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    High Crimes: Chicago PI Investigates a Murder with 42,000 Suspects
    High Crimes: Chicago PI Investigates a Murder with 42,000 Suspects
    High Crimes: Chicago PI Investigates a Murder with 42,000 Suspects
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    High Crimes: Chicago PI Investigates a Murder with 42,000 Suspects

    Written by Libby Fischer Hellmann

    Narrated by Eva Kaminsky

    4.5/5

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    "HIGH CRIMES is the P.I. novel for our moment, not just because of its backdrop of political tension, but because of the resilient strength of its characters. Georgia Davis is a terrific lead, and Libby Fischer Hellmann calls on her own journalism background to add layers of realism to this all-too plausible plot."  Michael Koryta, NYT bestselling author of HOW IT HAPPENED 


    “In this ripped from the headlines and rocket-paced thriller, Libby Fischer Hellmann is at the top of her game. You won’t stop turning the pages, gripped by every twist and turn. And the tough, smart Georgia Davis is sure to take her place among the top female PIs in crime fiction.” Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of UNDER MY SKIN


    “Entertaining…(Georgia is) a shrewd investigator… for readers who watch the nightly news with dismay, the novel offers a satisfying alternate reality.” Publishers Weekly


    How do you solve a murder when there are 42,000 suspects?

    That’s the task facing Chicago PI Georgia Davis, hired to hunt down those behind the assassination of Resistance leader Dena Baldwin at a demonstration fourteen months after the 2016 election. The gunman, on a nearby hotel rooftop, dies within minutes of the shooting. As Georgia sifts through Dena’s 42,000 Facebook followers, she discovers that unknown enemies hiding behind fake profiles have infiltrated the group. She finds others who will do whatever it takes—including murder—to shield right-wing, wealthy elites. Threats and bruises have never frightened Georgia, but she’s side-swiped by the sudden reappearance of her mother, who abandoned her when she was a child. Can she survive a family crisis at the same time she pursues killers whose only goal is to protect themselves?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Red Herrings Press Audio
    Release dateNov 10, 2018
    ISBN9781938733536
    High Crimes: Chicago PI Investigates a Murder with 42,000 Suspects
    Author

    Libby Fischer Hellmann

    Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago 35 years ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. Twelve novels and twenty short stories later, she claims they’ll take her out of the Windy City feet first. She has been nominated for many awards in the mystery and crime writing community and has even won a few. With the addition of Jump Cut in 2016, her novels include the now five-volume Ellie Foreman series, which she describes as a cross between “Desperate Housewives” and “24;” the hard-boiled 4-volume Georgia Davis PI series, and three stand-alone historical thrillers that Libby calls her “Revolution Trilogy.” Last fall The Incidental Spy,  a historical novella set during the early years of the Manhattan Project at the U of Chicago was released. Her short stories have been published in a dozen anthologies, the Saturday Evening Post, and Ed Gorman’s “25 Criminally Good Short Stories” collection.  In 2005 Libby was the national president of Sisters In Crime, a 3500 member organization dedicated to the advancement of female crime fiction authors. More at http://libbyhellmann.com * She has been a finalist twice for the Anthony, three times for Foreword Magazines Book of the Year, the Agatha, the Shamus, the Daphne and has won the Lovey multiple times.

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    • 1/5
      Nope nope, they killed off the hero of the story by pipe bomb the first 20 mins. To bad he didn't have better aim before he got blown up....
    • 5/5
      High Crimes is an excellent political thriller that takes something that happens regularly (people infiltrating groups who think differently with the intention of being disruptive) and runs with it. If you can't read a thriller unless everyone on your end of the political spectrum are good then you might not be grown up enough for this one. Like any such work it takes who is in power, the right currently (even though they are a significant minority), and amplifies the old adage that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I find it funny that those who claim to be so tough get their little feelings hurt when a story isn't filled with enough propaganda for them. If the story were reversed they would probably put it on Breitbart and believe it was true, such are the mental shortcomings of those currently destroying democracy. If the people in the story are simply taken as characters without whining about them being on one side or the other, there are plenty of flaws to go around. And that is what makes a good story. If all you want is more of the same kool-aid, well, go try to decipher Trumpenfuehrer's tweets or his childish rallies. If you want a story that is well written and taken from the contemporary toxic waste that is our current administration, this is a great work.Recommended for readers with functioning brains who enjoy political thrillers. For whiny right-wingnuts who feel entitled to everything, well, you're too cowardly to enjoy this so go back in momma's basement and read Breitbart and plan your next assault on a pizza restaurant running a child trafficking ring from their nonexistent basement.Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
    • 2/5
      High Crimes by Libby Fischer Hellmann is the latest edition to The Georgia Davis PI series. Georgia Davis is hired by Erica Baldwin Stewart to find out more about her daughter, Dena’s death. The family received an anonymous email several weeks after her assassination and it bothers them. Dena Baldwin was the leader of ResistanceUSA, a group against the current president with 42,000 followers. Dena was vocal against the current regime and their practices. At a demonstration in Grant Park in Chicago, Dena was assassinated and the gunman, Scott Allen Jarvis, was found dead on a nearby rooftop. Georgia’s search for the truth takes her on a perilous journey. She soon learns that someone does not want the truth to come to light, and they are willing to do whatever it takes to keep their secrets hidden. While handling the case, Georgia’s mother reenters her life. It brings up the old feelings of resentment, abandonment and jealousy. Georgia’s case takes a dangerous turn when people begin disappearing. Her quest for the truth could find Georgia paying the ultimate price.If you have not read the previous books in The Georgia Davis PI series, I recommend beginning with Easy Innocence (the first book). I have not read any of the other novels in this series, and I felt I was missing key details on Georgia. I was not able to get into High Crimes (I ended up reading two other books while attempting to wade through High Crimes). I felt it lacked continuity and an ease. It jumped around to various characters and time periods which I found confusing. I tried to like Georgia, but it did not happen. I especially disliked her sister, Vanna. I found her self-centered and whiny. High Crimes contains an intriguing mystery with various twists that will surprise readers. It is the best part of the book. The writing is extremely detail oriented. Some of the extraneous information could have been eliminated. High Crimes takes punches at our current administration. It is obvious that the author is not a fan of the current president. If you are looking for an escape from all the political goings on in the news, then High Crimes is not the book for you. There is a significant amount of foul language (which I find offensive and unnecessary) and there is intimacy between couples (fair warning) that I was not expecting. As you can tell, I am not the right audience for High Crimes. However, that is the beauty of people and books. We are all unique and like different things. I suggest you obtain a sample of High Crimes to see if it is the right fit for you.
    • 5/5
      An excellent complex mystery that was very well written and has well developed believable characters. The plot is current, fast paced, intense, suspenseful, and realistic. Contains several twists and was hard to put down. A George Davis crime thriller that I highly enjoyed and recommend.
    • 5/5
      family-dynamics, fanatics, political-intrigue, Chicago, thriller, suspense, private-investigators, law-enforcement Chicago. Politics. Corruption. Conspiracy. Murder. All that and much more in this novel that could be pulled from this morning's Tribune. The characters are interesting and sometimes quite disturbing, and the plot is ingenious and demanding. No spoilers. Just read it! It seems that this is book 5 in series which I am new to, but no floundering because it is perfectly fine as a standalone. The narration by Eva Kaminsky is fantastic! Clear voice and the characters are well delineated. I requested and received a free audio copy from the author courtesy of AudioBookBOOM.
    • 5/5
      I won this as a arc e book from this site. I enjoyed reading it. It had a good story to it. I liked the variety of characters in it. I hope to read more books by this author.
    • 5/5
      It's January 2018, and Donald Trump has been President for a year. Dena Baldwin, respected scion of a wealthy Chicago family, head of a major nonprofit charitable foundation, founder of a Resistance group, has organized a major protest. She briefly worries her fellow organizers of the group and the protest by arriving late, but she makes it in time that her second, Ruth Marriotti, doesn't have to stand up and speak in her place.

      Then a shot rings out, Dena and one of the others are dead, and Ruth is badly wounded. Moments later, the shooter blows himself up on the roof of a nearby building.

      Dena's mother, Erica Baldwin, calls Georgia Davis when the FBI's silence and apparent lack of action frustrates and distresses her. She wants answers.

      What Georgia finds are more questions.

      Dena briefly recruited a former hacker turned computer security expert to help protect the Resistance Facebook page and electronic records. They apparently had a passionate online "affair" for three weeks, and then he abruptly vanished from the group's life. Dena's parents are divorced and she's estranged from her father. Carl is as rightwing as Dena is left, a Washington lobbyist who supports the new administration and has no hesitation about taking Russian money to do so. He's rigid, controlling, domineering--much like, in fact, Dena, from what Georgia learns in talking to her friends.

      The shooter is also a puzzle. There's no apparent connection between him and rightwing politics. He's a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, had had problems readjusting after his return home, but he'd never gotten involved in politics. Yet there's also no apparent connection between him and Dena Baldwin.

      Why did he shoot her? Was someone else behind it?

      Talking to his sister is a n obvious start, but she's disappeared, paying her rent and asking her landlady to collect her mail, but leaving no contact information.

      Then Carl Baldwin disappears, too, and Georgia is kidnapped, beaten, and threatened, told she needs to drop the case immediately.

      And in case things might too easy and uncomplicated for her, she's having some stresses with her younger sister, Vanna, and Vanna's baby, Charlie, in her tiny apartment. This is not made easier when their mother, who abandoned Georgia but did raise Vanna (more or less, not very well), suddenly appears at their door.

      There's a lot going on here. Political and social conflicts figure significantly in the murders. There are also family conflicts, among the Baldwins, and for Georgia and her family. Georgia has to confront her own feelings about her mother, her sister's insecurities, and how to move forward rather than remaining stuck. One of the great things about this series is the way the characters, both personally and in their relationships, continue to grow.

      Recommended.

      I received a free electronic galley of this book from the author, and am reviewing it voluntarily.
    • 5/5
      MY GOD, YOU JUST HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK!!! I can't imagine how Libby will TOP this novel, but she will! I felt so sorry for Dena and what she thought was a noble cause. Georgia is enlisted to find out who killed Dena as some dots didn't connect, but the CPD and the FBI just closed the case with the sniper dead. From Chicago to DC, to Minnesota leads her to find the clues, but with ResistanceUSA without a leader, how do you search the 42,000 suspects with the movement? Georgia has her own family crisis as she takes in her sister and her baby. Then he mom shows up after she left Georgia twenty-five years ago! I love the Georgia Davis PI Series and I can't wait to read the next as she certainly surprised me with WHO was responsible for the act!
    • 4/5
      High Crimes by Libby Fischer Hellman is the 5th Georgia Davis crime thriller. Resistance leader Dena Baldwin was assassinated at a demonstration fourteen months after the 2016 election. The gunman died at the scene. But Dena’s family wants to know who is really responsible for Dena’s death and why she was killed. Chicago PI Georgia Davis has been hired to find out. This is not going to be an easy task. ResistanceUSA has 42,000 Facebook followers alone and George must sift through the profiles to see who is real and who is fake. Was the assassination political, or did someone have a personal grudge? Did the gunman kill himself or was he murdered?Georgia is not one to shy away from danger, but this time she’s really got her hands full. In addition to a case that seems almost overwhelming, with people who will stop at nothing to get what they want threatening Georgia, her sister and young baby are living with her, and the mother who abandoned her when she was a child suddenly reappears.As always, author Hellmann gives us a fast-paced story with intriguing characters, lots of action and no small measure of danger. The story is multi-layered, sprinkled with clues and false leads. Georgia must use all her wits to keep ahead of those out to harm her and to navigate the treacherous family dynamics at home.In addition to the complex mystery, Georgia's investigation takes her to several locations in High Crimes. I grew up in the Chicago area and always enjoy the details and color of Georgia’s local surroundings, but this time she also travels to Washington DC, a fascinating place full of secrets and lies, and to Northern Minnesota, Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Virginia, all picturesque but not exactly safe for Georgia right now. It’s a travelogue, but a very suspenseful, dangerous one.Thanks to the author for providing an advance copy of High Crimes. I voluntarily chose to review it and all opinions are my own.