Amos Walker Series

32 primary works • 34 total works
Amos Walker, P.I., is as hard-boiled as they come. On the streets of Detroit, Michigan, Amos Walker finds plenty of crimes to keep him busy. Divorced and a Vietnam vet, Walker is a loner, at times seeming to live on cigarettes and whiskey. His reputation is well-known and his name legendary on the street. Old fashioned and sarcastic, Walker uses hi…

Book 1

Motor City Blue
3.62
· 816 Ratings · 107 Reviews · published 1980 · 25 editions
"If I see my name in tomorrow's paper yours will b…
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Book 2

Angel Eyes
3.75
· 417 Ratings · 48 Reviews · published 1981 · 23 editions
Ann Maringer is a go-go dancer with a problem: her…
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Book 3

The Midnight Man
3.85
· 336 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1982 · 30 editions

"Look for us when the moon is new. Look for us, b…

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Book 4

The Glass Highway
3.91
· 283 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 1983 · 26 editions
Amos Walker (dauntless, incorruptible and underpai…
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Book 5

Sugartown
3.89
· 325 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1984 · 28 editions
Detective Amos Walker's fifth case takes him into …
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Book 6

Every Brilliant Eye
4.01
· 217 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1986 · 28 editions
Barry Stackpole, Amos Walker's old friend, has van…
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Book 7

Lady Yesterday
3.91
· 198 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1987 · 19 editions
When Amos Walker, the Detroit detective, helps his…
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Book 8

Downriver
4.00
· 210 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1988 · 24 editions
The renowned private eye Amos Walker returns in a …
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Book 9

Silent Thunder
3.95
· 167 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1989 · 23 editions
The tabloids were full of it. Constance Thayer, af…
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Book 10

Sweet Women Lie
3.82
· 176 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1990 · 17 editions
Entangled in a scandal involving a Hollywood woman…
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Book 11

Never Street
3.90
· 227 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1997 · 20 editions
Neil Catalin, a video entrepreneur, had gone missi…
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Book 12

The Witchfinder
3.88
· 189 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1998 · 26 editions
"Stuart Lund came in at six-two and three hundred …
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Book 13

The Hours of the Virgin
3.91
· 160 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1999 · 11 editions
Detroit PI Amos Walker searches for a priceless me…
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Book 14

A Smile on the Face of the Tiger
3.98
· 197 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2000 · 28 editions
In Estleman's latest novel, Amos Walker is back on…
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Book 15

Sinister Heights
3.84
· 144 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2002 · 12 editions
After the death of centenarian Leland Stutch, his …
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Book 16

Poison Blonde
3.80
· 158 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2003 · 12 editions
The New York Times calls Amos Walker a "streetwise…
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Book 17

Retro
3.91
· 152 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 2004 · 15 editions
As a detective on the mean streets of Detroit, Amo…
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Book 18

Nicotine Kiss
4.00
· 156 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2005 · 11 editions
Sometimes friendship is the only thing you can cou…
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Book 19

American Detective
3.70
· 216 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 2007 · 9 editions
Hardboiled detective Amos Walker returns f…
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Book 20

The Left-Handed Dollar
3.71
· 160 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 2010 · 8 editions
Joseph Michael Ballista—“Joey Ballistic” to his mo…
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Book 21

Infernal Angels
3.67
· 189 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 2011 · 15 editions
Break out the champagne—it’s the twenty-first Amos…
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Book 22

Burning Midnight
3.72
· 186 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 2012 · 11 editions
In Burning Midnight, master of the hard-boiled det…
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Book 23

Don't Look for Me
3.50
· 219 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 2014 · 13 editions
Amos Walker doesn't mean to walk into trouble. But…
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Book 24

You Know Who Killed Me
3.60
· 224 Ratings · 38 Reviews · published 2014 · 9 editions
A hot new Amos Walker mystery by a master of the h…
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Book 25

The Sundown Speech
3.61
· 178 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 2015 · 10 editions
A hot new Amos Walker mystery by a master of the h…
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Book 26

The Lioness Is the Hunter
3.40
· 141 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 2017 · 3 editions
A hot new Amos Walker mystery by a master of the h…
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Book 27

Black and White Ball
3.70
· 184 Ratings · 38 Reviews · published 2018 · 4 editions
Loren D. Estleman's most popular characters, PI Am…
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Book 28

When Old Midnight Comes Along
3.58
· 217 Ratings · 47 Reviews · published 2019 · 4 editions
A new Amos Walker mystery from award-winning autho…
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Book 29

Cutthroat Dogs
3.83
· 186 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2022 · 3 editions
Cut-Throat Dogs is a new Amos Walker novel from a …
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Book 30

Monkey in the Middle
3.77
· 156 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 2022 · 3 editions
From the master of the hard-boiled detective novel…
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Book 31

City Walls
3.91
· 151 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2023 · 3 editions
A new Amos Walker novel from a Grand Master. “Lore…
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Amos Walker: The Complete Story Collection
4.13
· 171 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 2010 · 6 editions
This anthology collects all thirty-two previously …
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General Murders
3.74
· 69 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1988 · 14 editions
This collection of ten highly original stories inv…
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Book 32

Smoke on the Water
3.47
· 17 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 1 edition
As the smoke from Canadian wildfires chokes Detroi…
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