Hardboiled noir starring Detroit PI Amos Walker: βFor readers who canβt get enough of Elmore Leonard and Ross Thomas, try Estleman. Heβs that goodβ (People).
Β After a tour in Vietnam and several years working the streets of Detroit as a private investigator, Amos Walker has seen a lot. But heβs never encountered anything quite like his newest assignment. Ann Maringer, an aging stripper hard at work at one of the cityβs many low-grade joints, hires him to find a missing person: herself. She expects to disappear any day now, she says, and she wants to be found.Β He goes to her apartment the next day, hoping for more information, but Ann was true to her word and has disappeared completely, leaving behind nothing but a carton of Bel-Airs and a dead man on the floor. Unshaken by the body or the circumstances, Walker sets out to find his client. After all, she paid in advance.Β This ebook features an illustrated biography of Loren D. Estleman including rare photos from the authorβs personal collection.