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The Chicago World's Fair Mystery Collection

Shelley Gray

Author : Shelley Gray
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 799 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780718076627

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Shelley Shepard Gray’s Chicago World’s Fair Mystery Series is now available as an e-collection! Secrets of Sloane House Against the backdrop of the 1893 World’s Fair, a young woman finds employment with an illustrious Chicago family—a family who may guard the secret of her sister’s disappearance. Deception on Sable Hill The World’s Fair has introduced many new ideas to Chicago society—but can two individuals from very different backgrounds find love together? Whispers in the Reading Room Lydia’s job at the library is her world—until a mysterious patron catches her eye . . . and perhaps her heart.

Secrets of Sloane House

Shelley Gray

Author : Shelley Gray
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780310338536

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Against the backdrop of the 1893 World’s Fair, a new kind of crime comes to Gilded Age Chicago . . . and a lonely young woman is always at risk. Back on the farm in Wisconsin, Rosalind’s plan had seemed logical: Move to Chicago. Get hired on at Sloane House, one of the most gilded mansions of Chicago. Discover what transpired while her sister worked as a maid there—and follow the clues to why she disappeared. Now, as a live-in housemaid to the Sloanes, Rosalind realizes her plan had been woefully simple-minded. She was ignorant of the hard, hidden life of a servant in a big, prominent house; of the divide between the Sloane family and the people who served them; and most of all, she had never imagined so many people could live in such proximity and keep such dark secrets. Yet, while Sloane House is daunting, the streets of Chicago are downright dangerous. But when Rosalind accepts the friendship of Reid Armstrong, the handsome young heir to a Chicago silver fortune, she becomes an accidental rival to Veronica Sloane. As Rosalind continues to disguise her kinship to the missing maid—and struggles to appease her jealous mistress—she probes the dark secrets of Sloane House and comes ever closer to uncovering her sister’s mysterious fate. A fate that everyone in the house seems to know . . . but which no one dares to name. “Gray writes with honesty, tenderness, and depth. Her characters are admirable, richly layered, and impossible to forget long after the story is done.” —Jillian Hart Part of the Chicago World’s Fair Mystery series: Book one: Secrets of Sloane House Book two: Deception on Sable Hill Book three: Whispers in the Reading Room Book length: approximately 95,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Whispers in the Reading Room

Shelley Gray

Author : Shelley Gray
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780310338550

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Lydia’s job at the library is her world—she never expected to be a suspect to a murder. And now she must rely on the one man she’s not sure she can trust. Just months after the closure of the Chicago World’s Fair, librarian Lydia Bancroft finds herself fascinated by a mysterious dark-haired and dark-eyed patron. He has never given her his name; he actually never speaks to a single person. All she knows about him is that he loves books as much as she does. Only when he rescues her in the lobby of the Hartman Hotel does she discover that his name is Sebastian Marks. She also discovers that he lives at the top of the prestigious hotel and that most everyone in Chicago is intrigued by him. Lydia and Sebastian form a fragile friendship, but when she discovers that Mr. Marks isn’t merely a very wealthy gentleman, but also the proprietor of an infamous saloon and gambling club, she is shocked. Lydia insists on visiting the club one fateful night and suddenly is a suspect to a murder. She must determine who she can trust, who is innocent, and if Sebastian Marks—the man so many people fear—is actually everything her heart believes him to be. “Shelley Gray writes a well-paced story full of historical detail that will invite you into the romance, the glamour . . . and the mystery surrounding the Chicago World’s Fair.” —Colleen Coble, USA Today bestselling author of Rosemary Cottage and the Hope Beach series The Chicago World Fair Mystery series Book 1—Secrets of Sloane House Book 2—Deception on Sable Hill Book 3—Whispers in the Reading Room Book length: 86,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Chicago's 1893 World's Fair

Joseph M. Di Cola,David Stone

Author : Joseph M. Di Cola,David Stone
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780738594415

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Chicago's 1893 World's Fair by Joseph M. Di Cola,David Stone Pdf

What came to be known as the World s Columbian Exposition was planned to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus s 1492 landfall in the New World. Chicago beat out New York City, St. Louis, Missouri, and Washington, DC, in its bid as host a coup for the Windy City. The site finally selected for the fair was Jackson Park, originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, a marshy area covered with dense, wild vegetation. Daniel H. Burnham and John W. Root were selected as chief architects, creating the famous White City. The fair featured several different thematic areas: the Great Buildings, Foreign Buildings, State Buildings, and the Midway Plaisance, a nearly mile-long area that featured exotic exhibits. The exposition also showcased the world s first Ferris Wheel and introduced fairgoers to new sensations like Cracker Jack, Pabst Beer, and ragtime music. The World s Columbian Exposition, covering 633 acres, opened on May 1, 1893. Admission prices were 50cents for adults, 25cents for children under 12 years of age, and free for children under six. Unfortunately, by 1896, most of the fair s buildings had been removed or destroyed, but this collection takes readers on a tour of the grounds as they looked in 1893."

The Devil In The White City

Erik Larson

Author : Erik Larson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409044604

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'An irresistible page-turner that reads like the most compelling, sleep defying fiction' TIME OUT One was an architect. The other a serial killer. This is the incredible story of these two men and their realization of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, and its amazing 'White City'; one of the wonders of the world. The architect was Daniel H. Burnham, the driving force behind the White City, the massive, visionary landscape of white buildings set in a wonderland of canals and gardens. The killer was H. H. Holmes, a handsome doctor with striking blue eyes. He used the attraction of the great fair - and his own devilish charms - to lure scores of young women to their deaths. While Burnham overcame politics, infighting, personality clashes and Chicago's infamous weather to transform the swamps of Jackson Park into the greatest show on Earth, Holmes built his own edifice just west of the fairground. He called it the World's Fair Hotel. In reality it was a torture palace, a gas chamber, a crematorium. These two disparate but driven men are brought to life in this mesmerizing, murderous tale of the legendary Fair that transformed America and set it on course for the twentieth century . . .

Peril at the Exposition

Nev March

Author : Nev March
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250855046

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Peril at the Exposition by Nev March Pdf

Captain Jim Agnihotri and his new bride, Diana Framji, return in Nev March's Peril at the Exposition, the follow up to March's award-winning, Edgar finalist debut, Murder in Old Bombay. 1893: Newlyweds Captain Jim Agnihotri and Diana Framji are settling into their new home in Boston, Massachusetts, having fled the strict social rules of British Bombay. It's a different life than what they left behind, but theirs is no ordinary marriage: Jim, now a detective at the Dupree Agency, is teaching Diana the art of deduction he’s learned from his idol, Sherlock Holmes. Everyone is talking about the preparations for the World's Fair in Chicago: the grandeur, the speculation, the trickery. Captain Jim will experience it first-hand: he's being sent to Chicago to investigate the murder of a man named Thomas Grewe. As Jim probes the underbelly of Chicago’s docks, warehouses, and taverns, he discovers deep social unrest and some deadly ambitions. When Jim goes missing, young Diana must venture to Chicago's treacherous streets to learn what happened. But who can she trust, when a single misstep could mean disaster? Award-winning author Nev March mesmerized readers with her Edgar finalist debut, Murder in Old Bombay. Now, in Peril at the Exposition, she wields her craft against the glittering landscape of the Gilded Age with spectacular results.

Deception on Sable Hill

Shelley Gray

Author : Shelley Gray
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780310338543

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A high-stakes mystery of romance and intrigue that takes place in the Gilded Age of Chicago. It’s mid-September 1893 and Eloisa Carstairs is the reigning debutant of Gilded Age Chicago society. To outsiders she appears to have it all. But Eloisa is living with a dark secret. Several months ago, she endured a horrible assault at the hands of Douglass Sloane, heir to one of Chicago’s wealthiest families. Fearing the loss of her reputation, Eloisa confided in only one friend. That is, until she meets Detective Sean Ryan at a high-society ball. Sean is on the fringes of the Chicago elite. Born into a poor Irish family, becoming a policeman was his best chance to ensure security. Despite social boundaries, he is enamored with Eloisa Carstairs. Sean will do anything to keep her safe—even if he can never earn her affections. Eloisa longs to feel normal again, but a killer is on the loose. In the last month, three debutants have been accosted by an assailant wielding a knife, and Eloisa fears for her safety at every event she attends. As the danger in the city increases, and as the romance between Eloisa and Sean blossoms, they both realize they want to be seen as more than how the world views them. But will they catch the killer before all their hopes come crashing down? “Shelley Gray writes a well-paced story full of historical detail that will invite you into the romance, the glamour . . . and the mystery surrounding the Chicago World’s Fair.” —Colleen Coble, USA Today bestselling author of Rosemary Cottage and the Hope Beach series The Chicago World Fair Mystery series Book 1—Secrets of Sloane House Book 2—Deception on Sable Hill Book 3—Whispers in the Reading Room Book length: 86,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

It Happened at the Fair

Deeanne Gist

Author : Deeanne Gist
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451692372

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It Happened at the Fair by Deeanne Gist Pdf

Cullen McNamara gambles everything to display his latest invention at the Chicago World's Fair, but in order to communicate with potential buyers over the noise, he hires Della Wentworth to teach him to lip-read.

Whispers in the Reading Room

Shelley Shepard Gray

Author : Shelley Shepard Gray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : 162899827X

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When librarian Lydia Bancroft is rescued by a man who she recogizes as a mysterious book-loving patron of her library named Sebastian Marks, they begin to form a promising friendship, until a shocking truth about Sebastian comes to light.

Death at the Fair

Frances McNamara

Author : Frances McNamara
Publisher : Frances McNamara
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : 9781439206188

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Death at the Fair by Frances McNamara Pdf

With pitch perfect prose, Death at the Fair is full of intelligent plot twists that will keep readers on the edge of their seats to the final page. Set during the Worldâs Columbian Exposition in Chicago, an implacable murderer sets out to claim vengeanceâor so it seems. It is 1893 and all eyes are on the Windy City where Emily Cabot, a graduate student at the University of Chicago, is touring with her family and friends. When one of those friends is found dead, all fingers point to Dr. Stephen Chapman, one-time fiancé of the dead manâs wifeâs. Believing firmly in Dr. Chapmanâs innocence, Emily begins to uncover evidence to the contrary with the help of Ida B. Wells, the famous anti-lynching crusader. Together the women must deal with thieves, gamblers, and dogmatists to uncover a truth, which is far more alarming and insidious than any reader will have imagined.

The Lake on Fire

Rosellen Brown

Author : Rosellen Brown
Publisher : Sarabande Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781946448248

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The Lake on Fire by Rosellen Brown Pdf

The Lake on Fire is an epic narrative that begins among 19th century Jewish immigrants on a failing Wisconsin farm. Dazzled by lore of the American dream, Chaya and her strange, brilliant, young brother Asher stowaway to Chicago; what they discover there, however, is a Gilded Age as empty a façade as the beautiful Columbian Exposition luring thousands to Lake Michigan’s shore. The pair scrapes together a meager living—Chaya in a cigar factory; Asher, roaming the city and stealing books and jewelry to share with the poor, until they find different paths of escape. An examination of family, love, and revolution, this profound tale resonates eerily with today’s current events and tumultuous social landscape. The Lake on Fire is robust, gleaming, and grimy all at once, proving that celebrated author Rosellen Brown is back with a story as luminous as ever.

The White City

Alec Michod

Author : Alec Michod
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466866447

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From the depths of the seediest brothels to the pristine enclaves of the elite, The White City is a strange, beguiling first novel by Alec Michod, a thriller that masterfully blends fact and fiction. An exhilarating voyeur's glimpse at Chicago in all its glory, it also probes the dark side that was never far from its core. It is the year of our lord, 1893. The crackle of electricity's first sparks, the mechanical whine of Ferris's wheel, the tinkling of crystal from the majestic city atop the hill--the sounds of a new era pervade the air as the century's last World's Fair commences in Chicago. But darkness lurks beneath the metropolis so austere it has been dubbed the White City. Strikes loom on the horizon, racism runs rampant, and a murderer unlike any America has ever seen before is on the loose, terrorizing the city. His crimes are so brutal, newspapers have christened him the Husker. Hiding behind the cloak of a city in chaos, he taunts his pursuers, littering the grounds of the fair with the corpses of children as he slips through the shadows. Dr. Elizabeth Handley, the first forensic psychologist of her kind, has been called in to capture the killer, but when the son of prominent architect William Rockland goes missing, the case takes on an entirely new urgency. In this city of bombastic politics and cutthroat egos, everyone has his own agenda, but time is running out. As she races to save the boy, Dr. Handley fights to maintain her sanity as the line between captor and quarry blurs, and violence casts its spell.

Still Shining

Diane Rademacher

Author : Diane Rademacher
Publisher : Virginia Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : 9781891442209

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Still Shining by Diane Rademacher Pdf

A description of lost building from the 1904 World's Fair. The bulk of the book is descriptions and pictures.

Iron Lake

William Kent Krueger

Author : William Kent Krueger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439157282

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William Kent Krueger joined the ranks of today's best suspense novelists with this thrilling, universally acclaimed debut. Conjuring "a sense of place he's plainly honed firsthand in below-zero prairie" (Kirkus Reviews), Krueger brilliantly evokes northern Minnesota's lake country -- and reveals the dark side of its snow-covered landscape. Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Corcoran "Cork" O'Connor is the former sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota. Embittered by his "former" status, and the marital meltdown that has separated him from his children, Cork gets by on heavy doses of caffeine, nicotine, and guilt. Once a cop on Chicago's South Side, there's not much that can shock him. But when the town's judge is brutally murdered, and a young Eagle Scout is reported missing, Cork takes on a mind-jolting case of conspiracy, corruption, and scandal. As a lakeside blizzard buries Aurora, Cork must dig out the truth among town officials who seem dead-set on stopping his investigation in its tracks. But even Cork freezes up when faced with the harshest enemy of all: a small-town secret that hits painfully close to home.

Ticket to Tomorrow

Carol Cox

Author : Carol Cox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1593109482

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Ticket to Tomorrow by Carol Cox Pdf

Annie Trenton's life will change forever at the 1893 World's Fair.

The Chicago World S Fair Mystery Collection

The Chicago World's Fair Mystery Collection by Shelley Gray Pdf

Secrets of Sloane House by Shelley Gray Pdf

Whispers in the Reading Room by Shelley Gray Pdf

Chicago's 1893 World's Fair by Joseph M. Di Cola,David Stone Pdf

The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson Pdf

Peril at the Exposition by Nev March Pdf

Deception on Sable Hill by Shelley Gray Pdf

It Happened at the Fair by Deeanne Gist Pdf

Whispers in the Reading Room by Shelley Shepard Gray Pdf

Death at the Fair by Frances McNamara Pdf

The Lake on Fire by Rosellen Brown Pdf

The White City by Alec Michod Pdf

Still Shining by Diane Rademacher Pdf

Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger Pdf

Ticket to Tomorrow by Carol Cox Pdf

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