A faded film star asks Detroit PI Amos Walker to get her out of a relationship with a deadly mobster When Amos Walker was a teen, he had a poster of Gail Hope on his wall. A 60s bombshell in the beach-blanket tradition, she has fallen hard since her glory days as one of the dying studio system's final starlets. But when she calls on Amos Walker she remains as lovely as ever: an elegant beauty with a $750,000 problem. Since her career evaporated, she has played the part of moll to one of Detroit's big-name gangsters, a powerful man stalked by death. Tired of a life looking over her shoulder, Hope pawns everything she owns in an attempt to buy her way out. She entrusts Walker with a suitcase heavy with cash, and asks him to play delivery boy-a simple assignment that doesn't take long to turn deadly. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Loren D. Estleman including rare photos from the author's personal collection.
"For readers who can't get enough of Elmore Leonard and Ross Thomas, try Estleman. He's that good."
People
"Slinging metaphors and cracking wise in the best of the Chandler-Hammett tradition, [Estleman] has perfected a whiplash style that supports his romantic sensibility and makes us believe, for a while, in the old heroes."
People
"One of the best hard-boiled writers of all time . . . Remarkably, he has kept his Detroit-based Amos Walker series fresh after three decades and 20 novels."
