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Trouble Is What I Do by Walter Mosley (2020, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316491136
ISBN-139780316491136
eBay Product ID (ePID)10038283673
Product Key Features
Book TitleTrouble Is What I Do
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicThrillers / Crime, African American / Mystery & Detective, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Publication Year2020
GenreFiction
AuthorWalter Mosley
Book SeriesLeonid Mcgill Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight7.9 Oz
Item Length7.3 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2022-441162
Dewey Edition23/eng/20230415
Reviews"Watching McGill coolly deploy the physical and intellectual skills he'd acquired in his previous life as an underworld "fixer" provides the principal pleasure of this installment, along with Mosley's own way of making prose sound like a tender, funny blues ballad...Mosley delivers enough good stuff to let you know a master's at work." -- Kirkus, "The charms of this short novel lie in Mosley's memorable characters, his portrayal of the world McGill inhabits and the author's uniquely lyrical writing style."-- Bruce DeSilva, Associated Press, "Watching McGill coolly deploy the physical and intellectual skills he'd acquired in his previous life as an underworld "fixer" provides the principal pleasure of this installment, along with Mosley's own way of making prose sound like a tender, funny blues ballad...Mosley delivers enough good stuff to let you know a master's at work."-- Kirkus, "[Mosley] wanders through a few underworlds of the New York City crime category, always a treat for readers, and one that packs a moral punch. Mosley is, quite simply, an icon of detective fiction, and with each new novel in the McGill series he's making New York noir his own just as he did with Los Angeles." -- LitHub, "A tight and quietly subversive tale about family, class, privilege, and race (plus honor, of all things) that packs a hard tight punch. You won't see it coming, but you'll know when it lands."-- Kevin Burton Smith , Mystery Scene Magazine, "A slim volume with the feel of a fable and the concision of a blues scale. Minor characters have marvelous names-Archibald Lawless, Dido Kazz, Mozelle Tot-and move with ageless grace. 'I felt a kinship to all of them,' Leonid thinks. So do we."-- Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal, "Spieled in a powerful, streamlined voice, this wrenching American noir will stick with readers long after the final page." -- Booklist, "One of life's great pleasures is reading Walter Mosley...one of those rare authors where you can close your eyes, open to any page and will find a description, character name or turn of phrase to savor."-- Drew Gallagher , The Freelance-Star, "Walter Mosley is back with a whole new character to love. . . . As gorgeous a novel as anything he's ever written. And with Joe King Oliver I'm betting, and hoping, he's given us a character we haven't see the last of."-- Richard Lipez , Washington Post, "Spieled in a powerful, streamlined voice, this wrenching American noir will stick with readers long after the final page."-- Booklist, "A slim volume with the feel of a fable and the concision of a blues scale. Minor characters have marvelous names-Archibald Lawless, Dido Kazz, Mozelle Tot-and move with ageless grace. 'I felt a kinship to all of them,' Leonid thinks. So do we." -- Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal, "[Mosley] wanders through a few underworlds of the New York City crime category, always a treat for readers, and one that packs a moral punch. Mosley is, quite simply, an icon of detective fiction, and with each new novel in the McGill series he's making New York noir his own just as he did with Los Angeles."-- LitHub, "This gifted raconteur of the African American experience has produced an absorbing noir beauty of a tale."-- Richard Lipez, The Washington Post, "A tight and quietly subversive tale about family, class, privilege, and race (plus honor, of all things) that packs a hard tight punch. You won't see it coming, but you'll know when it lands." -- Kevin Burton Smith , Mystery Scene Magazine, "The charms of this short novel lie in Mosley's memorable characters, his portrayal of the world McGill inhabits and the author's uniquely lyrical writing style." -- Bruce DeSilva, Associated Press, "This gifted raconteur of the African American experience has produced an absorbing noir beauty of a tale." -- Richard Lipez, The Washington Post
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisFrom innovative bestselling novelist Walter Mosley comes the return of the beloved Leonid McGill detective series featuring a morally ambiguous P.I. who solves crimes and whose victims are society's most downtrodden. Leonid McGill's spent a lifetime building up his reputation in the New York investigative scene. His seemingly infallible instinct and inside knowledge of the crime world make him the ideal man to help when Phillip Worry comes knocking. Phillip "Catfish" Worry is a 92-year-old Mississippi bluesman who needs Leonid's help with a simple task: deliver a letter revealing the black lineage of a wealthy heiress and her corrupt father. Unsurprisingly, the opportunity to do a simple favor while shocking the prevailing elite is too much for Leonid to resist. But when a famed and feared assassin puts a hit on Catfish, Leonid has no choice but to confront the ghost of his own felonious past. Working to protect his client, and his own family, Leonid must reach the heiress on the eve of her wedding before her powerful father kills those who hold their family's secret. Joined by a team of young and tough aspiring investigators, Leonid must gain the trust of wary socialites, outsmart vengeful thugs, and, above all, serve the truth-- no matter the cost., Morally ambiguous P.I. Leonid McGill is back -- and investigating crimes against society's most downtrodden -- in this installment of the beloved detective series from an Edgar Award-winning and bestselling crime novelist. Leonid McGill's spent a lifetime building up his reputation in the New York investigative scene. His seemingly infallible instinct and inside knowledge of the crime world make him the ideal man to help when Phillip Worry comes knocking. Phillip "Catfish" Worry is a 92-year-old Mississippi bluesman who needs Leonid's help with a simple task: deliver a letter revealing the black lineage of a wealthy heiress and her corrupt father. Unsurprisingly, the opportunity to do a simple favor while shocking the prevailing elite is too much for Leonid to resist. But when a famed and feared assassin puts a hit on Catfish, Leonid has no choice but to confront the ghost of his own felonious past. Working to protect his client and his own family, Leonid must reach the heiress on the eve of her wedding before her powerful father kills those who hold their family's secret. Joined by a team of young and tough aspiring investigators, Leonid must gain the trust of wary socialites, outsmart vengeful thugs, and, above all, serve the truth -- no matter the cost.
LC Classification NumberPS3563.O88456T76
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- Jul 01, 2020
Trouble Is What I Do. He didn't take the trouble to write this one well. He phoned it in.
Mosley has written some wonderful books. This one is not one of them.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Feb 13, 2023
Trouble
Great item, ThanksVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Oct 07, 2020
Excellent purchase
Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Aug 16, 2023
l like it
a great readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
