When her name and telephone number are found in the pocket of an elderly man who died in a small Chicago boarding house, single mother Ellie Foreman tries to find out what her connection is with the deceased, an investigation that leads deep into the heart of a mystery with roots more than fifty years in the past and to secrets hidden in the heart of Chicago's Jewish community. Original.

AN Eye for Murder

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Hellmann, Libby Fischer

Mystery

BERKLEY

While reviewing some of her video outtakes, Chicago filmmaker Ellie Foreman stumbles upon some footage that could possibly prove the innocence of Johnny Santoro, who stands accused of murder - a discovery that places her life in grave danger as she comes face-to-face with the mob. Original.

A Picture of Guilt

Literature & Fiction

United States

A surveillance tape showing the murder of a young woman is left on Chicago TV documentary producer, Ellie Foreman's doorstep. When she hands the video to police, they're not interested in who the woman was. Except Officer Georgia Davis, who joins Ellie to solve the crime.   A little digging reveals that the murder victim was a diamond courier with a dark history forged in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the USSR. And a little more digging leads them back home to money laundering, shady real estate deals, and the deadly price of dealing in diamonds.              An Image of Death brings together for the first time two of Chicago's finest female investigators in what became a prequel to Hellmann's 2014 best-selling thriller, Nobody's Child.

Image of Death

When she befriends a woman who claims that she was abandoned at a roadside rest stop, occasional sleuth Ellie Forman finds herself the target of a killer when the woman is shot dead, a brutal act of violence that unexpectedly exposes the secrets of the town. Original.

A Shot to Die For

A gripping literary thriller set against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution It all began with a line of Persian poetry... Anna and Nouri, both studying in Chicago, fall in love despite their very different backgrounds. Anna, who has never been close to her parents, is more than happy to return with Nouri to his native Iran, to be embraced by his wealthy family. Beginning their married life together in 1978, their world is abruptly turned upside down by the overthrow of the Shah, and the rise of the Islamic Republic. Under the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Republican Guard, life becomes increasingly restricted and Anna must learn to exist in a transformed world, where none of the familiar Western rules apply. Random arrests and torture become the norm, women are required to wear hijab, and Anna discovers that she is no longer free to leave the country. As events reach a fevered pitch, Anna realizes that nothing is as she thought, and no one can be trusted... not even her husband.

A Bitter Veil

Allium Pr of Chicago

A prequel to Libby Fischer Hellman’s Georgia Davis PI series There’s an inventive killer at large in Chicago in this dark thriller and police procedural from best-selling crime writer Libby Fischer Hellmann. When three bodies turn up in rapid succession, all in landfills or waste disposal dumpsters, rookie cop Georgia Davis is drawn into the investigation. Teaming up with her detective boyfriend Matt and his friend Detective Sergeant John Stone, Georgia must work out who’s responsible for the killings, but there’s little evidence to go on. The case also tests the strength of Georgia’s relationship with Matt—complicating the situation is the daughter of a real estate mogul, who also happens to have her eye on Matt. Who’s behind these gruesome killings in this normally quiet neighborhood? Why are children developing cancer? And will Georgia’s relationship withstand the demands of this particularly complex investigation? Fans of Libby Fischer Hellmann’s gripping Georgia Davis PI series will enjoy getting to know a younger Georgia Davis in this thrilling prequel, which finds her ten years before Easy Innocence and Doubleback. Deftly weaving emotional pressure into an engaging plot centered on a tangled web of mystery and murder, ToxiCity is a must-read addition to the libraries of crime fiction enthusiasts the world over.

ToxiCity: Georgia Davis Prequel (Georgia Davis Series)

Red Herrings, The

Someone is trying to kill Lila Hilliard. During the Christmas holidays she returns from running errands to find her family home in flames, her father and brother trapped inside. Later, she is attacked by a mysterious man on a motorcycle. . . and the threats don't end there. As Lila desperately tries to piece together who is after her and why, she uncovers information about her father's past in Chicago during the volatile days of the late 1960s . . . information he never shared with her, but now threatens to destroy her. Part thriller, part historical novel, and part love story, Set the Night on Fire paints an unforgettable portrait of Chicago during a turbulent time: the riots at the Democratic Convention . . . the struggle for power between the Black Panthers and SDS . . . and a group of young idealists who tried to change the world.

Set the Night on Fire

Someone is trying to kill Lila Hilliard. During the Christmas holidays she returns from running errands to find her family home in flames, her father and brother trapped inside. Later, she is attacked by a mysterious man on a motorcycle. . . and the threats don't end there. As Lila desperately tries to piece together who is after her and why, she uncovers information about her father's past in Chicago during the volatile days of the late 1960s . . . information he never shared with her, but now threatens to destroy her. Part thriller, part historical novel, and part love story, Set the Night on Fire paints an unforgettable portrait of Chicago during a turbulent time: the riots at the Democratic Convention . . . the struggle for power between the Black Panthers and SDS . . . and a group of young idealists who tried to change the world.                                                                                                                     NEW: Set The Night On Fire is available for a Kindlegraph!                    Also NEW is the Libby Hellmann App! Download it free at bit.ly/PuQH7H.

Fifteen successful Midwestern authors have contributed essays on the basics of writing mystery novels to this book. Writing Murder shares their insights on fiction elements: setting, characters, point of view, dialogue, plot, and research. In addition, they offer insight on the genre, how to build suspense, point of view, the circle of openings/endings, and marketing your manuscript.

Writing Murder: A Basic Guide to Writing Mystery Novels

Reference

Krueger, William Kent.

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Writers' Center of Indiana

A collection of 15 crime fiction short stories in print., some of them award-winners, by author Libby Fischer Hellmann. The collection is divided into two parts: The Ellie Foreman/Georgia Davis stories (5) and Chicago Then and Now; Other Places, Other Times (10) Note: This is the combined print version of Nice Girl Does Noir, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.

Nice Girl Does Noir: A Collection of Short Stories

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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AN Eye for Murder

A Picture of Guilt

Image of Death

A Shot to Die For

A Bitter Veil

ToxiCity: Georgia Davis Prequel (Georgia Davis Series)

Set the Night on Fire

Set the Night on Fire

Writing Murder: A Basic Guide to Writing Mystery Novels

Nice Girl Does Noir: A Collection of Short Stories