Works by
Theresa Schwegel
(Writer)

• Last Known Address (2009)
  Detective Sloane Pearson is new to the Sex Crimes Division but no stranger to being treated like an incompetent blonde by her hardened male co-workers. She’s also no stranger to hard-to-crack cases, and her latest is as tough as they come: A rapist is on the prowl, dragging women to deserted building sites or vacant apartment buildings peppered all over downtown Chicago, and forcing them to fight---knowing, of course, that he’ll win.
  
  When a real estate agent Sloane knows is attacked by the violent predator, Sloane finds herself taking a case that threatens her secret plans to leave her long-time lover. Her personal bond with the victim and a would-be relationship with a man she interviews along the way lead Sloane down a dangerous path---one that poisons the investigation as well as her personal life.
  
  Sloane’s balancing act topples when her father falls ill. Between coping with his weak heart and following the few weak leads she has, her case begins to go the way that many rape cases go: The victims fall away, one by one, suddenly unsure of what they saw or unwilling to relive the horrifying moments again and again.
  
  When Sloane helps a hungry young Sun-Times reporter declare the case serial, she loses support: Her bosses demand she get a suspect or move on. Sloane stays on the case, though---no matter how much it strains her personal relationships. Even her partner claims she’s in too deep: He doesn’t believe there’s an arrest on the planet worth a cop’s life. Sloane disagrees: Someone’s got to take up the fight.
  
  From the worst slums of Chicago’s west side to the glittering Loop skyscrapers, Sloane finds no shortage of suspects. As she loses everything she’d called home, she can only hope to find the rapist before she also becomes a victim.

• Person of Interest (2007)
  Even in a good cop’s family, some secrets have to run deep….
  
  Detective Craig McHugh spends his nights undercover, neck-deep in an off-the-books gang case. But for all his wife Leslie knows, he’s
  distant. Distracted. Probably sleeping under some other woman’s covers.Wrapped up in the case, Craig has no idea how dangerously his home life is slipping. Leslie’s teetering toward a divorce filing, and their seventeen-year-old daughter Ivy is on a collision course with trouble—illegal drugs, bad boys, worse behavior …
  
  While Craig treads a thin line between solving his case and losing
  his life, the family fabric wears thin, and none of the McHughs
  realize they’re creating a perfect opportunity for a friendly
  stranger to tear it to shreds.And when Leslie starts making undercover moves of her own, she has no idea her actions could force her husband over the line.

• Probable Cause (2006)
  For Officer Ray Weiss, part of the experience of being a rookie on the force is undergoing an initiation rite in order to prove his allegiance to his fellow cops. Weiss's assignment-burglary-is especially risky, knowing how deeply it would disappoint his straight- edged lieutenant father. But he goes through with the late-night scam anyway, and winds up wondering how to explain finding storeowner Petras Ipolitas’ corpse. When Weiss wants to know what happened, he gets cold shoulders from his coworkers, and soon his only ally is Detective Sloane Pierce—the one woman who wants the answers that could end his career. Feeling confused and betrayed, and fearing for his life, Weiss is then called on to make a difficult choice-if Ipolitas’ real killer does not stop him first.

• Officer Down (2005) -- Winner 2005 Edgar Award
  Samantha "Smack" Mack, a chain-smoking, hard-drinking Chicago police officer, and her partner and ex-lover, Fred, storm a pitch-dark tenement house. Minutes later, what’s supposed to be the quick arrest of convicted child molester Marko Trovic turns into a shot in the dark that winds up killing Fred. Police officials decree that Smack's "friendly fire" killed him, but she's sure there were others in the room with them that night. Reeling from grief, Smack is given administrative leave, but offered little support from anyone including her married lover, detective Mason Imes. A determined Smack realizes busting Trovic will be her problem alone: a meddling Internal Affairs operative harasses her, the Sarge threatens to confiscate her badge, and Mason says they're going to close the case. Persistence and detective work fueled by righteous rage lead Smack to a guilty informant and an elaborate drug ring supervised by an ever expanding cast of suspects, some much closer to her than she ever imagined.

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