Evil Grows: & Other Thrilling Tales
Jun 2025 · Open Road Media
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From a “master” of noir fiction, comes this collection featuring corrupt cops, femme fatales, and hired guns grappling with the darker edges of criminal life (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times).
An undercover cop in a thrilling cat and mouse story, a kicked-to-the curb prize fighter who struggles with selling out, and a professional assassin whose taste for whiskey gets in the way of his career goals. These are only a few of the gritty characters from both sides of the law who endure double-dealing, surprise swindles, and acts of violence rivaled only by the darkness within them. Edged, subversive, and filled with wry humor, this collection of twelve hardboiled crime stories from award-winning author Loren D. Estleman is “for readers who can’t get enough of Elmore Leonard and Ross Thomas . . . He’s that good” (People).
“Page for page, nobody does this stuff better.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A consistently excellent storyteller.” —Chicago Tribune
“One of the best hard-boiled writers of all time.” —Publishers Weekly
An undercover cop in a thrilling cat and mouse story, a kicked-to-the curb prize fighter who struggles with selling out, and a professional assassin whose taste for whiskey gets in the way of his career goals. These are only a few of the gritty characters from both sides of the law who endure double-dealing, surprise swindles, and acts of violence rivaled only by the darkness within them. Edged, subversive, and filled with wry humor, this collection of twelve hardboiled crime stories from award-winning author Loren D. Estleman is “for readers who can’t get enough of Elmore Leonard and Ross Thomas . . . He’s that good” (People).
“Page for page, nobody does this stuff better.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A consistently excellent storyteller.” —Chicago Tribune
“One of the best hard-boiled writers of all time.” —Publishers Weekly
About the author
Loren D. Estleman is a critically acclaimed author of historical crime and Western fiction with over eighty published books. He graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and journalism. His first novel, The Oklahoma Punk, was published in 1976. In 1980, he published the first novel of the Amos Walker series, which he is most known for, Motor City Blue. He has received twenty-two national writing awards, including an Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement and two American Mystery Awards, and has been nominated for the National Book Award and the Edgar Award.
He currently lives in Michigan with his wife, Deborah Morgan.
He currently lives in Michigan with his wife, Deborah Morgan.
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