Found Raccoon's old post, & an answer from mvccd1000

[fadedrose]

Post dated 6/22/10 - about mysteries in present day Detroit..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=208&topic_id=21510

I put myself in "Search" looking for something about "The Girl With, etc." and ran into your post, raccoon.

Just last week mvccd1000 recommended Loren D. Estleman's "AMOS WALKER: The Complete Story Collection" (which I have, but haven't started yet). Detective Walker works in Detroit, and latest book just came out.
http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/E_Authors/Estleman_Loren-D.html

If you're still interested. you are wondering why now? Why not?

[Little Star]

1. Your last sentence gave me a good chuckle. n/t

[getting old in mke]

2. The Lock Artist

by Steve Hamilton dips into Detroit from time to time. It won the Edgar for Best Novel this year--although only my second favorite. (This is not one of his Alex McKnight books, those they are also excellent).

Amos Walker, for sure.

Earlier Elmore Leonard frequently uses it as a location.

[mvccd1000]

3. Another semi-modern Detroit PI is author Rob Kantner's Pen Perkins

Several good books in that series, mostly written in the 80s and maybe early 90s. Ben even makes a cameo in at least one Amos Walker story written by Loren D. Estleman.

[raccoon]

4. Thank you, Faded. Reason I'm interested is that modern-day Detroit

could seem like a post-apocalyptic setting, which interests me.