Desperate Detroit and Stories of Other Dire Places by Loren D. Estleman

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Desperate Detroit and Stories of Other Dire Places by Loren D. Estleman “Loren Estleman is my hero.” –Harlan Coben

Desperate Detroit and Stories of Other Dire Places represents forty years of suspense writing in the short form.  Previously published in a host of magazines and anthologies, with a new Preface and introductions to the stories written especially for this collection, these eighteen tales feature gangsters, private eyes, psychotic killers, hitmen, feuding families, prostitutes, prizefighters, bodyguards, corrupt cops, the walking dead, and ordinary people driven by desperation to commit acts of violence.

An authority on both criminal history and the American West, Loren D. Estleman has been called the most critically acclaimed author of his generation. He has been nominated for the National Book Award and the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Allan Poe Award.