For those of you interested in the idea of an Elmore Leonard Literary Tour of Detroit, check out these links of how it’s done for Raymond Chandler.

Shamus Town

http://homepage.mac.com/llatker/locations.html

Mystery Map of Los Angeles

http://homepage.mac.com/llatker/aMysteryMap.html

I always wanted to do a EL mystery map in Detroit, maybe I will.  At the very least, some kind of map.

A gumshoe’s tour of Los Angeles | csmonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0522/p20s01-litr.html?page=1

Where Raymond Chandler lived in Los Angeles & Southern California 1913-1959

http://homepage.mac.com/llatker/residences.html

L.A., THROUGH RAYMOND CHANDLER AND A LENS QUIETLY

http://www.laweekly.com/art+books/books/la-through-raymond-chandler-and-a-lens-quietly/17765/

Last year I looked into

The Dashiell Hammett Tour

http://www.donherron.com/tour.html

when I visited my son in San Francisco, but I ended up doing some research and we saw a bunch of it ourselves.  This was achievable on foot and by transit.  Elmore ranges a bit wider and Detroit is less pedestrian-friendly.