Sugartown

By Loren D. Estleman

Subjects: Michigan, fiction, Thriller, History, Private investigators, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Walker, amos (fictitious character), fiction, Missing persons, Fiction, Amos Walker (Fictitious character), Mystery, Periodicals, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Private investigators, fiction, Detroit (mich.), fiction

Description: Martha Evancek was an old woman who desperately needed detective Amos Walker's help in investigating the disappearance of her grandson, Michael. Poverty and frustration had driven Michael's father Joseph to the edge. He had murdered his wife, his young daughter Carla, and then himself. However, Michael escaped because he came home late from school that tragic day. The last Martha ever heard of him was that he was entrusted to the care of an aunt she never knew. Now, for nineteen years there was still no trace of him. As the plot thickens, Amos finds himself trapped in another case­an eminent Russian writer who suspects he is a target for murder. Will Amos be able to solve the mystery before he is the next victim? To find out, you will have to read, "Sugartown".