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The Detroit Electric Scheme: A Mystery
D.E. Johnson
Minotaur Books
September 2010
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Featuring: Will Anderson
320 pages
ISBN: 0312644566
EAN: 9780312644567
Hardcover
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Mystery
Will Anderson is a drunk, heartbroken over the breakup with
his fiancée, Elizabeth. He’s barely kept his job at his
father’s company---Detroit Electric, 1910’s leading electric
automobile manufacturer. Late one night, Elizabeth’s new
fiancé and Will’s one-time friend, John Cooper, asks Will to
meet him at the car factory. He finds Cooper dead, crushed
in a huge hydraulic roof press. Surprised by the police,
Will panics and runs, leaving behind his cap and automobile,
and buries his blood-spattered clothing in a garbage can. What follows is a fast-paced, detail-filled ride through
early-1900s Detroit, involving murder, blackmail, organized
crime, the development of a wonderful friendship, and the
inside story on early electric automobiles. Through it all,
Will learns that clearing himself of the crime he was framed
for is only the beginning. To survive, and for his loved
ones to survive, he must also become a man. The Detroit Electric Scheme is populated with fascinating
characters, both real and fictional, from a then-flourishing
Detroit: The Dodge brothers and Edsel Ford come to life,
interacting with denizens of the sordid underbelly of the
Motor City, such as Vito Adamo, Detroit’s first Mob boss,
and Big Boy, the bouncer at a saloon so notorious the
newspapers called it “The Bucket of Blood.” This expertly
plotted debut delivers with great research, wonderfully
flawed yet likable characters, and a shattering climax.
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