City Songs
Fiction Set in Chicago

Dead Man’s Rule, Rick Acker

Nothing but a Smile, Steve Amick

Chicago, Alaa Al Aswany

A Proper Pursuit, Lynn N. Austin

Room for Improvement, Stacey Ballis

Tears of the Dragon, Holly Baxter

Capitol Murder: A Novel of Suspense, William Bernhardt

Dead Ringer: A Ron Shade and Alex St. James Novel,* Michael A. Black & Julie Hyzy

Talk of the Town, Sherrill Bodine

The Target, Bill Bowen

Heartstone, D. C. Brod

Because the Rain, Daniel Buckman

Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files,* Jim Butcher

Red Hot Lies,* Laura Caldwell

The Belly Dancer, DeAnna Cameron

Out of Cabrini: A Macbeth Novel, Dave Case

Trigger City,* Sean Chercover

The Accidental Florist: A Jane Jeffry Mystery,* Jill Churchill

Nobody’s Angel, Jack Clark

Fort Dearborn, Jerry Crimmins

Every Secret Crime,* Doug M. Cummings

The Hidden Man,* David Ellis

Then We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris

Buried Stuff,* Sharon Sloan Fiffer

Hunting Sweetie Rose,* Jack Fredrickson

Wildflowers from Winter, Katie Ganshert

Die Twice, Andrew Grant

Irish Tweed: A Nuala McGrail Novel,* Andrew M. Greeley

The Litigators, John Grisham

The Thousand, Kevin Guilfoile

Dark Men, Derek Haas

Vicious Grace, M. L. N. Hanover

For the Love of Pete, Julia Harper

We All Fall Down,* Michael T. Harvey

Throwaway Girl: An Augustine Flood Novel, David Heinzmann

A Bitter Veil,* Libby Fischer Hellmann

The Lazarus Project, Aleksandar Hemon

Maitland’s Reply,* James Patrick Hunt

Who Is My Shelter,* Neta Jackson

A Lot Like Love, Julie James

The Betrayal: A Precinct 11 Novel,* Jerry B. Jenkins

An Unfinished Season, Ward Just

The Dead Don’t Lie: An Abe Lieberman Mystery,* Stuart M. Kaminsky

A Christmas Blizzard, Garrison Keillor

Cherry Bomb: A Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels Mystery,* Joe Konrath

Hunger and Thirst, Daniela Kuper

If You Were Here, Jen Lancaster

Sticks and Stones: A Cat DeLuca Mystery,* K. J. Larsen

Hunting for Hemingway: A DD McGil Literati Mystery,* Diana Gilbert Madsen

Photo Finish: A Jack Doyle Mystery,* John McEvoy

Death at Pullman,* Frances McNamara

The White City, Alec Michod

Drink Deep: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel,* Chloe Neill

Start Shooting, Charlie Newton

Breakdown,* Sara Paretsky

The Reverend’s Wife, Kimberla Lawson Roby

If You Eat, You Never Die: Chicago Tales, Tony Romano

At the City’s Edge, Marcus Sakey

Last Known Address,* Theresa Schwegel

Windy City: A Novel of Politics, Scott Simon

Bright and Distant Shores, Dominic Smith

The Brass Bed, Jennifer Stevenson

The Ambition, Lee Strobel

Waggle, Joe Redden Tigan

What Lies Within, S. D. Tooley

Pleading Guilty, Scott Turow

The Towman’s Daughters: A Wild Onion Ltd Mystery,* David J. Walker

Shadows in the White City,* Robert W. Walker

A Bad Night’s Sleep,* Michael Wiley

Looped, Andrew Winston

Many of these authors may have written other fiction with a Chicago setting. Titles with an asterisk (*) are part of a series.

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