![]() These big box agencies are a whiz with computers and blood diamonds and those teeny little cameras you can hide in your belly button. Amos isn’t a Timex in a digital world so much as he is a sun-dial: He’s also the kind of guy who can hire a big PI firm with a fleet of employees, but he makes an appointment with Amos, who is so one-man he’s in danger of being no-man. Don’t Look for Me, the 23rd book in the long-running series, didn’t disappoint and delivers everything Estleman fans have come to expect.Īlec Wynn is one of those slick money guys who works in a tower of glass and has all his clothes tailored. Reading about Amos’s exploits is how I deal with my Michigan-refugee homesickness, and the dialogue, straight from a black-and-white movie, keeps my brain nimble. When I want a strong sense of place, snappy dialogue, enough twists to keep me guessing, and a protagonist hard-boiled enough to bend steel, I always pick up an Amos Walker story. Estleman has been making the Lifetime Achievement rounds of late, and I for one couldn’t be happier. finds himself caught between the mafia and the porn industry (available March 18, 2014). Estleman is the 23rd novel in the Amos Walker series, and this time, the Detroit P.I. Estleman is my hero.Don't Look for Me by Loren D. Estleman is my hero." -Harlan Coben, "His dialogue rivals that of the late Elmore Leonard." - Booklist "Estleman is the Stravinsky of hard-boiled prose-he never hits a wrong note." -John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author ".a true professional, a writer of a sort increasingly rare.so given to his work as to spontaneously combust to genius." - The Boston Globe "Loren D. Estleman: "His dialogue rivals that of the late Elmore Leonard." - Booklist "Estleman is the Stravinsky of hard-boiled prose-he never hits a wrong note." -John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author ".a true professional, a writer of a sort increasingly rare.so given to his work as to spontaneously combust to genius." - The Boston Globe "Loren D. This evocative tale of a seminal era in American book publishing showcases the author's versatility." - Publishers Weekly " Estleman, who got his own start writing paperbacks, peppers the action with delicious period ambience (dive bars where 'sots blubbered in their Schlitz') and a wealth of scrumptious detail on the salad days of drugstore paperbacks."- Booklist Praise for Loren D. Estleman is my hero." -Harlan Coben, "Estleman keeps the pages turning and makes Heppleman a fully realized creation. I admired - as I always have - Estleman's ability to chisel every page, every sentence, down to the bone." - The New York Times "Estleman keeps the pages turning and makes Heppleman a fully realized creation. "Estleman crams a sweeping historical epic into a novel of utmost brevity. Targeted by both Congress and the Mob, Jay may end up the victim of his own success - unless he can write his way to a happier ending. Meanwhile, as Hollywood comes calling, the entire industry also comes under fire from censorious politicians out to tame the paperback jungle in the name of public morality. He prides himself on the authenticity of his work, however, which means picking the brains of some less than reputable characters, including an Irish gangster who wants a cut of the profits - or else. ![]() As "Jack Holly," Jacob finds success as the author of scandalously bestselling crime novels. Although scorned by the critics, the tawdry drugstore novels sell like hotcakes - or so Jacob is assured by the enterprising head of Blue Devil Books, a pioneer in paperback publishing, known for its two-fisted heroes and underclad cover girls. The pulp magazines he used to write for are dying, replaced by a revolutionary new publishing racket: paperback novels, offering cheap excitement for the common man and woman. Fresh from the War in Europe, hack writer Jacob Heppleman discovers a changed world back home. Estleman: lurid paperback covers promised sex and danger, but what went on behind the scenes was nearly as spicy as the adventures between the covers. ![]() Paperback Jack is a brand new historical thriller from Grand Master Loren D.
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