Amos Walker's Detroit

Amos Walkers Detroit visits dozens of unforgettable locations from Loren D. Estlemans Amos Walker series. As Estleman says of Detroit in the preface: "Its a hard-boiled town, and the crumbling buildings and rusting railroad tracks of the warehouse district, the palaces across the limits in Grosse Pointe, and the black-hole shadows of the Cass Corridor were made to order for a remaindered knight chasing truth through a maze of threats, deceptions, and inconvenient corpses. City and protagonist are cut from the same coarse cloth. They are the series two heroes." Amos Walkers Detroit allows Estlemans settings to take center stage as noted photographer Monte Nagler turns his lens to Estlemans various noir locations. Some locations are well-known landmarks, like the Renaissance Center, the Wayne County Building, Belle Isle, and Mexicantown, and some are fictional locales such as Walkers home and office. Even when the locations are familiar, Naglers lens renders them in fresh and unexpected ways. Excerpts from Estlemans novels describing the locations accompany each image and Estlemans thoughtful introduction contextualizes the images and comments on the role of Detroit as a noir backdrop. The photographs in Amos Walkers Detroit show the city in a new light, demonstrating that Detroits grit and glamour coexist in unexpected places and make a perfect setting for a mystery. Fans of the Amos Walker series, as well as those interested in photography, architecture, and local culture will appreciate this handsome volume.