• Revised 2020 Edition. Nominated for a Reader's Choice Award as Best Historical Mystery and for a Lovey Award as Best Traditional Amateur Sleuth (LIM, Feb 2005)
• For fans of cozy mysteries, amateur sleuths, and Gilded Age Chicago history

Gilded Age Chicago Mystery Series

Chicago in the 1890s is the fastest growing metropolis in America. It rivals New York as the city of the century and is the epitome of the Gilded Age. This melting pot of thieves and corrupt politicians, robber barons and immigrants, is rife with scandal and social injustice. An eccentric heiress and a cub reporter find themselves repeatedly drawn into the hidden world of intrigue and murder that lurks within the shadows of the White City. 

Volume Two - Shrouded in Thought

When a factory girl crashes through a guardrail and accidentally drowns in the Chicago River, rookie journalist Freddie Simpson is convinced there's a sinister explanation for the incident. Nobody believes him, of course, so he decides to launch a solo investigation. The plot thickens once Freddie's prime suspect is also implicated in the poisoning of his friend Evangeline's neighbor. 

For the two amateur sleuths, a random drowning becomes intertwined with labor riots, a national railroad strike, a medium who speaks to the dead, a blackmailer, and a murderer intent on covering his tracks by any means necessary. In Shrouded in Thought, a killer learns he can outrun everything except the ghosts of his own past.