troy

Davie, Andrew

Hill, Martin Roy

Gresham, Ross

Ferland, Francesgrace Mary-Hedwyck

Independently published

Chicago's Women's Health Clinic Explodes. Emily Winter's Exclusive Report Tonight!??In the summer of 1977, Chicago's WSMP-TV investigative reporter Emily Winter covers the confrontation between a woman's health clinic fighting to preserve a woman's right to choose and the equally ardent demonstrators fighting against that right. ?Before Emily can explore the depths of this battle, the clinic is violently attacked and a beloved clinic staff member is killed. ?While there is no lack of suspects-anti-abortion proponents, a wealthy patron of that movement, a scruffy real estate speculator, a disgruntled clinic employee-there are few tangible clues and none of the suspects will cooperate with the investigation. ?But all this pales when Emily, her husband Benjamin and their crusty Uncle Max face alarming sniper attacks. ?Under that threat and protected by a spirited young and devoted woman bodyguard, Emily uses her ingenuity and her determined desire to get the story and get it right until she tears down the stone wall and brings the truth to light.

Killer Cocktail

Murder in Tolland: A Mystery Novel

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Van Rye Publishing, LLC

At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Weekly Magazine presents original short stories by the world's best-known and emerging mystery writers. The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty. Get ready to be surprised, challenged, and entertained--whether you enjoy the style of the Golden Age of mystery (e.g., Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle), the glorious pulp digests of the early twentieth century (e.g., Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), or contemporary masters of mystery. In this issue: Our cover feature is "The Gunfighters" by Michael Cebula: Two gut-shot gunslingers try to solve a mystery without moving an inch, in a noir tale touched with humour. In Gregory Cioffi's "The Wrath Of A Writer Wronged," an aging writer of crime fiction ends up becoming the hardboiled inspector he so often writes about. "The Cry" by M. H. Callway presents a mysterious journey through Hiroshima's Peace Park, where a retired elderly assassin overhears a murder--or does he? Mike Murphy's "The Price Of Friendship" finds Ted Milner, divorced, broke, and living in a shabby motel. He learns his neighbor has struck it rich ... and no one else knows. Just a few bullets could solve all of his troubles. In David M. Hamlin's "Smokin' Hot Cash," an L.A. cop walks into a medical marijuana shop, where things appear to be normal and routine. They are surprisingly not. "Kindness" by Tom Hallman Jr provides a not-so-kind story: When a stranger moves in across the street and threatens his family, a mild-mannered middle aged man must dig deep to discover what he stands for. Laird Long brings another You-Solve-It mystery for you to attempt to solve, "Cash-Out".

Mystery Weekly Magazine: April 2018 (Mystery Weekly Magazine Issues)

Murphy, Mike

Hallman Jr., Tom

Long, Laird

Callway, M.H.

Cebula, Michael

Cioffi, Gregory

Short Stories & Anthologies

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