Coming in 2025 Death at the Chicago Trust

Set in 1930 Chicago, the tenth Emily Cabot mystery (after 2022’s Death in a Time of Spanish Flu) finds Emily caught up in the violence of the gangster culture of the city. After the Wall Street Crash of October 1929, Emily finds herself without money. When she witnesses the suicide of a banker followed by the shooting of a man in the streets of Hyde Park, she and her family are drawn into the incredible violence of the Prohibition era city. She witnesses the formation of the "Secret Six" a vigilante organization of businessmen intent on getting rid of the gangs before the World's fair of 1933. Who would come to the city when it has such a reputation for violence? Emily's own world is turned upside down as her family it threatened by the violence.

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The Emily Cabot Mysteries will be reissued on the following schedule:

Death at the Fair 1/17/22

Death at Hull House 2/7/22

Death at Pullman 2/14/22

Death at Woods Hole 2/21/22

Death at Chinatown 2/21/22

Death at the Paris Exposition 2/28/22

Death at the Selig Studios 3/7/22

Death on the Homefront 3/14/22
Death in a Time of Spanish Flu 10/20/22

Death at Hull House: Emily Cabot Mysteries Book 2

It’s Chicago in 1893 and Emily Cabot, an aspiring sociologist, finds work at Hull House, the famous settlement established by Jane Addams. There she quickly becomes involved in the political and social problems of the immigrant community. But when a man who works for a sweatshop owner is murdered in the Hull House parlor, Emily must determine whether one of her colleagues is responsible, or whether the real reason for the murder is revenge for a past tragedy in her own family. As a smallpox epidemic spreads through the impoverished West Side of Chicago, the very existence of the settlement is threatened and Emily finds herself in jeopardy from both the deadly disease and a killer. This is the exciting sequel to Death at the Fair.

Death at the Fair: Emily Cabot Mysteries Book 1

The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition provides a vibrant backdrop for this exciting new mystery. Emily Cabot is one of the first women graduate students at the University of Chicago, eager to prove herself in the new field of sociology. While she is busy exploring the Exposition with her family and friends, her colleague, Dr. Stephen Chapman, is accused of murder. Emily sets out to search for the truth behind the crime, but is thwarted by the thieves, corrupt politicians, and gamblers who are ever-present in Chicago. A lynching that occurred in the dead man’s past leads Emily to seek the assistance of the black activist Ida B. Wells. Rich with historical details that bring turn-of-the-century Chicago to life, this novel will appeal equally to history buffs and mystery fans.

About Rudiyat Press

Rudiyat Press was established to provide reprints of previously published mystery series and new books that continue the series. There is no technical reason not to keep series books available in print and ebook formats. Readers who like a new book often want to go back and read the whole series. Rudiyat Press will ensure they can do that by keeping the whole series available.

The nine books of the Emily Cabot Mysteries by Frances McNamara will be available as print and ebooks. The first eight are reprints of the Allium Press of Chicago editions. New books in the series are created and published by Rudiyat Press.

Other mystery series will be published based on financial and other considerations.

Rudiyat Press is not accepting submissions at this time.

NOTE ON THE NAME: When it was necessary to find a unique name for the press, we chose "Rudiyat" for the Rhodes 19 sailboat once owned by Rudy Wolfson and Frances McNamara which sailed out of Montrose Harbor in Chicago. Since the name was made up, it was unique and uniquely represented good memories of sailing on Lake Michigan while the original Emily Cabot mysteries were being written.