Crime novelist Marcus Sakey hosts a new Travel Channel series debuting at 9 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 6). And crime – often violent, mortal crime – will be the focus of "Hidden City." Frank PincMarcus Sakey.

On June 9, 2009, the mystery writer Marcus Sakey and I were seated at Sheffield’s, sharing a few beers and talking about his soon-to-be-released novel, The Amateurs. Between rounds—at least one of ...

Sakey's brilliant debut, a crime novel set in Chicago, is a must read. From the thrilling opening, a horribly botched pawnshop robbery by childhood friends Evan and ...

Sakey's brilliant debut, a crime novel set in Chicago, is a must read. From the thrilling opening, a horribly botched pawnshop robbery by childhood friends Evan and Danny, to the riveting ending, the ...

Seven years ago, Marcus Sakey and his girlfriend, g.g., went looking for a new place to live. Sakey’s Atlanta-based graphic design company had folded, a victim of the bursting Internet bubble, and he ...

NEW YORK – Marcus Sakey’s new novel is a dream come true. “It was one of those fairly vivid dreams where I was wandering around Chicago, where I live, and there was nobody,” said Sakey, a ...

A few days before I read his latest novel, I saw Marcus Sakey sitting with a bunch of other local crime writers at a tavern in the Printers Row neighborhood. They looked as companionable as if they ...

EXCLUSIVE: Akiva Goldsman has signed on to write and produce the film adaptations of author Marcus Sakey’s bestselling Brilliance trilogy. Goldsman will write the adaptations and produce the films ...

In Marcus Sakey’s previous book, the excellent “Good People,” a Chicago couple strapped for cash accidentally stumble on a large amount of it and wind up in a lot of trouble. But in “The Amateurs,” ...