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In summer 1957, Brick North investigates a woman’s body discovered at Lakeland Airport. A second victim recovered from Lake Michigan raises questions about a connection to Chicago organized crime while North struggles with wartime memories.

Clergymen are being murdered in LaSalle Harbor in 1957, and Brick North must stop the killings. Wartime trauma and accusations threatening his job complicate an investigation conducted without the tools available to modern detectives.

Awaiting trial on false charges, Brick North encounters another murder while away from the LaSalle Harbor police. As his former partner works to clear him, North confronts wartime trauma and feelings he has tried to deny.

Renovation workers uncover the skeletons of three teenage girls hidden in an old factory over several years. Brick North and Barry Tiffin follow the evidence across state lines to identify the victims and discover who killed them.

Assigned to protect a visiting Soviet ballet company, Brick North investigates a ballerina’s murder. With Cold War tensions threatening to turn the death into an international crisis, he must also confront unresolved memories of World War II.

A merchant sailor washes ashore at LaSalle Harbor, yet nobody has reported him missing. Brick North’s investigation becomes personal when a friend is killed, exposing a hidden life and deepening the mystery surrounding the deaths.

Serving reluctantly as acting police chief, Brick North confronts a wave of drug overdoses in LaSalle Harbor. Pressure to accept the job permanently grows as he investigates the supply network and Suzette becomes caught in the crisis.

Several violent deaths strike LaSalle Harbor within two days, including a radio presenter killed during her broadcast. Newly appointed acting chief Brick North must investigate while managing political pressure, media scrutiny, and tensions in his relationship.