Chapter 8: Too Long At The Fair

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TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak is a fully-immersive audio series adapted from the mystery novel TRUE DETECTIVE by Max Allan Collins.

The drama is set in Chicago at the end of the Prohibition Era (in the early 1930s) and tells the story of private eye Nathan Heller as he tracks down a political assassin. Mayor Anton Cermak was in a nearly constant power struggle with organized crime, business tycoons, and corrupt politicians … leaving plenty of suspects.

New episodes appear every Friday through February 28, 2025.

Heller watches a capacity crowd celebrate the opening of the Chicago World’s Fair. Little does he know he’s standing at the crossroads of his two biggest cases – and things are about to take an unexpected turn.

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Chapter 9: The Guilty Party
Chapter 9: The Guilty Party

Heller takes an unexpected thrill ride at the World’s Fair, ending on a metal strut hundreds of feet off the ground. It’s just the first of a series of events that night that could spell the end of his fledgling detective agency – and him.

Chapter 10: The Happy Ending
Chapter 10: The Happy Ending

Heller survives being pushed off the Sky Ride at the Chicago World’s Fair, triumphs in a brutal battle of blows and bullets, and even invades the domain of a Chicago mob boss without getting killed. But will he make it through breaking the bad news to Mary Anne about her missing brother?

Chapter 7: Trial Run
Chapter 7: Trial Run

Just three days after Chicago Mayor Cermak dies from an assassin’s bullet, the Bayfront Park Shooter is tried for attempted murder on four counts and sentenced to eighty years. But Heller knows there’s more to the story than a lunatic with a gun.

Chapter 6: Welcome to Miami, Mr. President
Chapter 6: Welcome to Miami, Mr. President

Chicago Mayor Cermak hopes to curry favor with President-Elect Franklin Roosevelt at a political rally in Miami’s Bayfront Park. But among the spectators is a hitman sent by a Chicago mob boss – and only Heller can stop him.