Motor City Blue is the first of Loren D.
Estleman’s Amos Walker books I’ve ever read.
The book involves
what seem to be three separate cases. An aging Detroit mob boss hires Walker to
find his missing stepdaughter. The police investigate the murder of a prominent
union politician. And two men murder Walker’s old Vietnam commander.
Walker plays
against, not just the police, but also army intelligence.
As the complex
story unfolds, the three cases intertwine. They lead Walker into the world of
prostitution and pornography.
For me, the
solution was a genuine surprise.
This story has
several chase scenes. Different bad guys get the drop on Walker more than once.
And the book contains one murder after another, I have no idea how many.
In other words,
it is non-stop action of the private-eye type.
I don’t know where
I’ve been all of Loren D. Estleman’s writing life. The Walker books are popular,
and Estleman has written a lot of them, but for some reason, I never picked one
up.
I have some
catching up to do.
5 comments:
I have some catching up to do myself. I've been meaning to read Estlemen's books for a long (too long) time.
This wasn't my favorite private eye novel, but it was good enough that I will read others.
This was Estleman's first Amos Walker book, and to me it reads like a product of its time a lot more than the rest of them do. This is clearly a 70s book. The others may reference current events or use them for plot points, but they have more of a timeless quality.
Those Amos Walkers are among my favorites. Estleman also does historicals, which are good if you like historicals (I don't much), a hit man series that I find too domestic, and westerns, a few of which I bought and then couldn't bear to try.
Graham, I wondered about this. I liked this book, but I hoped I would like the later ones better. I was aware it was his first Walker book. I started with it because it was on special in an electronic edition. I'm cheap, I guess.
JoyfulA, I plan to read more Amos Walker books.
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