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Title details for The Third Rail by Michael Harvey - Available

The Third Rail

by Michael Harvey
Stephen Hoye
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A woman is shot as she waits for her train to work. An hour later, a second woman is gunned down as she rides an elevated train through the Loop. Two hours after that, a church becomes the target of a chemical weapons attack. The city of Chicago is under siege, and Michael Kelly, cynical cop turned private investigator, just happens to be on the scene when all hell breaks loose.
Kelly is initially drawn into the case by the killers themselves, then tasked by Chicago’s mayor and the FBI to hunt down the bad guys and, all things being equal, put a bullet in them. Kelly, of course, has other ideas. As he gets closer to the truth, his instincts lead him to a retired cop, a shady train company, and an unnerving link to his own past. Meanwhile, Kelly’s girlfriend, Rachel Swenson, becomes a pawn in a much larger game, while a weapon that could kill millions ticks away quietly in the very belly of the city.

The Third Rail is stylish, sophisticated, edge-of-your-seat suspense from a new modern master.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Michael Kelly Series

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 20, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780307707369
      • File size: 204384 KB
      • Duration: 07:05:47

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      It starts one day with two shootings on Chicago's trains and is followed by a chemical attack on a Catholic church, along with subsequent murders. However, the real beginnings occur many years before and are gradually revealed through a series of flashbacks. The case is eventually untangled by Michael Kelly, ex-cop turned private investigator, with the help of a genius computer hacker. Stephen Hoye really gets into the action, especially when things get hot. He narrates with drama and excitement, but the rare bits of humor don't quite come across. And while Hoye subtly differentiates character voices, they're not always easy to identify. Nonetheless, the story keeps the listener's attention. S.S.R. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from February 1, 2010
      A series of terrifying crimes threatens to paralyze Chicago in Harvey's stellar third novel featuring Chicago PI Michael Kelly (after The Chicago Way
      and The Fifth Floor
      ). First, a gunman executes two people, apparently at random at different locations, while they ride the T, the city's elevated railway. Next, the sniper shoots at commuters on Lake Shore Drive, killing three people while missing Kelly's girlfriend, Judge Rachel Swenson. Kelly suspects the shooter has an accomplice, a theory dismissed by official law enforcement. The hard-boiled investigator, who at age nine survived a horrific subway accident at the site of one of the T murders 30 years earlier, wonders if there could be a link between that past tragedy and the current spree. The author deftly alternates between his hero's first-person perspective and third-person accounts of the mindsets of the men Kelly seeks. Harvey stakes a persuasive claim as the pre-eminent contemporary voice of Chicago noir. 100,000 first printing; 8-city author tour.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Funding for additional materials was made possible by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.