“Provocative... Its biggest strength is its evocative depiction of the Windy City.”
--Library Journal
--Library Journal
“Already an award-winning investigative reporter, Cheryl Reed now proves equally talented in the world of fiction. At turns raw and tragic, tender and ultimately uplifting, Poison Girls is an impressive debut.” -- Sean Chercover, award-winning author of The Savior's Game |
It’s the summer of 2008. Chicago’s Hyde Park Senator is running for the White House, the city is vying to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Poison, a lethal form of heroin, has killed more than 250 people, including dozens of suburban girls from prominent families.
Natalie Delaney, a crime reporter from the Chicago Times, discovers that daughters of Democratic powerhouses are the real targets of a serial killer who uses drugs instead of a gun. Obsessed with finding who is behind the killings, Natalie becomes entangled in an underworld where drugs, cops, gangs, politics and privilege collide. Risking everything, this reporter becomes the story… Read it in paperback, e-book or listen to the audio version. Below is an embedded link to all major retailers. |
“An ambitious book, noirish, Dickensian in a modern way, and rooted in the realistic tradition.”
--Stuart Dybek, MacArthur "Genius" Award Winner and author of The Coast of Chicago
--Stuart Dybek, MacArthur "Genius" Award Winner and author of The Coast of Chicago
“Touching, salty, brutal, organized, lost, powerful and tragic.”
--Janet Burroway, author of Writing Fiction
--Janet Burroway, author of Writing Fiction
