High Crimes
A Georgia Davis Novel of Suspense
by Libby Fischer Hellmann
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Pub Date Nov 13 2018 | Archive Date Oct 04 2018
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Description
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 ultimately responsible for the assassination of Resistance leader Dena Baldwin fourteen months after the 2016 election. The gunman, on a hotel rooftop near Grant Park, 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. When Georgia begins piecing together the facts, relatives of both victims mysteriously disappear, and the danger escalates. Threats and bruises have never frightened Georgia, but she’s side-swiped by the sudden reappearance of the mother who abandoned her when she was a child. Can she survive an emotional family crisis at the same time she pursues killers whose only goal is to protect themselves?
PRAISE FOR THE GEORGIA DAVIS SERIES
"Hellmann brings to life the reality of bullying among teenage girls with enough twists and turns to keep you reading. Highly recommended."-- Starred Review, Library Journal, Easy Innocence
"There's a new no-nonsense female private detective in town: Georgia Davis, a former cop who is tough and smart enough to give even the legendary V.I. Warshawski a run for her money." --Chicago Tribune on Easy Innocence
"DOUBLEBACK moves with twists, insightful juxtapositions, and many layers. Hellmann doesn't need to "doubleback." She's indisputably crossed the line into the realm of great crime fiction writers." --Crimespree Magazine
"Hellmann writes in many genres, but her Georgia Davis series may just be one of the best crime thriller series being written today." - Seattle Intelligencer on ToxiCity
"Thrilling...Hellmann ratchets up tension with every chapter and the reader is constantly kept wondering about the fate of both sisters." Publishers Weekly, Nobody's Child
"Conflict so real it grips the reader. You dare not breathe or put the book aside... Libby Fischer Hellmann ranks as one of the top mystery writers in America today." Here Comes A Mystery, Nobody's Child
Available Editions
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Featured Reviews
Virginia W, Reviewer
Talk about riveting high-profile fiction ripped from today's topical headlines! A sharpshooting sniper hits his intended target and proceeds to wreak havoc in a highly-attended political rally. Curt also succumbs from the bullets aimed from the roof of an adjacent building into Grant Park, downtown Chicago. Protesters scatter but the crack of the weapon seizes and is later discovered with the remains of the perpetrator.
Dena Baldwin, the target who created a Facebook group she called Resistance USA, is from an old Chicago family of big time money. She is adamantly opposed to the new president and garnered 42,000 followers who felt the same.
Protagonist Georgia Davis is contacted by Dena's mother several weeks after the assassination, who feels the FBI saw an open and shut case and closed it far too quickly to answer her questions. Georgia, however, also has an upheaval in her current private situation, that of her kid sister, Vanna, and baby Charlie crowding her two-bedroom apartment in Evanston.
The narrative backtracks to a timeline prior to the rally and also locations, from Chicago to Washington DC, bringing in support characters and peripheral family members that led to the events unfolded early in the novel. It also includes scenes with Georgia's long-lost mother and her strong emotional feelings of rejection. The sub-plot was somewhat distracting.
Otherwise, I really liked Georgia, smart and effective as a PI. I also appreciated the personal tour of the sites of Chicago, many of which I'm beginning to recognize.
I received this download from the publisher and NetGalley and greatly appreciated the opportunity to read and review. Ms. Hellmann lays it all out, blackeye and chest pains included, and it was obviously a knowledgeable and emotional assessment of her personal feelings. Recommended for anyone, pro or con, for or against, the current administration with an intelligent, admittedly prejudiced, purview into our political climate.
Barbara T, Reviewer
It was great to be back reading about PI Georgia Davis. Her family life is unusual. While I am not interested in politics, this book was fascinating. A definite page turner. The switching back and forth from past to present gave insight and intrigue. The author provided an advanced review copy.
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