When the Thrill Is Gone, Walter Mosley
When the Thrill Is Gone, Walter Mosley
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When the Thrill Is Gone

Author: Walter Mosley

Narrator: Mirron Willis

Unabridged: 8 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 03/08/2011


Synopsis

Leonid McGill is back, in the third-and most enthralling and ambitious-installment in Walter Mosley's latest New York Times- bestselling series.

The economy has hit the private-investigator business hard, even for the detective designated as "a more than worthy successor to Philip Marlowe" (The Boston Globe) and "the perfect heir to Easy Rawlins" (Toronto Globe and Mail). Lately, Leonid McGill is getting job offers only from the criminals he's worked so hard to leave behind. Meanwhile, his life grows ever more complicated: his favorite stepson, Twill, drops out of school for mysteriously lucrative pursuits; his best friend, Gordo, is diagnosed with cancer and is living on Leonid's couch; his wife takes a new lover, infuriating the old one and endangering the McGill family; and Leonid's girlfriend, Aura, is back but intent on some serious conversations...

So how can he say no to the beautiful young woman who walks into his office with a stack of cash? She's an artist, she tells him, who's escaped from poverty via marriage to a rich collector who keeps her on a stipend. But she says she fears for her life, and needs Leonid's help. Though Leonid knows better than to believe every word, this isn't a job he can afford to turn away, even as he senses that-if his family's misadventures don't kill him first-sorting out the woman's crooked tale will bring him straight to death's door.

About The Author

Walter Mosley is the author of more than 50 books, most notably 13 Easy Rawlins mysteries, the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into an acclaimed film starring Denzel Washington. Always Outnumbered, adapted from his first Socrates Fortlow novel, was an HBO film starring Laurence Fishburne. Mosley is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy Award, a PEN America Lifetime Achievement Award, a Langston Hughes Medal, and a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award. A Los Angeles native and a graduate of Goddard College, he holds an MFA from CCNY and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.Mirron Willis is a talented actor whose credits include theater, film, and television. His recordings include the Odyssey Honor award winner Elijah of Buxton by Paul Christopher Curtis; Sixty Feet, Sixty Inches by Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, and Lonnie Wheeler; Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead; Invisible Life, Basketball Jones, and  I Say A Little Prayer by E. Lynn Harris. Mirron is the recipient of numerous Earphone Awards and has recorded many works by Walter Mosley and Orson Scott Card.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on October 08, 2022

3.5 stars In this 3rd book in the 'Leonid McGill' series, the New York private detective is hired by a beautiful woman who fears for her life. The book works fine as a standalone. ***** Leonid McGill is an African-American former boxer and criminal who - determined to mend his ways - is now a private i......more

Goodreads review by Richard on January 11, 2016

3.5 stars I'd read the first two Leonid McGill detective mysteries written by Mosley years back, before I began to write my opinions down on Goodreads. For some reason I never got around to continuing the series so I decided to try to catch up. From what I remember from the earlier books, the plots w......more

Goodreads review by Deb on March 29, 2020

Walter Mosley is a natural storyteller and a gifted writer. He doesn't produce pablum; his books require an effort to read -- concentration, understanding, and thinking on the part of the reader -- what I would call active reading. This is true in the author's other works that I've read and I found i......more

Goodreads review by Amos on February 09, 2022

Mr Mosley rarely disappoints and the third book of his Leonid McGill series keeps said sentiment on the side of truth. 4 Sterling Stars......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on January 24, 2024

Rating 3.75 Having read several of the McGill stories, Mosley uses a formulaic approach which is both repetitive yet engaging due to his skill at storytelling. The formula I refer to is: 'private investigator with a motley crew and dysfunctional family life is hired by questionable affluent types to......more