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Never Street (The Amos Walker Series #12) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Loren D. Estleman (Author) "IT WAS THE SUMMER of darkness..." (more)
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Break out the beer and bar snacks, because Detroit's favorite private detective--Amos Walker--is back after a seven-year hiatus. Loren Estleman personifies the term "professional writer"--he writes everything from historical novels to westerns with the same sure hand. But he's at his best getting under Walker's tough, prickly hide, using him to show what life in Detroit does to its inhabitants. This outing is a pure noir gem--a black and white movie classic in a book which in fact deals with a man obsessed with old gangster films. Previous Walkers available in paperback include City of Widows, Sugartown. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Detroit p.i. Amos Walker returns after a lengthy hiatus. As he investigates the disappearance of a businessman obsessed with gangster movies, Amos finds movie-type suspects: a cold wife, a luscious mistress, and a deceitful business partner. Classic work.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (May 1, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446605964
ISBN-13: 978-0446605960
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Gay Catalin, Neil Catalin, Leo Webb, Brian Elwood, Orvis Robinette, Gilda Productions, Iroquois Heights, Vesta Mannering, Balfour House, Miles Leander, Phil Musuraca, Dick Powell, West Bloomfield, Fat Phil, Ashraf Naheen, Mackinac Island, Ferry Park, Judy Yin, Ted Silvera, Amos Walker, Lizabeth Scott, Austin Alt, John Alderdyce, Mary Ann Thaler, Michigan Theater

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This book cites 32 books:

Whiskey River (Detroit Crime Series #1) by Loren D. Estleman in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
Mister St. John by Loren D. Estleman in Front Matter
Last Stand (Silhouette Special Edition, 552) by W. Richard West on page 22
The High Rocks (Page Murdock, US Deputy Marshall, Book 1) by Loren D. Estleman in Front Matter
Don Quixote (English Picture Readers) by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra on page 31

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17 books cite this book:

The Witch Finder (The Amos Walker Series #13) by Loren D. Estleman in Front Matter, and Back Matter
The Night Awakens: A Mystery Writers of America Anthology by Mary Higgins Clark in Back Matter
Sinister Heights (The Amos Walker Series #16) by Loren D. Estleman in Front Matter
The Undertaker's Wife by Loren D. Estleman in Front Matter
Murdock's Law (Page Murdock, US Deputy Marshall, Book 3) by Loren D. Estleman in Front Matter

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4.0 out of 5 stars Walker, Back from Beyond, August 4, 2001

By	Brian D. Rubendall (Oakton, VA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

After a seven year absence, tough guy Detroit private detective Amos Walker returned in 1997 with "Never Street." I'm a huge fan of P.I. fiction, and Walker is one of the best around. He doesn't work the streets of Detroit so much as he INHABITS them. "Never Street" is longer and more complex than any Walker story up until that time as Amos tries to find a missing video producer and noir film buff who appears to be acting out his fantasy of sisappearing into one of his movies. For any fan of classic film noir, this is a MUST read. As a mystery, it reads reasonably well, although is not nearly as good as the best of the Walker series (novels such as "Sugartown" and "The Glass Highway"). Walker novels suffer a bit from too little reliance on supporting characters. Reappearing cops John Alderdyce and Mary Ann Thaler make a brief turn here, but only in the background of the story. Walker does have a rare romance this time out, and that helps give the story a bit of a lift.

Overall, fans of Amos Walker should enjoy this entry in the series. His is a welcome return.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Loren Estleman is one of the best writers around, April 23, 1999

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I just finished Never Street. I had to. It nagged me when I put it down. Like the late show movie, I was hooked when I first put eyes on it, wanting to know what happened next. Amos Walker is the genuine article, a renaissance man to the bygone era of street wise 'private dicks' who often find out more than they wanted to. Walker is the real gem. He's involved in a track down of a nut case hooked on film noir by the worried movie widow during a Detriot heatwave. A conniving partner, a crooked shrink, an ex-con, a bumbling P.I. competitor, and a sultry mistress later, produces a couple of bodies and more than one headache the kind a couple of aspirin can't help. Walker's wisecracks alone are worth the cover price. It's no wonder Estleman is one of the most decorated mystery writers in the business.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must If You Must, July 10, 1999

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If, for some reason, you must read books that are well written, with tough talking, wise-cracking, good intentioned, interesting, likeable private eyes who live in the atmospheric pages of a master crime writer, then you must read this book. Great fun for lovers of the hard-boiled genre. Read all of Estelman's Amos Walker series and you'll be have something to measure all the rest by.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Just half a turn from 5 stars
An Amos Walker Novel. King of hard-boiled mystery. Perfect airtravel companion (I read most of this book on the way to Boston). Just half a turn from 5 stars! Read more

Published 10 months ago by Todd Stockslager

4.0 out of 5 stars Amos...who?
Loren Estleman can write! No doubt. He can create the scene, the people, the plot. I think Amos Walker is very true as a P.I. Read more

Published 16 months ago by Vinegar Jim

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, Not as good as previous novels...
Never Street is an excellent addition to the Amos Walker series. After a client turns missing, Amos must investigate, leading him into the seamy underworld of blackmail and... Read more

Published on July 25, 2003 by Lady Naava

5.0 out of 5 stars easy, entertaining, twisting read
The book is an easy and entertaining read, a new side of looking at a private eye, the book takes you into a neatly woven plot, comforting i should add. read it to know more...

Published on November 3, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Noir for any fan of genre
I have never read any other books featuring Amos Walker, nor any others by Estelman for that matter. Read more

Published on August 29, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars A mystery as it should be
Good, oldfashioned, hardboiled sleuthing like it used to be a generation or two ago. None of that serial stuff and gore, that is so tiring and unbelievable. Read more

Published on September 12, 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars An old-fashioned ride through the muggy streets of Detroit.

Amos Walker has returned.

After what seems like forever (I believe it's only 5 years) Loren Estleman gives us more of the hard-boiled gumshoe from Detroit, Amos Walker... Read more

Published on July 11, 1997

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