I just finished When Old Midnight Comes Along, Loren Estleman's latest Amos Walker private detective mystery. The novels take place in Detroit, and are written in an old fashioned, hardboiled style. So hardboiled, I sometimes don't understand what some expressions mean. However, Estleman writes a good mystery, and this one is no exception. This time, Walker is hired by a client to investigate his wife's disappearance 7 years earlier. The client wants to remarry, assumes his missing wife is dead, and wants Walker to prove it. As usual, the case is much more complicated that it first appears, and includes crooked cops, blackmail, and ex-gangbangers. I heartily recommend it if you like fast-paced detective novels, not to mention Detroit, which is right across the river from Canada. What could be better?
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