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Estleman received
another lifetime achievement award,
this one from the Private Eye Writers of America.
The award, named The Eye, was presented during
the Albany, NY, Bouchercon, October 2013
Estleman received
the Western Writers of America
Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement
during the WWA convention's Awards Banquet
in Albuquerque, NM, on June 16, 2012
[ new books ]
May 6, 2014
RAGTIME COWBOYS
[ From Forge Books
]
In prohibition-era Southern
California, real life detectives Charles D. Siringo and Dashiell
Hammett must solve a mystery involving a ruthless politician—Joseph
P. Kennedy. With sharp dialogue and rich historical background,
Ragtime Cowboys is an exciting, suspenseful tale in which the
Old West and Hollywood collide.
Los Angeles, 1921: Ex-Pinkerton Charlie Siringo is living in
quiet retirement when Wyatt Earp knocks on his door and asks
him to track down his missing horse. What begins as horse thievery
turns into a deeper mystery as Siringo and another ex-Pinkerton,
the young Dashiell Hammett, follow clues that take them from
the streets of Los Angeles to Jack London's farm, until they
discover a conspiracy masterminded by the notorious and powerful
Joseph P. Kennedy.
March 18, 2014
DON'T LOOK
FOR ME
[ From Forge Books
]
The New York Times
Book Review - Marilyn Stasio
[Estleman's] latest Amos Walker mystery…is so old-school,
with its world-weary private eye, cynical villains and sultry
dames, that it's new again.
Publishers Weekly
01/20/2014
In Estleman’s suspenseful, no-frills 23rd Amos Walker novel
(after 2012’s Burning Midnight), investment banker Alec
Wynn asks the cynical Detroit private detective to find his missing
wife, Cecelia, who disappeared, leaving behind a note simply
stating, “Don’t look for me.” Walker starts with
Wynn’s ex-apprentice, who had an affair with Cecelia, but
gets nowhere with him. With few leads, the detective tracks down
the herbal remedies store that supplied Cecelia with a cabinet-full
of pills, to see if anyone there has any idea of her whereabouts.
The search has some unexpected twists, though readers of the
genre won’t be surprised when the case turns violent. Estleman
has few peers when it comes to giving his world-weary PI downbeat
Chandleresque lines (“I thought I heard a bird singing,
but it turned out to be a sanitation truck backing up in the
next block”), which complement a lean but engrossing plot
and a plausibly human lead.
June 11, 2013
THE CONFESSIONS
OF AL CAPONE
[ From Forge Books
]
From the Publishers
Weekly Review:
Edgar-finalist Estleman (Burning Midnight) presents a nuanced
and compelling fictionalized portrait of the best-known gangster
of them all, Al Capone. In 1944, J. Edgar Hoover pulls Peter
Vasco off a desk job for a special undercover assignment. Capone
is in Florida, dying of syphilis, and Hoover hopes the right
person can get information from him that would enable the bureau
to make cases against successors to his criminal throne. As Vasco’s
father was acquainted with the mobster from a long-ago incident,
the young investigator is tapped to pose as a priest and work
his way into Capone’s inner circle to elicit what useful
information he can. The book alternates between third-person
description of Vasco’s efforts and a convincing first-person
narration by Capone as he shares some of his secrets. Estleman
captures his lead’s ambivalence at deceiving others for
a greater good perfectly, and the directions the plot takes aren’t
always foreseeable.
Agent: Dominick Abel, Dominick Abel Literary Agency. (June)
Estleman set up this "memory board" for quick reference.
It's a fair representation of the inside of his head all the
time
he was writing The Confessions of Al Capone.
At 26, he was the most powerful crime lord in history.
He was barely 30 at the time of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Click HERE to read
A Public
Enemy Primer:
Little-Known Facts about Al Capone
by Loren D. Estleman
April
2013
ALIVE!
A Valentino Mystery
[ From Forge Books
]
Bela Lugosi’s
Frankenstein screen test puts Valentino in the picture for murder
Everyone knows
the Frankenstein monster was played by Boris Karloff. But before
Karloff's memorable portrayal, another famous 1930s Hollywood
icon, Bela Lugosi, tested for the part of the monster.
The screen test
footage was lost for decades, until Valentino, that never-say-die
film archivist, gets a hot tip about the whereabouts of the incriminating
(for really bad, heavily accented acting) footage. But it comes
with a price far greater than the money he'll have to pay. Someone
would kill to get that reel of film, and that makes Valentino
a mortal obstacle who would rather not die for art. People have
already been murdered for the film, and Val doesn’t want
to push his luck…
but boy, that reel is too good to let go….
Enter a crew
of steampunk fans. Loving the arcane strangeness that is Valentino’s
life—not to mention the completely glam prospect of seeing
the original filmic Count Dracula as the Frankenstein monster—they
will find a way to save Valentino and Lugosi's infamous screen
test. Or if they can’t do that, have a great party anyway.
Val just hopes it's not a wake.…
In Alive!,
Loren D. Estleman delivers a mystery that only he can.
October 2012
THE PERILS
OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
SHORT STORIES
[ From Tyrus
Books ]
Authorized and licensed
by
Estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In this adventurous
collection of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, readers will find themselves
right by the legendary detective's side as he investigates a
whole new series of crimes. While readers will recognize some
of the stories, others like "The Serpent's Egg" are
wonderful pieces they'll discover for the very first time.
Also includes
three previously published essays, "Channeling Holmes,"
"On the Significance of Boswells," and "Was Sherlock
Holmes The Shadow? (A Trifle)" that delve deeper into the
daring world of Sherlock Holmes and the imaginative mind of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Walker
short story collection was 2nd on the Mysterious Bookshop 2010
Best List,
which appeared in Entertainment Weekly.
[ September 2010
]
AMOS WALKER:
THE COMPLETE STORY COLLECTION
Tyrus Books
(Consortium, dist.), $32.95 (600p) ISBN 978-1-935562-24-5
In honor of
Amos Walker's 30th anniversary (1980-2010), the author has compiled
a mammoth 600-plus-page collection of all 31 Walker stories,
with an introduction by Estleman and the new, never-before-published
story, "Sometimes a Hyena."
From the Publishers
Weekly Starred Review:
All the elements that have made Estleman one of the best hard-boiled
writers of all time--just a notch below Chandler and Hammett--are
present in these 32 short stories.
To read the full review, click
here
From the Library
Journal Starred Review:
Detroit's most famous gumshoe, Amos Walker, is back in this mammoth
collection of short stories. The omnibus contains 32 tales, including
the previously unpublished "Sometimes a Hyena," and
flawlessly showcases Estleman's distinct and penetrating style.
To read the full review, click
here
From the Bookgasm
review:
AMOS WALKER: THE COMPLETE STORY COLLECTION is reason enough to
not only celebrate, but finally acknowledge Estleman as one of
the essential and influential authors of modern crime fiction,
right up there with the likes of Ross Macdonald, Robert B. Parker
and all the rest. It is essential reading.
To read the full review, click
here
From the Booklist
review:
Walker has
a built-in audience of devoted fans; new readers who check out
this sampler will be pleased to know they have 30 years of fine
novels waiting for them.
To read the full review, click
here
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