Chicago murder mystery/thriller
sef11us
Have searched other sites to try to find it, and hope someone here can
help
Can't remember title, but almost certain it was a female author. Cover
was blue, and would love to read it again. It was published in the
late 80's to the early 90's. I'm certain the book was a stand-alone
title, not part of a series, and almost certain the main character
wasn't a detective. I'm thinking maybe some sort of professional, but
it's been so long since I read it, I can't remember exactly.
Takes place in Chicago, during winter, and it is snowing. A young
woman and her daughter live in an Apartment. She has a paranoid
neighbor who calls the police constantly on her, because she claims
either the woman's answering machine or possibly her tape recorder is
recording her thoughts. I do remember her quite clearly having an
argument with the landlord who was threatening to evict her, because
of the complaints of her crazy paranoid neighbor, and her threatening
him right back, by saying if he did, she would report him for all of
the things that were wrong with her apartment, that he refused to fix.
When the woman was a young child, her parents were killed while she
was in the house, and a mentally handicapped young man was found
guilty of the crime. She went to live with her much older brother. I
think but am not certain, his name was Richard, but she called him
Ritchie. I believe the man accused of the crime, spent the time in a
mental institution, but it may have been prison.
Now in the present, the handicapped man is let out, and he comes to
Chicago to live with his sister, who resides there. He confronts the
young woman on several occasions. One scene in the book has him going
into either a dirty movie house, or a strip club, and her following
him in. It also could have been the other way around, because she was
trying to elude him. He is killed at least halfway into the book,
and after his death, the young woman begins to remember more of what
happened when her parents were killed, and at one time remembers the
man accused was not the person responsible.
It is revealed at the end of the book, the young man DID NOT do the
crime. It was her older brother.
She may have had a love interest, but can’t remember.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Sandra
Annie C
Annie
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Lone Wolf
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Sounds a little (but not exactly) like "When the Dark Man Calls" by
Stuart Kaminsky. This was the first appearance of his series character
Abe Lieberman, a Chicago policeman detective, but the story is told from
the woman's POV.
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Lone Wolf
sef11us
> sef11us <se...@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:d48f06fe-a39f-4c2f-af89-
Thanks so much! As soon as I saw the title, I knew it was the one I'm
looking for, instantly. I just hope I can find a copy at any of the
three local used book in my area
Again,
Thank for the help
Sandra
Lone Wolf
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Glad to help. Good luck in your search, I bought mine many years ago
when I first got into reading Kaminsky.
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Lone Wolf
sef11us
> sef11us <se...@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:35259ef6-78b1-476e-8b4e-
> d6217136e...@l13g2000yqb.googlegroups.com:
Found a copy at the first used book store I went to, yesterday
morning. Would have begun to read it when I got home from Christmas
shopping yesterday afternoon, but I work the night shift on the
weekends, and had to get some sleep.
Thanks again for the help
Sandra