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While trying to help an old friend out of trouble, Detroit PI Amos Walker finds some trouble of his ownBarry Stackpole was tough once. Amos Walker met him in a Cambodian shell crater when Walker was serving his country and Stackpole was on the payroll of the Detroit News, and they formed the kind of bond that war often creates. At war's end, they returned to the Motor City, where Stackpole took to reporting crimes and Walker to solving them.
A violent run-in with a big time mobster left show more Stackpole a leg and two fingers short, and he became an alcoholic. He has made several attempts to get his life straight since, but never quite managed. Now he's fallen off the wagon again, harder than ever before, and his girlfriend begs Walker to find him before he drinks himself to death. But in Detroit, death can find a man in many ways.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Loren D. Estleman including rare photos from the author's personal collection.
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Amos Walker is asked to locate an old buddy, Barry Stackpole, with whom he served with in Vietnam by Stackpole's girlfriend. Then, Stackpole's employer (a Detroit newspaper) is desperate to have him appear in court, but he has disappeared without a trace, perhaps due to his investigative reporting. Even the bewitching book editor Louise Starr, a holdover character from the previous Walker novel Sugartown, wants Stackpole who has promised to deliver a book. Walker is tenacious and mixes it up with all sorts to solve the mystery, aggravating some and cajoling others along the way.
To paraphrase author John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee series); Estleman's Amos Walker is "one of the few characters who would be comfortable communing with his Ft. Lauderdale knight in shining armor". High praise indeed from one of the "Masters" of the genre.
With the recent demise of most of my favorite mystery authors (Robert B.Parker,Dick Francis,Phillip R. Craig, William Tapply and Stuart M. Kaminsky)I'm extremely gratified to find Loren Estleman who I've somehow missed during my 62 years of existence. I'm in the process of rectifying this oversight with great pleasure.
He writes some fantastic Westerns as well! Look for his Page Murdock series and a superb stadalone entitled "Sudden Country".
With the recent demise of most of my favorite mystery authors (Robert B.Parker,Dick Francis,Phillip R. Craig, William Tapply and Stuart M. Kaminsky)I'm extremely gratified to find Loren Estleman who I've somehow missed during my 62 years of existence. I'm in the process of rectifying this oversight with great pleasure.
He writes some fantastic Westerns as well! Look for his Page Murdock series and a superb stadalone entitled "Sudden Country".
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Loren D. Estleman was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 15, 1952. He received a B.A. in English literature and journalism from Eastern Michigan University in 1974. He spent several years as a reporter on the police beat before leaving to write full time in 1980. He wrote book reviews for such newspapers as The New York Times and The show more Washington Post and contributed articles to such periodicals as TV Guide. He is a writer of mysteries and westerns. His first novel was published in 1976 and since then he has published more than 70 books including the Amos Walker series, Writing the Popular Novel, Roy and Lillie: A Love Story, The Confessions of Al Capone, and a The Branch and the Scaffold. He received four Shamus Awards from the Private Eye Writers of America, five Golden Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America, the Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement from Western Writers of America, and the Michigan Author's Award in 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) He lives in Whitmore Lake, Michigan. (Publisher Provided) show less
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