Fiction, Mystery & Crime

Windy City

Name: Windy City
Author: Hugh Holton
ISBN: 9780812567144

by Hugh Holton

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Overview

Margo and Neil DeWitt sees like any other fun-loving, super-rich couple until Chicago Police Commander Larry Cole sees through their affluent charade.

While investigating the death of a fellow officer, Cole stumbles across a pattern of killings that leads him to discover the DeWitt's gruesome hobby: murdering women and children using methods from their favorite mystery novels.

Cole enlists and group of mystery writers to help him figure out where the homicidal couple will strike next. But as the body count rises, will it be enough of an edge to help him get to the DeWitts before they get to him?

Margo and Neil DeWitt seem like any other fun-loving, superrich couple until Chicago Police Commander Larry Cole sees through their fluent charade. While investigating the death of a fellow officer, Cole stumbles across a pattern of killings that leads him to discover the DeWitts' gruesome hobby--murdering people using methods from their favorite mystery novels.

About the Author, Hugh Holton

Police Lieutenant Hugh Holton was a twenty-nine year veteran of the Chicago Police Department. He authored several bestselling novels, including, Time of the Assassins, The Left Hand of God, and Violent Crimes. At the time of his death, Hugh Holton was the highest ranking active police officer writing novels in America.

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"There was no exit for me until I finished the final fiery pages."—Robin Moore, author of The French Connection

"An all-night read,"—Chicago Sun-Times

"It's the rare reader who'll put this one down as it hurtles—one chilling event after the next—to its over-the-top finale...a bravura performance."—Kirkus Reviews

Emily Melton

Real-life cop Holton follows up his exciting 1994 debut, "Presumed Dead", with another suspense-filled story set in Chicago. Holton has been a Chicago cop for nearly 30 years, and it shows in everything from his realistic jargon and no-blood-barred crime scenes to the verisimilitude with which he depicts police politics and interdepartmental squabbling. In this outing, police commander Larry Cole matches wits with a pair of upscale killers. Neil and Margo DeWitt are one of Chicago's wealthiest, trendiest, most socially prominent couples. But they have a macabre hobby: they love to kill, basing their murders on scenes from their favorite mysteries. When one of Neil's victim's turns out to be Cole's best buddy, the cop vows to avenge his friend's horrifying death. It's white-knuckle time as Cole first tracks Neil and then squares off against the even-more-dangerous Margo. A shivery, grisly read that's bound to add to Holton's growing reputation as a first-rate crime writer.