Full name: The Long Fall: The First Leonid McGill Mystery

Author: Walter Mosley Year: 2009 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Thriller, Detective Culture: African-American Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781594488580 9780451230256 1594488584 0451230256

Bestselling mystery writer Walter Mosley's electric new novel introduces a brand new investigator - Leonid McGill - and a gripping new set of challenges. We follow former rule-breaker Leonid McGill as he's buffeted between the overlords of New York's underbelly, desperate to turn straight, but unable to say no to a nicely paid job. When we're introduced, he's calling in old favours and greasing NYPD palms to uncover seemingly harmless information for a high-paying client. But when the former schoolmates on his list are bludgeoned to death one by one, McGill realises that a friendly reunion wasn't quite what his taskmaster had in mind. And the awkward questions that follow seem almost welcome in comparison to a visit from Willie Sanderson, a trained killer and 'modern-day Frankenstein', now primed to ensure that McGill breathes his last. THE LONG FALL shows Walter Mosley at the height of his powers, breathing new life into American crime writing with sassy dialogue and unflinching social truths. Vividly capturing a city not nearly as cleaned up as its politicians would have us believe, this is new Mosley - and it's just as good as the vintage kind. This book is part of the "Leonid McGill" series. Here are some other books from this series: "All I Did Was Shoot My Man" First published in 2012 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Known to Evil" First published in 2010 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "And Sometimes I Wonder About You" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "When the Thrill Is Gone" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Known to Evil by Walter Mosley Down the River unto the Sea by Walter Mosley The Face of Trespass by Ruth Rendell Death in Berlin by M. M. Kaye The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley Fell of Dark by Reginald Hill Small Town by Lawrence Block Deadfall by Linda Fairstein Quiet as a Nun by Antonia Fraser The Rabbit Factory by Marshall Karp Bad Blood by Linda Fairstein The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman Master of the Moor by Ruth Rendell Skeleton-in-Waiting by Peter Dickinson Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley When the Thrill Is Gone by Walter Mosley And Sometimes I Wonder About You by Walter Mosley All I Did Was Shoot My Man by Walter Mosley A Red Death by Walter Mosley