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title: "The Chicago Way (Michael Kelly Series)"
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# The Chicago Way (Michael Kelly Series)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    real close
  

*by K***X on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 12, 2010*

Stunning debut overall...until you get to the ending and the plot is revealed. As others have stated, the PLOT lacks credibility and is a stretch. It's too bad, because I was pulling for the book and the author. I still say Harvey is one hell of a talented writer!Scene where P.I. Kelley visits serial killer Grimes in prison is absolutely authentic and chilling, as are some others. Snappy dialogue and insightful observaions about the Windy City and humans in general.I just wish writers didn't feel obligated to throw in a murder every 30 or 40 pages or so from fear of losing the reader. Look, you do not have to sweat that at all. Yes, a certain degree of violence is required, this is accepted, but if you begin with a murder and this obviously results in a mystery...you do not have to pile on the killing, you do not have to start killing off your characters just because you feel that the reader's interest will wane. Because it isn't so, so long as the rest is there: dialogue, interesting characters and the reader gets a strong sense of place, etc.I can't be more specific than that without revealing too much of the plot.Slightly off-topic: I wonder if other readers are as tired as I am of seeing the overrated Chandler and Ross Macdonald mentioned whenever a new writerappears on the scene?I mean, Chandler was a depressing juicer and his similies are tiresome.  Macdonald was another one tough to get through, especially when we don't know enough about his Lew Archer to give a damn one way or another.So, please, reviewers/publishers--please stop invoking Chandler and Macdonald. Not all of us are in love with their writing just because certain critics (who may not even have ACTUALLY read their books) continue to tell us how great they were.Final bit: Am glad they went with a different cover for the recent edition, because upside down Chi-town cityscape and the rest of the brownish tint and the dirty moon (or whatever that is) by Gregg Kulick, has got to be one of the most horrendous covers of all time.The new cover, with the P.I. in silhouette (in the distance) and large, partial profile of a looker looking down (I imagine) is a vast improvement.Yes, the cover carries weight, major weight. Think noir, folks.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Fast Paced Thriller Set in the Windy City
  

*by T***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 21, 2010*

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.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Modern-day Greek tragedy complete with the Furies
  

*by P***O on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 4, 2015*

Private investigator Michael Kelley lives his life guided by the ideas of the ancient Greeks, whose works he reads in the original Greek. This is an interesting trait for an Irish ex-cop with a talent for fighting.Kelley’s client in this story is him ex-partner, retired cop John Gibbons. After John gets shot dead, Kelley inherits Gibbon's last client – a woman who wants her rapist found. She packs a gun and is one tough cookie. She’s not the only piece-packing Fury in the plot.The more Kelly finds out, the less he understands of what's actually transpiring. He just knows that the official people connected with this cold rape case are dropping like flies. And he's surprisingly acquired a girlfriend, a gorgeous TV anchorwoman, who is probably out of his league. Does she really care for him – or just have an eye for a story?Kelley's investigations bring him into contact with lots of colorful characters – a creepy serial killer on death row, a repulsive landlady who imagines her cats have migraines, an 86-year-old Mafia boss who gives Kelly some fatherly advice about suicide...Kelly has a couple of true friends who help him out. One of them doesn't survive the story, and I didn't like this. But I did like Michael Harvey's writing style. He has a poet's ear for a perfect line of prose. The writing is tough, but packs an emotional punch.This looks to me like a must-read series for aficionados of crime fiction.

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