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fadedrose

(10,044 posts) Tue Dec 13, 2011, 04:12 PM Dec 2011

Found Raccoon's old post, & an answer from mvccd1000

Post dated 6/22/10 - about mysteries in present day Detroit..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=208&topic_id=21510

I put myself in "Search" looking for something about "The Girl With, etc." and ran into your post, raccoon.

Just last week mvccd1000 recommended Loren D. Estleman's "AMOS WALKER: The Complete Story Collection" (which I have, but haven't started yet). Detective Walker works in Detroit, and latest book just came out.
http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/E_Authors/Estleman_Loren-D.html

If you're still interested. you are wondering why now? Why not?

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Found Raccoon's old post, & an answer from mvccd1000 (Original Post) fadedrose Dec 2011 OP

Your last sentence gave me a good chuckle. n/t Little Star Dec 2011 #1

The Lock Artist getting old in mke Dec 2011 #2

Another semi-modern Detroit PI is author Rob Kantner's Pen Perkins mvccd1000 Dec 2011 #3

Thank you, Faded. Reason I'm interested is that modern-day Detroit raccoon Dec 2011 #4

Little Star

(17,055 posts)

1. Your last sentence gave me a good chuckle. n/t

Reply to fadedrose (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 04:46 PM

Dec 2011

getting old in mke

(813 posts)

2. The Lock Artist

Reply to fadedrose (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 06:01 PM

Dec 2011

by Steve Hamilton dips into Detroit from time to time. It won the Edgar for Best Novel this year--although only my second favorite. (This is not one of his Alex McKnight books, those they are also excellent).

Amos Walker, for sure.

Earlier Elmore Leonard frequently uses it as a location.

mvccd1000

(1,534 posts)

3. Another semi-modern Detroit PI is author Rob Kantner's Pen Perkins

Reply to fadedrose (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 11:53 PM

Dec 2011

Several good books in that series, mostly written in the 80s and maybe early 90s. Ben even makes a cameo in at least one Amos Walker story written by Loren D. Estleman.

raccoon

(31,434 posts)

4. Thank you, Faded. Reason I'm interested is that modern-day Detroit

Reply to fadedrose (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 08:21 AM

Dec 2011

could seem like a post-apocalyptic setting, which interests me.

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