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The Fifth Floor

A Michael Kelley Novel

#2 in series

by Michael Harvey
Stephen Hoye
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Michael Harvey’s sizzling follow-up to The Chicago Way (“A wonderful first novel . . . Harvey has studied the masters and put his own unique touch on the crime novel . . . Heralds the arrival of a major new voice” –Michael Connelly) opens with a murder in contemporary Chicago and winds its way back to Mrs. O’Leary’s cow and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
Private investigator Michael Kelly, the Windy City’s answer to Philip Marlowe, is back in an-other page-turner that revives a tantalizing mystery buried in Chicago’s past. When Kelly is hired by an old girlfriend to tail her abusive husband, he expects trouble of a domestic rather than a historical nature. Life, however, is not so simple. The trail leads Kelly to an old house on Chicago’s North Side. Inside it, he finds a body, and perhaps the answer to one of Chicago’s most enduring mysteries: who started the Great Chicago Fire and why. The ensuing investigation takes Kelly to places he’d rather not go: specifically, City Hall’s fabled fifth floor, where the mayor is feeling the heat. Kelly becomes embroiled in a scam that stretches from current politics back to the night Chicago burned to the ground, and along the way, he finds himself framed for murder, before finally facing a killer bent on rewriting history.
The Fifth Floor is fast-stepping, intricately woven suspense, rich with the lore and atmosphere of a great city. A marvelous successor to Harvey’s critically acclaimed debut.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Michael Kelly

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 26, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415957479
      • File size: 228802 KB
      • Duration: 07:56:40

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Private investigator Michael Kelly, a former Chicago cop, takes on what he believes is a simple domestic violence case that is really a grisly murder with roots in a decades-old political scandal, and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Stephen Hoye narrates in a vintage noir style to provide visceral shading to complex characters and events that lead to a stunning climax. Hoye expertly manages the large cast of characters--from members of two of Chicago's most eminent families, who conspire to eliminate Irish immigrants in the 1800s, to current politicos determined to frame Kelly for murder. Hoye's polished performance gives an authentic flavor to an intricate mystery. G.D.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from June 9, 2008
      Harvey’s superb second thriller to feature PI Michael Kelly (after 2007’s The Chicago Way
      ) has the ex-Chicago cop taking on what he thinks is a simple domestic violence case. But when he tails Johnny Woods, a “fixer” for the city’s powerful mayor, to what turns out to be a grisly murder scene, Kelly realizes he’s stumbled onto a scandal that began with the great Chicago Fire of 1871. Digging deeper, Kelly unearths what was once considered an urban legend: two of Chicago’s most eminent families conspiring to eradicate Irish immigrants by burning down the city’s slums. As more bodies pile up and he becomes romantically involved with a judge with secrets of her own, Kelly vows to expose the conspiracy, even if that means putting himself on the wrong side of the city’s most powerful men. Harvey’s plot twists in all the right places, and his noir-inspired dialogue crackles without sounding showy. Marlowe and Spade would readily welcome Michael Kelly into their fold. 4-city author tour.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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