Sweet Women Lie
Sweet Women Lie is a crime novel by Loren D. Estleman. The book is set in Detroit, Michigan and was first published in 1990. The book is the eleventh of a series and the main character is Amos Walker, a private detective. The series has established itself in the genre and runs to more than thirty titles. Plot summary
Amos Walker's ex-wife has a new boyfriend, whom she cannot find. She employs Walker in the search, but the new "beau" has a secret life as a government assassin. The events of the book unfold from that discovery. Footnotes

References
Amos Walker stories

1990 American novels
American crime novels
Novels set in Detroit
Houghton Mifflin books