When old midnight comes along : an Amos Walker novel

Author

Loren D Estleman

Call Number

• LARGE TYPE MYSTERY ESTL (OSH)

Edition

Large print edition.

Publication Information

Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.

Physical Description

309 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Summary

Amos Walker is hired by Francis X. Lawes, a private-sector mover and shaker in Detroit politics, to prove that his wife, Paula, who disappeared under sinister circumstances more than six years ago, is dead. Francis wants to remarry without having to wait for the seven-year declaration-of-death rule to kick in. Walker's investigation is complicated by two facts: the police still consider Lawes the prime suspect, and the first-responding officer in that old case was killed in the line of duty shortly after wards and his notebook has never been found. The question for Walker is, if Lawes is guilty, why would he put himself in jeopardy of arrest and prosecution by giving the forensics team a body to work on?