A devoted Chicago cop from a family of career detectives miraculously survives an attack that kills his partner but that he cannot remember himself, an event that causes him to be charged with double murder and tasked with uncovering what really happened to clear his name.

In the Lowcountry of South Carolina, Diane English Stiftel, her brother Floyd, and her parents are throwing a barbecue to celebrate her son's engagement. On this gorgeous, magical night, the bride's father, Alejandro Cambria, a wealthy power broker and one of Chicago's celebrated elite, discovers the limits and possibilities of cell phone range. Meanwhile, mother of the bride, Susan Kennedy Cambria, who dabbles in public relations and believes herself...

Violet Hayes ventures to Chicago during the World's Fair in search of her mother, who has been missing from her life since she was nine, and as she uncovers the missing parts of her past, Violet will ultimately find herself.

In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.

"William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So it's a relief when his skill on the basketball court earns him a scholarship to college, far away from his childhood home. He soon meets Julia Padavano, a spirited and ambitious young woman who surprises William with her appreciation of his quiet steadiness. With Julia comes her family; she is inseparable from her three...

After losing custody of her sons, Gabby Fairbanks must take refuge at the women's shelter where she works, but an intruder brings unwanted media attention to the shelter, threatening to undermine Gabby's chances of getting her sons back.

Sixteen years after Charlotte Graham's kidnapping, a traumatic event about which she has never spoken, Charlotte is back in Chicago and is the only one who knows the truth, but even with the kind support of Bryce Bishop, she wonders if she can trust him enough to share it.

Olivia Mott becomes torn between her loyalty to Pullman Car Works and love for Fred DeVault, who is the union's delegate, and when Lady Charlotte Spencer returns to Chicago with her son, Chicago Herald reporter Matthew Clayborn shows interest, causing Charlotte to wonder about his motivations.

The daughter of a prominent Chicago judge and his socialite wife, inner-city art teacher Mia Dennett is taken hostage by her one-night stand, Colin Thatcher, who, instead of delivering her to his employers, hides her in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota to keep her safe from harm.

Eleven-year-old Nellie Lee Love records in her diary the events of 1919, when her family moves from Tennessee to Chicago, hoping to leave the racism and hatred of the South behind.