Karen Abbott, a former colleague of mine at Philadelphia Weekly has written a book that's getting rave reviews and is currently No. 14 on the New York Times bestseller list. And she's a Philly girl! (Well, actually a Norristown girl, but whatev.) Check out the pretty website and buy the book to support a fellow 215-er. She did some incredible work while at the Weekly. Beautiful craftsmanship, important subjects, dogged reporting. Really, the best combination for a journalist. She's the perfect person to tell this story of prostitution and high society in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century.

Sin in the Second City, by Karen Abbott

[Our girl is on the cover of the Chicago Tribune magazine. Karen, nice boots!]