Sweet Women Lie is a crime novel by Loren D. Estleman

Loren D. Estleman

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

. The book is set 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...

, and was first published in 1990. The book is the eleventh of a series in which the main character is Amos Walker

Amos Walker

Amos Walker is a fictional character in a series of books by sometime western author Loren D. Estleman. He is a private detective who lives in Hamtramck and works in Detroit, Michigan. Amos is a traditionalist when it comes to film and music. Claiming to "dress like the late show," he is definitely...

, a private detective. The series has established itself in the genre and runs to at least 15 titles.

Plot summary

In this episode Walker's ex-wife has a new boyfriend, who she cannot find. She employs Amos Walker in the search, but the new "beau" has a secret life as a government assassin, and that is it what he has got involved in.