Dark Hearts of Chicago
Dark Hearts of Chicago by William Horwood and Helen Rapapport was published in 2007 in Britain and Canada. | Published in June 2008 as City of Dark Hearts by James Conan. | In German as Die Stadt Der Dunklen Herzen | It is the first in a series: The Codburg Conspiracy by James Conan will be published in 2010.
Dark Hearts of Chicago is a historical mystery novel or thriller, set in nineteenth century Chicago. William Horwood co-authored the novel with Helen Rappaport, a historian.
http://www.horwoodrappaport.com/ is the official website for William Horwood and Helen Rappaport's collaboration.
Dark Hearts of Chicago was re-published in June 2008, with revisions and cuts, as City of Dark Hearts by James Conan.
Dark Hearts of Chicago was published in Britain on April 5, 2007 by Hutchinson, an imprint of the Random House Group Ltd. In Canada, Dark Hearts of Chicago was published on July 24, 2007. It was published by Hutchinson as a hardcover (list price $42.50 Canadian) and a trade paperback ($24.95).
Reviews and articles:
- My review of Dark Hearts of Chicago. May 3, 2007. (Preceded by Detailed first impressions of my review copy of Dark Hearts of Chicago, which I received on March 5, 2007.)
- Writers join forces, Mary Zacaroli's review in The Oxford Times of March 15, 2007. (Reprinted in the back of City of Dark Hearts in 2008.)
- Dark Hearts of Chicago review from Bluestocking Reader, the blog of Lisa Guidarini.
- A review of Dark Hearts of Chicago from Mary Martin Bookshop.
- A short review of Dark Hearts of Chicago from August 2007 in Historical Novels Review.
- Dark Hearts of Chicago on HelenRappaport.com
- Digital Dating (May 2008 article from The Oxford Mail about William Horwood and Helen Rappaport's meeting and writing of Dark Hearts of Chicago.
Publisher and bookseller listings:
- Listing for Dark Hearts of Chicago (trade paperback) at RandomHouse.ca
- Dark Hearts of Chicago (hardcover)
on Amazon.ca
- Dark Hearts of Chicago (paperback)
on Amazon.ca
- Listing of the hardcover and of the trade paperback at Chapters.indigo.ca.
- Dark Hearts of Chiago on The Book Deposity (with reviews).
The novel was re-published as City of Dark Hearts by James Conan in June 2008, by Arrow. It "is a shortened and revised edition". (City of Dark Hearts. Arrow Books, 2009. T.p. verso.) The ISBN is 9780099502173.
The "back matter" in City of Dark Hearts includes the Acknowledgements, a copy of a 2007 interview with both authors, a short article from the Oxford Times of March 2007, and a piece They Told It Like It Is: The Real American Newspaperwomen Who Inspired A Novel by William Horwood and Helen Rappaport.
Reviews and articles:
- Dark Thoughts, an article from the Oxford Mail (May 15, 2008) about Dark Hearts of Chicago and its subsequent publication as City of Dark Hearts
- City of Dark Hearts review on Harriet Devine's Blog (August 2009)
Publisher and bookseller listings:
- City of Dark Hearts (paperback)
on Amazon.ca
- City of Dark Hearts (paperback)
on Amazon.com
- City of Dark Hearts (paperback) on Blackwell Online
- City of Dark Hearts on RandomHouse.ca and on RandomHouse.co.uk
- City of Dark Hearts on rBooks.co.uk (Books from the Random House Group)
- City of Dark Hearts on Waterstones.com
In May 2007, Helen Rappaport had posted that Dark Hearts of Chicago "will be published by Pocket Books in the USA early next year [2008] though in a shorter version than the UK version, and probably under the title City of Dark Hearts." [Comment posted by Helen to Dark Hearts of Chicago posted May 9, 2007 in Bluestocking Reader: Weblog of Lisa Guidarini.]
Die Stadt der dunklen Herzen by James Conan is the German edition of City of Dark Hearts, and was published in July or August 2008 with the ISBN 3453470877 or 978-3453470873 (ISBN-13).
- Die Stadt der dunklen Herzen (paperback)
on Amazon.com
- Die Stadt der dunklen Herzen on Amazon.de
- Die Stadt der dunklen Herzen on randomhouse.de
First in a series
Dark Hearts of Chicago is the first of a series, and the second was originally intended to be published in 2008. According to a 2007 answer in the Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.horwoodrappaport.com/, the authors had originally planned to be "delivering No 2 in the series in October 2007 for publication by Random UK in Spring 2008. " [Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.horwoodrappaport.com/ Retrieved October 1, 2007.]
The Codburg Conspiracy by James Conan
The Codburg Conspiracy by James Conan is due to be published in 2010 (previously announced for May 22, 2009) by Hutchinson as a hardover (304 pages) with the ISBN 9780091796631.
- The Codburg Conspiracy
on Amazon.co.uk
- The Codburg Conspiracy by James Conan on Waterstones.com
