Burning Midnight \ by Loren D. Estleman

[Kim Allen Scott]

Amos Walker is one tough private eye whose repertoie of wisecracks seems bottomless.  In this latest adventure, set in the decaying city of Detroit, Walker is retained by a police officer to help convince his daugher-in-law's brother to quit a dangerous Mexican gang.  Of course like all of these adventures, a simple assignment gets complicated once the bodies start piling up.  During the course of his investigation, Walker finds himself involved with a number of colorful characters who populate the Mexicantown neighborhood, and as a final twist, encounters an old nemesis who threatens to return in another story.  

Estleman is a fantastic writer, and it is amazing to consider he has banged out over seventy novels, twenty-four of which are about Amos Walker.  They are fun to read, and Walker is the private eye I would hire if I ever needed one!!!