Detroit Crime Books in Order

Reporter Connie Minor covers Detroit's criminal underworld during Prohibition, when liquor smuggled from Canada creates fortunes. His encounters with rising gangster Jack Dance place him close to a violent struggle for control of the city's rackets.

Former Detroit policeman Rick Amery takes a job investigating a consumer advocate for General Motors. In the tense period before the 1967 riots, his assignment intersects with corporate interests and the city's growing racial and criminal conflicts.

Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Doc Miller returns from prison determined to stay out of trouble. A job driving for a bail bondsman instead brings him among drug dealers and political figures, where a cop's murder threatens his fresh start.

Former crime reporter Connie Minor is hired to promote Ford's new Edsel in 1950s Detroit. His return to the city's power circles draws him into an investigation of an attack on a union leader and dangerous old connections.

After an off-duty policeman shoots three Black men at a New Year's Eve party, officer Charles Battle investigates. His work confronts racism inside Detroit's police department and uncovers a wider conflict involving robbery, radical politics, and weapons.

A killer wearing a stolen military uniform targets people he considers enemies of the war effort in Detroit. Lieutenant Maximilian Zagreb and a depleted police force hunt him while wartime pressures deepen the city's racial tensions.

At the start of Detroit's automobile age, Harlan Crownover backs Henry Ford against his father's wishes. Seeking money from the Mafia brings his business ambitions into conflict with the established political and industrial powers controlling the city.