Synopses & Reviews
A breakout stand-alone thriller from Michael Harvey, Chicago's best-known crime writer and the beloved author of the Michael Kelly P.I. series--a brilliant leap forward.Michael Harvey's wire-taut thriller begins in an ordinary classroom at Northwestern's renowned journalism school but quickly spirals into the grittiest corners of Chicago. Along with only two classmates--beautiful, strong-willed Sarah Gold and enigmatically brilliant Jake Havens--Ian Joyce has been invited to participate in the innocence seminar, an exclusive class for top students. The seminar investigates wrongful convictions and cold cases; the idealistic J-school students are tasked with trying to exonerate the falsely accused. But on the first day of class, Jake introduces a case of his own, the long-ago murder of a young boy, ten-year-old Skylar Wingate, last seen walking home from school, his body discovered three days later in a forest preserve a mile away. His alleged killer was murdered decades ago in jail. But two chilling clues delivered to Jake's house, a piece of bloodstained fabric and a blunt handwritten confession, suggest that the killer is still very much alive, and, in fact, in their midst. As the evidence mounts, the three classmates find themselves drawn into web of distrust, deceit, and corruption that will leave each of them fighting for their lives. From the depths of storage warehouses to moldering caves in the forest preserve to the shores of Lake Michigan, The Innocence Game is irresistible, harrowing suspense from a writer at the top of his form.
About the Author
Michael Harvey is the author of
The Chicago Way, The Fifth Floor, The Third Rail, and
We All Fall Down, and is also a journalist and documentary
producer. His work has received numerous national and international
awards, including multiple news Emmys, two Primetime
Emmy nominations, and an Academy Award nomination. He holds a law degree with honors from Duke University, a master’s degree in
journalism from Northwestern University, and a bachelor’s degree,
magna cum laude, in classical languages from Holy Cross College. He
lives, of course, in Chicago.