Miami Blues, Charles Willeford
Miami Blues, Charles Willeford
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Miami Blues
A Novel

Author: Charles Willeford

Narrator: Stephen Bowlby

Unabridged: 6 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/06/2014

Synopsis

After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room at the un-illustrious Eldorado Hotel and nurses a glass of brandy. With his guard down, he doesn’t think twice when he hears a knock on the door. The next day, he finds himself in the hospital, badly bruised and with his jaw wired shut. He thinks back over ten years of cases, wondering who would want to beat him into unconsciousness, steal his gun and badge, and most importantly, make off with his prized dentures. But the pieces never quite add up to revenge, and the few clues he has keep connecting to a dimwitted hooker, her ex-con boyfriend, and the bizarre murder of a Hare Krishna pimp.Chronically depressed, constantly strapped for money, always willing to bend the rules a bit, Hoke Moseley is hardly what you’d think of as the perfect cop, but he is one of the greatest detective creations of all time.

About Charles Willeford

Charles Willeford (1919-1988) was an American writer of fiction, poetry, autobiography, literary criticism, and twenty novels, best known for his Hoke Moseley series, including Miami Blues, as well as such classics as Cockfighter and The Woman Chase.

About Stephen Bowlby

Stephen Bowlby has worked as a professional voice actor for more than forty years. His experience spans animation, character work, commercials, and narration. He has read numerous audiobooks throughout his career, including titles by Harold Robbins, Stuart M. Kaminsky, John Sculley, William P. McGivern, and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Francesc

Muy buena. Es del tipo de novela que a mi me gusta. Unos personajes bien perfilados; una trama redonda; humor, un poco de sexo y violencia. Un libro con las páginas justas y adecuadas. No se trata de ser más largo o más corto, sino de adaptarse a lo que uno quiere contar. Y Willeford lo clava. Y esto......more

Goodreads review by Kemper

Treasure of the Rubbermaids 10: Good Cop - Bad Cop The on-going discoveries of priceless books and comics found in a stack of Rubbermaid containers previously stored and forgotten at my parent’s house and untouched for almost 20 years. Thanks to my father dumping them back on me, I now spend my spare......more

Quotes

“If you are looking for a master’s insight into the humid decadence of South Florida and its polyglot tribes, nobody does it better than Mr. Willeford.” New York Times Book Review

“Extraordinarily winning…Pure pleasure…Mr. Willeford never puts a foot wrong.” New Yorker

“Terse, scary, and evocative, Miami Blues is a thriller with cold blood.” Philadelphia Inquirer

“A tempo so relentless, words practically fly off the page.” Village Voice

“Moseley is one of the most memorable cops in crime fiction…The deadpan Willeford can be devastatingly funny, and his humor hides hard-won insight about people and the world they live in; he dispenses food for thought as if it’s a crumb brushed carelessly from his table.” Booklist (starred review)

“Bone-deep satire…terrific.” Publishers Weekly

“Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new.” Donald E. Westlake, Edgar Award–winning author

“Absolutely brilliant in every regard—the definitive Miami novel.” Stanley Ellin, Edgar Award–winning author

“Nobody writes like Charles Willeford…He is an original—funny and weird and wonderful.” James Crumley, award-winning crime fiction author

“A nasty crime-comedy that’s full of casual violence, outrageous coincidences, and hilariously rude dialogue…Willeford has a marvelously deadpan way with losers on both sides of the law.” Kirkus Reviews

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