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Where is Estleman, anyway?
Typically, he's at his
1950 manual typewriter
working on the next novel.
Otherwise, look for him at these events:
[2010]
January 31
2:00 PM
Speak and Sign with David Geherin about Dashiell Hammett,
Howell Carnegie Library
Howell, MI
March 25
7:30-9:00 PM
Speak and sign as part of
The Big Read
Ferndale Public Library
Ferndale, MI
June 23-27
Western Writers of America Convention
Knoxville, TN
September 12
11:00 AM
Kerrytown Bookfest
Ann Arbor, MI
Estleman will receive this year's Community Book Award
October 8
Great Lakes Booksellers Assoc.
Trade Show
Hyatt Regency
Dearborn, MI
Who is Estleman?
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What does
Estleman write?
MYSTERIES
AMOS
WALKER SERIES
VALENTINO
SERIES
PETER
MACKLIN SERIES
DETROIT
CRIME SERIES
OTHER
CRIME FICTION
WESTERNS
PAGE
MURDOCK SERIES
STAND-ALONE
HISTORICAL
WESTERNS
OTHER WORKS
NONFICTION
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2010 marks the 30th anniversary
of the Amos Walker Private Eye Series!
Check
below for info on the forthcoming complete short story collection,
as well as the 20th novel in the series
[
new books ]
[ August 3, 2010,
Forge Books ]
ROY & LILLIE
A Love Story
The perfect
romance between a reprobate Old West judge and
a celebrated British beauty; perfect because they never met.
In honor of
Amos Walker's 30th anniversary (1980-2010), the author has compiled
a mammoth 600-plus-page collection of all 31 Walker stories,
with an introduction by Estleman and the new, never-before-published
story, "Sometimes a Hyena."
[ September
2010, Tyrus Books ]
AMOS WALKER:
THE COMPLETE STORY COLLECTION
Starred Review,
Publishers Weekly, July 26, 2010
Loren D. Estleman, Tyrus (Consortium, dist.), $32.95 (600p) ISBN
978-1-935562-24-5
All the elements that have made Estleman one of the best hard-boiled
writers of all time--just a notch below Chandler and Hammett--are
present in these 32 short stories. Remarkably, he has kept his
Detroit-based Amos Walker series (Motor City Blue) fresh after
three decades and 20 novels, and any fan of the genre who has
yet to encounter the ex-cop turned PI will get a great introduction
through this collection. What's most impressive is Estleman's
ability to blend sharp-edged language, cynical characters, betrayals,
twists, and a memorable narrative voice within the short story
format. He also manages to inject dark humor into his work that
keeps the violence, corruption, and double-crosses from becoming
too grim ("I don't have so many friends I can afford to
drop one just because he tried to kill me"). Longtime fans
will welcome the author's informative introduction.
[ forthcoming
December 2010, Forge Books ]
THE LEFT-HANDED
DOLLAR
The 20th Amos Walker novel finds the Detroit
detective on the case of friend Barry Stackpole's attempted murder
many years ago. The hitch is, he's been hired to clear the man
who was blamed for the crime. As the body count rises, Walker
finds himself surrounded by enemies and without a friend.
[ Now Available
From Forge Books ]
THE BOOK OF MURDOCK
8th in the Page Murdock Series
Forge, $23.99 ISBN 978-0-7653-1600-4
Publishers Weekly
Review:
Prolific western and
mystery writer Estleman (The Branch and the Scaffold) combines
the best of both in his 43rd novel, an exciting western loaded
with intrigue, suspense, and clever plot twists. Deputy U.S.
Marshal Page Murdock is sent to Texas in 1884 to capture a gang
of armed robbers. The wrinkle is that Murdock must go disguised
as a traveling preacher, toting a Bible in one hand and a pistol
in the other. Murdock gets a less than pious crash course of
instruction from a defrocked priest and a wily evangelist, then
assumes the role of Brother Bernard Sebastian of the Church of
Evangelical Truth. Whiskey-drinking Murdock isn't exactly suited
for the clergy, and his cover begins to unravel when he meets
a former lady friend, a sheep rancher with a touchy history,
and a stone-cold Texas Ranger. A series of ambushes and deaths
build to a churchly gun battle where everybody is throwing lead
and dropping dead. This is one of Estleman's best, a smart, tightly
wrapped story about an honest lawman who drinks Old Forester
and knows the difference between a Presbyterian and a Unitarian.
[
more
collections forthcoming...
]
[ From Crippen
& Landru ]
dates to be announced
VALENTINO: FILM DETECTIVE
[a collection of short stories]
and
ATTITUDE AND OTHER
STORIES OF SUSPENSE
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