Days of Rage Smokey Dalton Book 6 (Audible Audio Edition) Kris Nelscott Mirron Willis Audible Studios Books
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Nominated for The Best Private Eye Hardcover Novel of the Year
Chosen as one of the top ten books of the year by Kirkus.
Chosen as one of the best mystery novels of the year by Deadly Pleasures Magazine
Winner, Spotted Owl Award for Best Mystery by a Northwest Writer.
Shamus nomination for Best Private Eye Hardcover Novel.
Chicago, 1969 The trial of eight protestors from the Democratic Convention the previous year has the whole world watching - and all of Chicagoland on edge. Smokey Dalton feels the pressure more cops on the streets, more FBI in his neighborhood. But when the landlord at one of Sturdy Investments' South Side properties dies alone in his apartment, Smokey agrees to investigate. He finds old human bones in the basement, along with hints of more.
Smokey and his girlfriend, Sturdy's CEO Laura Hathaway, worry that Laura's father knew who used that basement and why. Without involving law enforcement, they decide to hold a thorough investigation and discover secrets they never ever imagined - secrets that could threaten Smokey, Laura, Sturdy, and one of Chicago's greatest institutions. Secrets worth killing for.
Days of Rage Smokey Dalton Book 6 (Audible Audio Edition) Kris Nelscott Mirron Willis Audible Studios Books
I've read all of Kris Nelscott's Smokey Dalton novels, and so far I consider the first one and this one, Days of Rage, the best. In this one, set in Chicago during the 1960s trial of the Chicago Eight, Smokey is hired by his extremely wealthy, sometime lover Laura Hathaway to investigate an old house that her father used to own. Something about the house, now empty except for one last tenant, just doesn't feel right. Then the tenant is murdered and the creepiness sets in -- the house served as a dumping grounds for murdered victims. The scenes in which Smokey uncovers this are truly creepy in that "somebody's coming down the basement stairs to get me" feeling. At one point I almost shouted, "Get out! Leave now! Run!" while reading the book. If you haven't read any of the Smokey Dalton novels, I recommend you start with the first one and work your way up to this one.Product details
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Days of Rage Smokey Dalton Book 6 (Audible Audio Edition) Kris Nelscott Mirron Willis Audible Studios Books Reviews
DAYS OF RAGE, Kris Nelscott's sixth Smokey Dalton mystery, provides the reader with a story full of hidden secrets and discovery. African-American PI Smokey Dalton and his adopted son Jimmy are back in Chicago again. It is 1969 and the city is humming with the buzz over the trial of the Chicago Eight, charged with inciting the riot at the '68 Democratic National Convention. Smokey and Jimmy have their own secret. Jimmy witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, and Smokey has vowed to protect him. To keep Jimmy safe, Smokey is operating as a building inspector under an assumed name.
Laura Hathaway is battling the corporate world in her new role as Sturdy Investments CEO. Now that Laura has taken over for her deceased father, will the old men who worked for him try to undermine her position? Yes. Laura begins looking into Sturdy's long history of illegal business practices, and her path crosses with Smokey again when she hires him to inspect a building that she now owns. With Smokey back in Chicago, will their on-again off-again relationship be on again?
As Smokey goes through the building to look at repairs and maintenance, he comes across a suspicious wall in the basement. He investigates and finds the remains of one body, and then two more. Is this a potential crime scene? Laura hires Wayne LeDoux as a forensic criminalist to help Smokey with the discovery at the house. Smokey enlists the aid of Tim Minton from a local funeral home as well.
The men disguise themselves as painters and home repairmen who have been hired to fix up the house. Each bricked-up place in the basement uncovers more bodies. Has Laura's father been involved in more than just illegal business dealings? Murder? What is the real history of this building? Its inhabitants?
Smokey begins his investigation with the first set of skeletons. His research leads him to Chicago in 1919. He is able to identify the three bodies and discovers the men were interconnected with a city teeming with gambling dens and bordellos. It is a time of race riots, bombings, and the beginning of prohibition. Al Capone is setting up his organization. While Smokey is looking into Chicago's colorful and corrupt past, he is living with the tribulations of the current Chicago trial, the Illinois Black Panthers under Fred Hampton and the protests of the Vietnam War. How do this building and the many victims found in it connect to today's world? As Smokey uncovers more about the building and its previous owner, including a former brick and mortar layer, he realizes that the property has been a dumping ground for the police since before Laura's father owned the building. Smokey puts the last pieces of the puzzle together, hoping that he will arrive in time as the story reaches its terrifying end.
Kris Nelscott's DAYS OF RAGE is the mystery that readers always look for --- one steeped in colorful settings and rich characters. The quest for justice becomes entangled in the history and culture of Chicago, the modern city with a complicated past, as age-old secrets are unlocked. As the mystery unfolds against the backdrop of Chicago entering the Roaring Twenties, the characters present their own timeless qualities in the social and political turbulence of the 1960s.
--- Reviewed by Jennifer McCord
Great read.
This book has been by far the best in this series. There has been nail biting moments in every chapter. Very intense, always keep me on edge. It is as much of a reality check as any of Kris other books in the series. I ABSOULTELY love this Arthur. This is quite a bombshell.
Excellent! This series is wonderfully written. Each book can stand alone, yet keeps the reader anxious for the next installment.
I just had to read every novel in this series after the first one. Great storyline, great characters & dialogue. I hope the author keeps this series going.
Great historical crime mystery. Strong characters in this.author's.work. Not surprised, most people had to be strong to survive. Excellent work.
I have been reading this series in chronological order, starting with the first in the series. I found this book to be hard to get through due to the number of murders and the stories behind them. Very grim. It is well written and researched. That much of what the author describes about Chicago's history is true makes it even more difficult to read. However it is well worth reading. The characters continue to be engrossing and I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
I've read all of Kris Nelscott's Smokey Dalton novels, and so far I consider the first one and this one, Days of Rage, the best. In this one, set in Chicago during the 1960s trial of the Chicago Eight, Smokey is hired by his extremely wealthy, sometime lover Laura Hathaway to investigate an old house that her father used to own. Something about the house, now empty except for one last tenant, just doesn't feel right. Then the tenant is murdered and the creepiness sets in -- the house served as a dumping grounds for murdered victims. The scenes in which Smokey uncovers this are truly creepy in that "somebody's coming down the basement stairs to get me" feeling. At one point I almost shouted, "Get out! Leave now! Run!" while reading the book. If you haven't read any of the Smokey Dalton novels, I recommend you start with the first one and work your way up to this one.
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