Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner.

I was a university professor, I could talk on and on and on. Give me a podium and you have to drag me off with a hook.

Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.

Violence wounds the body and it wounds the soul. Of the predator. Of the prey. Of the mourners. Of collective humanity. It diminishes us all.

I hated myself for needing him at such times, for craving his strength whenever I felt upset.

Everyone’s gone mad, typing to themselves all day long like mindless robots.

I see you, Ben. I always have. You're in my pack." He pulled away. "What if being packmates isn't enough for me?