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Amos Walker Books in Order

Amos Walker by Loren D. Estleman contains 35 books, published between 1980 and 2026. The first book is Motor City Blue (1980) and the newest is Man One (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
35
Published
1980–2026
Pages on record
7,189 in 25 of 35 books
Reading time
120–180 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,189 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 35 titles with a page count on record.

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Amos Walker is a hard-boiled private detective created by Loren D. Estleman, working in Detroit and living on the Detroit-Hamtramck border. Walker is a Vietnam veteran who boxed in college and served as a military policeman, and the books describe him as sharp and streetwise. The series runs to 35 catalogued volumes from Motor City Blue (1980) to Man One (2026), written across five decades, and has taken multiple Shamus Awards from the Private Eye Writers of America, including a Lifetime Achievement Award for Estleman.

How many Amos Walker books are there?

Amos Walker has 35 books, released between 1980 and 2026.

Amos Walker Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 35 Amos Walker books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Motor City Blue by Loren D. Estleman, book 1 of the Amos Walker series (1980)
  2. Cover of General Murders by Loren D. Estleman, book 1 of the Amos Walker series (1988)
  3. Cover of Amos Walker: The Complete Story Collection by Loren D. Estleman, book 2 of the Amos Walker series (2010)
  4. Cover of The Glass Highway by Loren D. Estleman, book 4 of the Amos Walker series (1983)
  5. Cover of Sugartown by Loren D. Estleman, book 5 of the Amos Walker series (1984)
  6. Cover of Every Brilliant Eye by Loren D. Estleman, book 6 of the Amos Walker series (1986)
  7. Cover of Lady Yesterday by Loren D. Estleman, book 7 of the Amos Walker series (1987)
  8. Cover of Downriver by Loren D. Estleman, book 8 of the Amos Walker series (1988)
  9. Cover of Silent Thunder by Loren D. Estleman, book 9 of the Amos Walker series (1989)
  10. Cover of Sweet Women Lie by Loren D. Estleman, book 10 of the Amos Walker series (1990)
  11. Cover of Never Street by Loren D. Estleman, book 11 of the Amos Walker series (1997)
  12. Cover of The Witchfinder by Loren D. Estleman, book 12 of the Amos Walker series (1998)
  13. Cover of The Hours of the Virgin by Loren D. Estleman, book 13 of the Amos Walker series (1999)
  14. Cover of A Smile on the Face of the Tiger by Loren D. Estleman, book 14 of the Amos Walker series (2000)
  15. Cover of Sinister Heights by Loren D. Estleman, book 15 of the Amos Walker series (2002)
  16. Cover of Poison Blonde by Loren D. Estleman, book 16 of the Amos Walker series (2003)
  17. Cover of Nicotine Kiss by Loren D. Estleman, book 18 of the Amos Walker series (2005)
  18. Cover of American Detective by Loren D. Estleman, book 19 of the Amos Walker series (2007)
  19. Cover of The Left-Handed Dollar by Loren D. Estleman, book 20 of the Amos Walker series (2010)
  20. Cover of Infernal Angels by Loren D. Estleman, book 21 of the Amos Walker series (2011)
  21. Cover of Burning Midnight by Loren D. Estleman, book 22 of the Amos Walker series (2012)
  22. Cover of Don't Look for Me by Loren D. Estleman, book 23 of the Amos Walker series (2014)
  23. Cover of You Know Who Killed Me by Loren D. Estleman, book 24 of the Amos Walker series (2014)
  24. Cover of The Sundown Speech by Loren D. Estleman, book 25 of the Amos Walker series (2015)
  1. 1
    Motor City Blue1980 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980256
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  2. 1
    General Murders1988 · 395 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988395
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  3. 2
    Angel Eyes1981 · confirmed 2/4
    1981–
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  4. 2
    Amos Walker: The Complete Story Collection2010 · 637 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010637
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  5. 3
    The Midnight Man1982 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982256
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  6. 4
    The Glass Highway1983 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983240
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  7. 5
    Sugartown1984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  8. 6
    Every Brilliant Eye1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  9. 7
    Lady Yesterday1987 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987256
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  10. 8
    Downriver1988 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988224
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  11. 9
    Silent Thunder1989 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989240
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  12. 10
    Sweet Women Lie1990 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990224
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  13. 11
    Never Street1997 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997341
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  14. 12
    The Witchfinder1998 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998306
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  15. 13
    The Hours of the Virgin1999 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999296
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  16. 14
    A Smile on the Face of the Tiger2000 · 295 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000295
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  17. 15
    Sinister Heights2002 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002262
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  18. 16
    Poison Blonde2003 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003272
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  19. 17
    Retro2004 · 286 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004286
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  20. 18
    Nicotine Kiss2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  21. 19
    American Detective2007 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007256
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  22. 20
    The Left-Handed Dollar2010 · 286 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010286
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  23. 21
    Infernal Angels2011 · 270 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011270
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  24. 22
    Burning Midnight2012 · 285 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012285
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  25. 23
    Don't Look for Me2014 · 283 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014283
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  26. 24
    You Know Who Killed Me2014 · 233 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014233
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  27. 25
    The Sundown Speech2015 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015240
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  28. 26
    The Lioness Is the Hunter2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  29. 27
    Black and White Ball2018 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018240
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  30. 28
    When Old Midnight Comes Along2020 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020310
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  31. 29
    Cut-Throat Dogs2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  32. 30
    Monkey in the Middle2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  33. 31
    City Walls2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  34. 32
    Smoke on the Water2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  35. 33
    Man One2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Is there a chronological order for Amos Walker?

No separate chronological order is on record for Amos Walker, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Amos Walker books in order?

You should read the Amos Walker books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Amos Walker book also stands alone.

Where to start with Amos Walker

Start with Motor City Blue (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Amos Walker book?

Man One (2026) is the newest Amos Walker book released so far.

Is there a new Amos Walker book coming?

No next Amos Walker book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Amos Walker at a glance

Still running
Amos Walker is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Amos Walker books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,189 pages across the 25 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 270 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Amos Walker books, 10 of 35, were published in the 1980s.

What the Amos Walker books are about

24 of the 35 Amos Walker books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 21 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Loren D. Estleman

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Loren D. Estleman

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.