Motor City private investigator Amos Walker has long been reluctant to embrace technology. But crime marches on, and twenty-first-century Detroit has embraced the digital age. Walker gets proof of that when a vintage merchandise dealer asks him to recover not classic items from the early twentieth century, but a bunch of HDTV converter boxes that the shopkeeper has been selling as a sideline. Walker knows where to find people who fence hot merchandise. But when he stumbles onto the dead body of a suspect, he starts to think that something other than converter boxes has been stolen. When he gets a visit from attractive Deputy Marshal Mary Ann Thaler, he’s glad to see her. But Walker’s old friend drags him out of bed to go with her to answer pointed questions about why his card was found on the dead body of his latest client. Once Walker has finished explaining, he feels honor-bound to find out who killed these people and why, even if it means cooperating with local police and the feds. But he’s on his own when he discovers why so many people are interested in his case. The converter boxes were being used to smuggle high-grade heroin that’s been killing off junkies left and right. The trail to the missing dope might lead him to whoever’s cutting a swath of death as wide as the interstate.
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"Although some parts of the plotting (the extended foot chase) didn't work for me, I closed the book as I usually do with Estleman's work, wishing I could craft similes as visually exciting as he does." — Carolyn (4 out of 5 stars)
"Although some parts of the plotting (the extended foot chase) didn't work for me, I closed the book as I usually do with Estleman's work, wishing I could craft similes as visually exciting as he does."
" Fun to listen to in the car. These are somewhat formulaic, but they move along quickly enough and don't get bogged down in too many, repetitive predicaments as so many thrillers do. "
" I been reading Estleman's bools since the early 1980's and have enjoyed them greatly. Intrenal Angels was a disappointented compared the intrique and hard hitting action of his other bools. "
" Estleman has a well-deserved reputation. Can't think of any I haven't liked, though I like his other series better than the Amos Walker. "
" It's good to see Amos Walker again. "
" Not one of the best of the Amos Walker series. Estleman's note at the end may indicate recognition that the characters and the stories are tired. "
" I found this murder mystery to be a littlee too hard boiled for my taste--and kind of convoluted (which are not too criticisms that normally go together. The book was enjoyed more by my spouse, who likes this sort of mystery far better than I do. "
" The best.Hardboiled to the point dialogue.Surprise finale. "
" As usual with Estlemen, this was a lot of fun. Plot moves right along, great dialogue. Some of the ground is a bit well-trodden after 30 years of Amos Walker but that's a quibble. "
" Great entry in the Amos Walker series. "
Loren D. Estleman is an award-winning author of mainstream fiction, Westerns, criticism, and mysteries. He has written more than eighty novels, including in the Amos Walker, Page Murdock, and Peter Macklin series. He is the winner of four Shamus Awards, five Spur Awards, three Western Heritage Awards, a Barry Award, the Elmer Kelton Award, two Stirrup Awards, and a Popular Fiction Magazine Outstanding Writer Award. He has received lifetime achievement awards from the Western Writers of America, the Private Eye Writers of America, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and the Arts Alliance of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Stephen Hoye has worked as a professional actor in London and Los Angeles for more than thirty years. Trained at Boston University and the Guildhall in London, he has acted in television series and six feature films and has appeared in London’s West End. His audiobook narration has won him fifteen AudioFile Earphones Awards.
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