Read Series: Detroit
by Author Loren D. Estleman
Motown (1991)
The setting, Detroit, Michigan, is a plus for me as I grew up in that area. I like the familiar landmarks and the involvement of the auto industry. Motown happens in the sixties when I was in high school and college. Tiger baseball is a part of the Detroit scene that decorates the set, with the n...
Stress (1997)
Follows the experiences of Charlie Battle, an African American rookie policeman, who joins an elite undercover squad known for its shoot-first philosophy and its anti-Black prejudice.
Thunder City (2001)
Thunder City presents Detroit in the process of becoming the Motor City. Harlan Crownover, scion of a great family of carriage makers, battles with his father to invest in a company run by Henry Ford, who has failed twice before in the automobile business. Desperate for funds, Harlan turns to Big...
Whiskey River (1991)
This book and the six others in the series take place in Detroit, Michigan. I grew up near Detroit so that is the draw for me. I enjoy reading books that happen in familiar territory. Each book covers one decade from the 1930s to the 1990s. In this first book the protagonist, a newspaper journali...
Jitterbug (1999)
It is Detroit during World War II, and the U.S. is trying to out-manufacture the Germans and Japanese. Workers have been brought in to replace the men fighting in the war. For the first time Southern whites and blacks are working together. But with the black market, rationing, and the Mafia; Detr...