The Terrorist Next Door — Sheldon Siegel

Someone is setting off fire bombs in Chicago using untraceable cell phones. They claim the violence won't stop unless authorities release Hassan Al-Shahid, a University of Chicago graduate student whose plan to set off a bomb at the Art Institute was thwarted at the last minute by decorated Chicago homicide detective David Gold and his then-partner, Paul Liszewski. Their heroic efforts cost Liszewski his life and put Gold in the hospital. When Gold rallies to accept a Medal of Valor on the steps of the Art Institute, a car bomb explodes across the street and Gold receives a text: “It isn't over.”

The FBI and Homeland Security believe the new bomber is a “lone wolf,” who operates off the grid. Soon more car bombs are detonated at the Wrigley Field El station, Millennium Park, the Museum of Science and Industry, O'Hare Airport, the Hyde Park train station, and the upscale Rush Street area near North Michigan Avenue. The bomber has shut down a major US city. Is it just to free Al-Shahid?

Gold and his new partner A.C. Battle hunt the bomber across Chicago's colorful neighborhoods. Can they catch this killer and uncover the real motives?