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Motown (1991)

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0553074210 (ISBN13: 9780553074215)
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English
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bantam

Motown (1991) - Plot & Excerpts

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 names of pitchers Denny McLain and Mickey Lolich being dropped as well as outfielder Al Kaline. And Norm Cash and Jim Northrup. (You would have to have been a Tiger fan in the 60s to know some of these names and I was.) Other Michigan personalities? How about G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams and Soupy Sales. Have I lost you yet?Rick Amstey is a former Detroit cop. He is hired by General Motors to infiltrate an auto safety organization headed by a Ralph Nader look-a-like that is trying, among other things, to make seat belts mandatory, something the auto industry vigorously opposes. There is also the Teamsters Union masquerading as the Steelhaulers. Rick is a fan of the muscle cars of the era before the gas shortages of the 1970s pushed consumers temporarily to smaller cars made someplace other than Detroit. As the blood and money flows, Rick has to decide which side he is on.This book is about organized crime and gangs and power and race relations in Detroit in 1966. A well-written book, the second in the Detroit Crime Mystery series, Motown kept me interested and looking forward to the next book in the series. My Detroit connections made the book fun for me but are not essential for the enjoyment of the book and its lively characters. Four stars.

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A Novel of Detroit. This one covers 1966, at the intersection where the children of Civil Rights and the children of Prohibition became the new drug runners, numbers runners, and heros of the streets.Well done blend of history, mystery, and fiction, weaving in past and future characters of other Estleman Detroit books. He keeps the action moving with minimal description.This book would make a good movie.I like Estleman's Detroit novels, but as a group they are not up to par with the Amos Walker novels. Amos Walker is just such a great character, and Estleman is so comfortable with him that he has pared to writing down to minimalist perfection. The Detroit novels take a little more descriptive narrative, not Estleman's strongest suit.
—Todd Stockslager

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