Super Short Summary

In Burning Midnight by Loren D. Estleman, Detroit private investigator Amos Walker is enlisted by Detroit Police Inspector Alderdyce to extract his son’s brother-in-law, Ernesto Pasada, from a dangerous gang in Mexicantown. As Walker navigates the violent rivalry between the Maldados and the Zapatistas, he uncovers a deeper conspiracy threatening the city. Acts of vandalism, violence, and murder appear in the story.