Chicago's Bucktown was the old stomping ground for Mike Royko and Nelson Algren. Its colorful characters and bedrock values were the life blood of a city on the make. Now comes Scott Jacobs with a look at life in Bucktown as it plays out today in a new Chicago where gentrifying neighbors settle into former gang territory, sharing the streets, parks and schools of a diverse and multifacted community. Book jacket.

Matthew Davidson was everything she'd ever dreamed of in a man and more. But two years after marrying the construction mogul, Sarah mysteriously ends up in hospital. Her perfect life starts to fall apart. As even the small things seem off. Sarah begins to dig into her husband's past, uncovering revelations that throw into doubt everything she has ever believed about him. Her investigation leads her away from their fairytale romance and into a place of sex, lies and murder. Sarah doesn't know whether she can trust the man she married... or even herself.