Books by Theresa Schwegel and Complete Book Reviews
Theresa Schwegel, Author . St. Martin's/Minotaur $23.95 (274p) ISBN 978-0-312-34314-9
Schwegel's instantly engrossing debut crime novel begins with the bungled bust of child molester Marko Trovic: after Samantha "Smack" Mack, a chain-smoking, hard-drinking Chicago police officer, and her partner and ex-lover, Fred, storm...
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Theresa Schwegel, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur $23.95 (292p) ISBN 978-0-312-34316-3
Seems like everyone in Chicago is crooked, and starry-eyed rookie patrolman Ray Weiss learns the cops are no exception when he's told to rob a jewelry store as part of his initiation onto the force in Edgar-winner Schwegel's fast-paced...
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Theresa Schwegel, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur $24.95 (372p) ISBN 978-0-312-36426-7
Cops, criminals and neglected families collide with disastrous results in Edgar-winner Schwegel's intense third novel (after 2006's Probable Cause
). Chicago PD detective Craig McHugh is deep into an undercover investigation of a deadly...
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Theresa Schwegel, Author . Minotaur $24.99 (374p) ISBN 978-0-312-36427-4
Recently transferred from homicide to sex crimes, Chicago police detective Sloane Pearson pursues a serial rapist in Edgar-winner Schwegel's gritty fourth crime novel. Called in to interview the second in a series of victims who were beaten,...
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Theresa Schwegel. Minotaur, $25.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-250-00179-5
Eleven-year-old Joel Murphy and his father’s police dog, Butch, take center stage in this nail-biter from Edgar-winner Schwegel (Last Known Address). Officer Pete Murphy, Joel’s father and Butch’s handler and partner, is embroiled in a civil suit...
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Theresa Schwegel. Minotaur, $25.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-250-00178-8
In this nuanced, thought-provoking crime novel from Edgar-winner Schwegel (The Good Boy), Chicago cop Gina Simonetti struggles to hide her multiple sclerosis from her department. If her disease is revealed, she fears losing her job as well as her...
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Theresa Schwegel, read by Luke Daniels. Macmillan Audio, unabridged, 10 CDs, 12.25 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-1-4272-2939-7
Daniels delivers a strong performance in his reading of Schwegel’s latest crime novel about Butch, a smart Shepherd-Malinois mix and prime member of the Chicago Police Department’s K9 unit; his partner, officer Pete Murphy, who is doing his best to...
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