The Way We Die Now, Charles Willeford
The Way We Die Now, Charles Willeford
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The Way We Die Now
A Novel

Author: Charles Willeford

Narrator: Stephen Bowlby

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/05/2014

Synopsis

When Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley receives an unexplained order to let his beard grow, he doesn't think much about it. He has too much going on at home, especially with a man he helped convict ten years before moving in across the street. Hoke immediately assumes the worst, and considering he has his former partner, her newborn, and his two teenage daughters living with him, he doesn't like the situation one bit. It doesn't help matters when he is suddenly assigned to work undercover, miles away, outside of his jurisdiction and without his badge, his gun, or his teeth. Soon he is impersonating a drifter and trying to infiltrate a farm operation suspected of murdering migrant workers. But when he gets there for his job interview, the last thing he is offered is work.In this final installment of the highly acclaimed Hoke Moseley novels, Charles Willeford's brilliance and expertise show on every page. Funny, thrilling, and disturbing in equal parts, The Way We Die Now is a triumphant finish to one of the most original detective series 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 James

This is the fourth and, sadly, the last entry in Charles Willeford’s series featuring Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley. Hoke, to put it mildly, does not remotely resemble the homicide detectives that one usually encounters in crime fiction. Certainly, he’s nothing like Sonny Crockett and the ot......more

Goodreads review by Sam

Sergeant Hoke Moseley is still on the cold cases, this time investigating the suspicious death of a local doctor, thinking his two partners might’ve had him offed. And then he’s approached by his boss for an unexpected undercover mission outside his Miami jurisdiction to investigate a shady farmer i......more

Goodreads review by Greg

I was hoping that Charles Willeford might be my post-Parker (I mean Richard Stark's Parker novels, not either of the two mystery authors with the past name Parker, neither of whom I've ever read) author but my first experience with the "Master of Mystery" wasn't very promising. A lot of people seem......more

Goodreads review by Dave

The fourth and last book in the Hoke Moseley series, published in 1988; soon after the book was published (see title) Willeford died! Jinx much?! At any rate, it felt like when I read it as if he were not quite done with the series, as some things seemed set up for the future (i.e., what about Ellit......more

Goodreads review by Kirk

Great title---one of the best interextual noir spins on another title ever, in fact. Every time I think of Trollope (or John W. Aldridge, who copped THE WAY WE LIVE NOW from Trol), I think of Willeford, in the same way I can't think of "Stairway to Heaven" without conjuring the B-H Sufers' "Hairway......more

Quotes

“No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford.” Elmore Leonard

“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

“If you are looking for a master’s insight into the humid decadence of South Florida and its polyglot tribes. Nobody does that as well as Mr. Willeford.” New York Times Book Review

“Offbeat? Absolutely. Engaging? Entirely. And along the way there are sweatily vivid locales, leanly colorful characters, and a few violent encounters that make Elmore Leonard seem like Swan Lake.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“As usual with Willeford’s crime novels, this is an absorbing, often amusing and disturbing read.” Publishers Weekly

“Pure pleasure…Mr. Willeford never puts a foot wrong.” New Yorker, praise for the author

“Willeford builds up enormous tension—you are compelled to keep reading.” Philadelphia Inquirer, praise for the author

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