Chicago's Designs: A Patrick MacKenna Mystery
Peter H. Green
- By
- Peter
- H.
- Green
If
- Patrick
- had
- been
- born
- in
- Chicago,
- he
- might
- have
- known
- better
- than
- to
- date
- a
- gangster’s
- daughter…
- —Chicago
- ’s
- Designs,
- a
- prequel
- to
- the
- Patrick
- MacKenna
- architectural
- mystery
- seriesPatrick
- MacKenna,
- young
- architect,
- amateur
- sleuth
- and
- suitor
- of
- the
- beautiful
- Gloria
- Bohannon
- has
- it
- made.
- But
- when
- he
- accepts
- the
- design
- challenge
- of
- a
- new
- casino
- and
- resort
- project
- for
- Gloria’s
- father,
- malapropic
- Mob
- boss
- “Chicago
- Joe”
- Bohannon,
- conflicts
- quickly
- complicate
- his
- promising
- career.
- He
- spots
- a
- fedora-topped
- man
- on
- a
- window
- washer’s
- scaffold
- and
- stumbles
- on
- a
- murder
- case,
- which
- police
- think
- is
- mob-related,
- and
- becomes
- a
- suspect.
- Meanwhile
- he
- falls
- helplessly
- for
- Kitty,
- a
- brainy
- waitress
- his
- father
- has
- brought
- over
- from
- Ireland
- to
- work
- and
- sing
- in
- his
- family’s
- Irish
- pub.
- But
- a
- chance
- encounter
- with
- Gloria
- and
- her
- ex-stripper
- mother
- as
- he
- tours
- Kitty
- through
- the
- Art
- Institute
- reveals
- his
- duplicity
- and
- sets
- off
- a
- chain
- of
- events
- he
- can’t
- control.
- Although
- Patrick
- has
- let
- down
- his
- client’s
- daughter,
- he
- must
- find
- a
- way
- to
- finish
- the
- project,
- help
- law
- enforcement
- solve
- the
- crime
- and
- clear
- his
- name.
In
- this
- dark
- crime
- thriller,
- set
- in
- rough-and-tumble
- Chicago
- at
- the
- turn
- of
- the
- millennium,
- Patrick
- must
- face
- the
- age-old
- challenges
- of
- the
- FBI
- against
- the
- mob,
- self-interest
- vs.
- honor
- and
- marriage
- of
- convenience
- versus
- love.
- He
- must
- make
- the
- hard
- choices
- among
- these
- opposites
- which
- will
- determine
- the
- course,
- the
- quality
- and
- the
- length
- of
- his
- life.
Fast-moving
- action,
- architecture
- and
- romance(c)
- Copyright
- 2019
- by
- Peter
- H.
- Green
Greenskills
- Press,
- St.
- Louis
ISBN:
- 978-1
- 941402-16-0
- (e-book)PRAISE
- FOR
- CHICAGO’S
- DESIGNSThis
- intriguing
- glimpse
- into
- Patrick’s
- early
- years
- brings
- together
- fast-moving
- action,
- architecture
- and
- romance
- in
- a
- satisfying
- prequel
- to
- the
- Patrick
- MacKenna
- mystery/thriller
- series.
--T.W.
- Fendley,
- Author
- of
- the
- Zero
- Time
- ChroniclesBest
- mystery...since
- The
- Devil
- in
- the
- White
- City
Rich,
- exciting,
- fun
- and
- a
- real
- page
- turner,
- this
- is
- the
- best
- mystery
- of
- architecture
- and
- Chicago
- since
- The
- Devil
- in
- the
- White
- City.
–Robert
- O.
- Little,
- Former
- President,
- Ittner
- ArchitectsA
- terrific
- read!
Chicago’s
- Designs
- is…riveting…a
- gripping
- whodunit
- about
- murder,
- the
- mob,
- sex
- and
- love.
- A
- terrific
- read!
—David
- Margolis,
- Author
- of
- The
- Misadventures
- of
- Buddy
- JonesAn
- Architect
- and
- Mystery
- Reader
I
- am
- an
- architect
- and
- a
- serious
- mystery
- reader.
- So
- Mr.
- Green
- checked
- off
- two
- important
- boxes
- right
- away…kept
- it
- up
- and
- educated
- and
- entertained
- me
- the
- rest
- of
- the
- way.
—Randall
- B.
- Miltenberger,
- AIA
- ,
- Miltenberger
- Architects, Inc.
