Leonid McGills spent a lifetime building up his reputation in the New York investigative scene. 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. Leonid McGill is back and investigating crimes against societys most downtrodden in this installment of the beloved detective series from an Edgar Award-winning and bestselling crime novelist. 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. Unsurprisingly, the opportunity to do a simple favor while shocking the prevailing elite is too much for Leonid to resist.īut 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. 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.
His seemingly infallible instinct and inside knowledge of the crime world make him the ideal man to help when Phillip Worry comes knocking. Leonid McGill's spent a lifetime building up his reputation in the New York investigative scene. who solves crimes and whose victims are society's most downtrodden. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo From innovative bestselling novelist Walter Mosley comes the return of the beloved Leonid McGill detective series featuring a morally ambiguous P.I. In his debut novel, “Devil in a Blue Dress” (1990), the first in his brilliant Easy Rawlins series, Easy is hired to track down a missing white girl named Daphne Monet who, it turns out, is actually a mixed-race woman named Ruby.Also available on eBook for £3.99. Racial identity is a prevailing theme in Mosley’s 44 novels, and this isn’t the first time he’s explored the complex perils of passing for white. He’s dangerous in his own right, and his network of underworld acquaintances who owe him favors are a match for anyone Charles’ money can buy. “Trouble Is What I Do” is the seventh novel in Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Walter Mosley’s series featuring McGill, and as his fans already know, McGill is the right man for the job. He seeks out Lenoid McGill, a former career criminal turned private detective, to make the delivery. Incensed, and more than a little frightened, Charles hires a formidable team of thugs to murder Catfish. Catfish plans to deliver it to Charles’ daughter Justine on the eve of her wedding.
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