The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers

False Impressions, the 6th suspense novel in the Izzy McNeil series will be released in a few weeks. The cover shows a piece of art, paint dripping to form the Chicago skyline. The rest of it sho...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-end-of-izzy-mcneil.html

There's a very cool write-up of the round-robin short story several members of the Outfit (including yours truly) wrote at the April Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Chicago. We wrote it w...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/07/flight-has-flown.html

Ellie's baaacckkk! Now you can read (or re-read) the award-winning suspense series featuring Ellie Foreman, a single mother and video producer in the Chicago suburbs. Meet Ellie’s father Jake, ...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/06/ellies-baacckk.html

Ask this question to anyone who works at 26th and Cal (the hub of Chicago's criminal legal world and the busiest court system in the nation)--How often does a criminal defendant get together afte...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/05/ask-this-question-to-anyone-who-works.html

A must read (and slightly zany) article in Chicago Magazine this month: The Mob's Last Gasp

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/05/farewell-to-outfit_10.html

      April 28, 2012   10:00 AM - 2:00 PM  The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day which w...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/04/got-drugs.html

by Libby HellmannInterested in winning a Kindle Fire? If so, come on over here to find out more. The contest is running now. Thanks.

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/04/kindle-fire-giveaway.html

Acckk... It's almost here! On Tuesday, April 17, at 6 PM (Eastern time so plan accordingly), Libby Hellmann will be talking about A BITTER VEIL, the state of publishing, and anything else that's ...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/04/virtual-book-chat-reminder-bitter-veil.html

by Jamie Freveletti The Romantic Times Convention is in Chicago this weekend and The Outfit members will be there enjoying every minute. I've never been to an RT Convention, and having it in...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/04/thrillers-and-romance-oil-and-water-or.html

by Libby HellmannI first came to Chicago in the fall of 1977. At the time I was looking for a job in broadcast news (Which turned out not to be, but that’s another story). I’m still not sure ...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/04/sing-sing-sing-chicago-story.html

Chicagoans say it often—Chicago is such a small town. The big-city-that—sometimes-feels-like-a- hamlet is of the reasons authors like to set books here. It isn’t outside the realm of possib...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/04/chicago-is-small-town-doggie-style.html

by Jamie Freveletti I'm headed to a poetry slam this week and was thinking about the poetry I love; the nice and not-so-nice. I must admit, most of my favorite poetry is of the not-so-nice c...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/02/poetry-with-edge-its-not-only-hearts.html

By Jamie Freveletti I was reading the newspaper and getting my daily dose of stories about mayhem, brinkmanship and near world annihilation when I paused and took another look. Wait, Russ...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/02/mystery-and-motive-some-criminal-minds.html

by Jamie Freveletti  If you haven't read the recent Fast Company article about rampant plagiarism on Amazon, check it out. Turns out that some entrepreneurial souls are uploading plagi...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/01/e-reader-owners-watch-your-wallets.html

by Jamie Freveletti I’ve been asked to comment on writers’ conferences. I’ll be attending a few conferences and I always enjoy them. I began attending as an unpublished writer and now atten...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2012/01/writers-conferences-tips-and-tricks.html

I am amazed and honored to report that TOXICITY was among the books cited by the Chicago Tribune in their list of favorite 2011 Chicago authors’ books! Several other OUTFIT authors were also li...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2011/12/second-city-to-none-in-books_17.html

By Kevin Guilfoile Justice has been a long time coming for members of Chicago's Cornbleet family. It's been five years since Hans Peterson drove here from New York and brutally tortured and murde...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2011/11/jon-cornbleet-on-peterson-verdict.html

A sentence was promised by the weekend and the French courts delivered. Hans Peterson has been sentenced to life in prison plus 22 years without possibility of parole for 22 years. More later. (F...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2011/11/hans-peterson-verdict-life-in-prison.html

By Kevin Guilfoile (For more background on this story look at this and here, or you can really go in-depth with this excellent Chicago Mag article from 2007.) Another update from the Guadalupe tr...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2011/11/trial-of-hans-peterson-tuesdays.html

By Kevin Guilfoile On October 24, 2006, Hans Peterson drove a rented car from New York to Chicago and walked into the Michigan Avenue office of dermatologist David Cornbleet. His intention was to...

http://theoutfitcollective.blogspot.com/2011/11/in-october-24-2006-hans-peterson-drove.html