Trouble is What I Do
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4.3 • 42 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
When a case involves forcing a powerful blue-blood family to confront their own hypocrisy, the best person for the job is Leonid McGill. The hardboiled private detective agrees to help elderly blues musician Phillip Worry deliver an envelope to one of New York’s most prominent socialites. But Phillip’s message contains proof that one of America’s oldest and wealthiest bloodlines isn’t as white as the family members like to think—and that's a message that they really don’t want to hear. This installment in Walter Mosley’s long-running series about the cynical but brilliant detective is awesomely propulsive. Leonid calls in favors from a rogue’s gallery of New York’s criminal underworld, all in the hopes of evading the dangerous man who’s out to stop him from unleashing the truth. Dion Graham’s narration is as smooth as the bourbon that Phillip often accepts as payment. Like a well-placed jab to the jaw, Trouble Is What I Do is fast-paced and hard hitting—and you never see it coming.
