The winner of four Shamus Awards, five Spur Awards, and three Western Heritage Awards, he lives in Central Michigan with his wife, author Deborah Morgan.
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Estleman is the author of more than eighty novels, including the Amos Walker, Page Murdock, and Peter Macklin series. Estleman is my hero." -Harlan CobenĪbout the Author Loren D. "His dialogue rivals that of the late Elmore Leonard." - Booklist "Estleman is the Stravinsky of hard-boiled prose-he never hits a wrong note." -John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author ".a true professional, a writer of a sort increasingly rare.so given to his work as to spontaneously combust to genius." - The Boston Globe "Loren D. Publishers Weekly Estleman, who got his own start writing paperbacks, peppers the action with delicious period ambience (dive bars where 'sots blubbered in their Schlitz') and a wealth of scrumptious detail on the salad days of drugstore paperbacks.- Booklist Praise for Loren D. Rating details 28 ratings 4 reviews To 18-year-old Jeff Curry, the old hider and the buffalo he hunted was something of a myth, like a ghost from the past stalking a dream. This evocative tale of a seminal era in American book publishing showcases the author's versatility. Targeted by both Congress and the Mob, Jay may end up the victim of his own success - unless he can write his way to a happier ending.Įstleman keeps the pages turning and makes Heppleman a fully realized creation. Meanwhile, as Hollywood comes calling, the entire industry also comes under fire from censorious politicians out to tame the paperback jungle in the name of public morality. He prides himself on the authenticity of his work, however, which means picking the brains of some less than reputable characters, including an Irish gangster who wants a cut of the profits - or else. Estleman turns his attention to a novel that mixes actual historical events with speculative fictional events in sort. Estleman reveals how close our world came to total war. A high-octane historical thriller, The Eagle and the Viper from novelist Loren D. As "Jack Holly," Jacob finds success as the author of scandalously bestselling crime novels. One man can make history another can change it. Although scorned by the critics, the tawdry drugstore novels sell like hotcakes - or so Jacob is assured by the enterprising head of Blue Devil Books, a pioneer in paperback publishing, known for its two-fisted heroes and underclad cover girls.
The pulp magazines he used to write for are dying, replaced by a revolutionary new publishing racket: paperback novels, offering cheap excitement for the common man and woman. Fresh from the War in Europe, hack writer Jacob Heppleman discovers a changed world back home. Estleman: lurid paperback covers promised sex and danger, but what went on behind the scenes was nearly as spicy as the adventures between the covers. 238.Paperback Jack is a brand new historical thriller from Grand Master Loren D. See Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. Elmer Kelton CITY OF WIDOWS ' Loren Estleman 'Prose as picturesque as the painted desert.
James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. Kirkus Reviews PATH OF THE SUN ' Al Dempsey 'Fascinating. But when a publisher hires him to find Eugene Booth, a has-been pulp legend who skipped out on a lucrative contract to reissue his best book, Walker finds himself staring at a streaky mirror image of himself - if he lives so long." - Marilyn Stasio, NY Times book review, 8/20/00.
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Estleman's Detroit gumshoe, a serious drinker-thinker who lives by a tough-guy code that went out of fashion with the Edsel, is sick of hearing that he looks as if he just slouched out of a 1950's paperback novel. It was the chance for adventure that Jeff had ached for. The old man claimed to have tracked the last of the mighty beasts all the way from Arizona to Oregon, where buffalo hadnt been seen in ten years. ".another bravura performance from a master of the hard-shelled private-eye novel, as well as an author's fond tribute to the forgotten heroes of his genre. To 18-year-old Jeff Curry, the old hider and the buffalo he hunted was something of a myth, like a ghost from the past stalking a dream. An Amos Walker, private investigator novel. : The Mysterious Press / Published by Warner Books.
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