Amos Walker is a fictional character in a series of books by sometime western author Loren D. Estleman

Loren D. Estleman

Loren D. Estleman is an American writer of detective and Western fiction. He writes with a manual typewriter....

. He is a private detective who lives in Hamtramck and works in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

. Amos is a traditionalist when it comes to film and music. Claiming to "dress like the late show," he is definitely written for fans of forties and fifties noir. As a Vietnam vet who boxed in college and served as a military policeman, he is sharp and streetwise. But, like all good "eyes", he has an irreverent side. Amos was fired from the Detroit Police while still in Academy for punching someone out in the shower.

Being set in Detroit you can expect plenty of time spent on cars and chases; but, like Amos' old school S&W model 10 .38, the cars are more likely to be classic than cool.

There are currently 20 books:

1. Motor City Blue
2. Angel Eyes
3. The Midnight Man
4. The Glass Highway
5. Sugartown
6. Every Brilliant Eye
7. Lady Yesterday
8. Down River
   Down River
   Down River is a 1931 British crime film directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Charles Laughton, Jane Baxter and Harold Huth.-Plot:A man smuggling drugs up the River Thames is caught when a newspaper reporter pursues him.-Cast:...
   
   
9. Silent Thunder
10. Sweet Women Lie
    Sweet Women Lie
    Sweet Women Lie is a crime novel by Loren D. Estleman. The book is set in Detroit, Michigan, and was first published in 1990. The book is the eleventh of a series in which the main character is Amos Walker, a private detective...
    
    (1990)
11. Never Street
12. The Witchfinder
13. The Hours of the Virgin
14. A Smile on the Face of the Tiger
15. Sinister Heights
16. Poison Blonde
17. Retro (2004)
18. Nicotine Kiss (2006)
19. American Detective (2007)
20. Left-handed Dollar (2010)