- Leather Bound: 326 pages
- Publisher: Scorpion Press; Limited signed ed edition (April 6 2010)
- ISBN-10: 1873567928
- ISBN-13: 978-1873567920
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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'Tight dialogue, noirish plots and a heavy dose of civic corruption all go in the mix with McGill the stylish, unruffled knight in shining armour.' CATHOLIC HERALD 'Brilliantly written' HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINER 'Anothr engrossing read from Wlater Mosley, rightly regarded as one of the best American crime writers.' SOUTH WALES ARGUS
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A mystery caller sends Leonid McGill to an uptown address 'just to check a girl's OK'. There's no explanation -- just a name, Angelique -- a reward, and the chilling knowledge that he's working for Rinaldo Alphonse, the most feared man in New York. What LT finds is a crime scene. A girl lies with her face blown off, her assassin felled by a knife. But the dead girl isn't the one LT was sent to find, and her killer's injuries don't make sense. The next day Alphonse comes calling: LT must find Angelique before the assassin's assassin tracks her down. Alphonse isn't the only one who wants a bit of LT's time -- the NYPD, finding his appearance too convenient, think they can finally put away the thorn in their side. But why do so many people want a piece of the apparently normal, clean-living Angelique? And why is the mafia coming after McGill, linking his sons -- shy Dmitri and streetwise Twill -- to the escape of a sex-trafficked Belarussian girl? As both plots career towards a thrilling finale, McGill must put his street know-how and book of lethal contacts to the test, while haunted by the reappearance of a face from his crooked past and his wife Katrina's continued infidelities.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Walter Mosley Has the Right Rhythm in the Second Book of the Leonid McGill Mysteries,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 112,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (#1 HALL OF FAME)
This review is from: KNOWN TO EVIL. (Hardcover)
"For My people are foolish,They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge." --Jeremiah 4:22 (NKJV) Known to Evil is the second mystery in the Leonid McGill series, featuring the former "anything goes" fixer and Private Investigator for "anyone who will pay." In The Long Fall, Walter Mosley lovingly developed a most unusual anti-hero, a deeply fallen man who is trying to redeem himself, but is constantly pulled back into the muck of his past. With the character now well established, Known to Evil has a better pacing and doesn't try so hard to update Raymond Chandler. As a result, I thought Known to Evil worked quite well . . . floating forward like the surging rhythms and alternating solos of good jazz. As the book opens, Leonid is still at odds with his wife and cannot resist the call to serve the city's most powerful political fixer, Alphonse Rinaldo. Leonid does decide to put some limits on the assignment, hoping to avoid a bloody body count that would leave his hands covered in gore. No sooner does he start the assignment, to check on a young woman, Tara Lear, than everything goes badly wrong. There are two corpses where Lear is supposed to be. Life quickly becomes even more complicated. On the home front, Katrina, Leonid's wife, has a sudden need to discuss their marriage. In addition, his two "sons" disappear, putting one of them at risk for incarceration. A young woman he saved from a horrible life returns and needs a job. Will he hire her? At the office, his lover has sent Leonid packing, and he's torn apart by seeing Aura Ullman with her new man. Like a one-armed paper hanger, Leonid finds himself balancing all these problems (and a few more that develop along the way) while trying to save everyone he can . . . including himself. It's quite a challenge, and one that you'll enjoy following, I'm sure. The writing is wonderful, especially for setting the scene and capturing emotion. Here's a gem from the book's opening: "Standing up in my chair and moving into the hallway, I felt as if I were displaced, another man, or maybe the same man in a similar but vastly different world: the working-poor lottery winner who suddenly one day realizes that riches have turned his blood into vinegar." Don't miss this book!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Walter Mosley Has the Right Rhythm in the Second Book of the Leonid McGill Mysteries,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 112,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (#1 HALL OF FAME)
This review is from: Known to Evil (Hardcover)
"For My people are foolish,They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge." --Jeremiah 4:22 (NKJV) Known to Evil is the second mystery in the Leonid McGill series, featuring the former "anything goes" fixer and Private Investigator for "anyone who will pay." In The Long Fall, Walter Mosley lovingly developed a most unusual anti-hero, a deeply fallen man who is trying to redeem himself, but is constantly pulled back into the muck of his past. With the character now well established, Known to Evil has a better pacing and doesn't try so hard to update Raymond Chandler. As a result, I thought Known to Evil worked quite well . . . floating forward like the surging rhythms and alternating solos of good jazz. As the book opens, Leonid is still at odds with his wife and cannot resist the call to serve the city's most powerful political fixer, Alphonse Rinaldo. Leonid does decide to put some limits on the assignment, hoping to avoid a bloody body count that would leave his hands covered in gore. No sooner does he start the assignment, to check on a young woman, Tara Lear, than everything goes badly wrong. There are two corpses where Lear is supposed to be. Life quickly becomes even more complicated. On the home front, Katrina, Leonid's wife, has a sudden need to discuss their marriage. In addition, his two "sons" disappear, putting one of them at risk for incarceration. A young woman he saved from a horrible life returns and needs a job. Will he hire her? At the office, his lover has sent Leonid packing, and he's torn apart by seeing Aura Ullman with her new man. Like a one-armed paper hanger, Leonid finds himself balancing all these problems (and a few more that develop along the way) while trying to save everyone he can . . . including himself. It's quite a challenge, and one that you'll enjoy following, I'm sure. The writing is wonderful, especially for setting the scene and capturing emotion. Here's a gem from the book's opening: "Standing up in my chair and moving into the hallway, I felt as if I were displaced, another man, or maybe the same man in a similar but vastly different world: the working-poor lottery winner who suddenly one day realizes that riches have turned his blood into vinegar." Don't miss this book!
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4.1 out of 5 stars (32 customer reviews) 28 of 33 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Walter Mosley writes like he's the only author in a world full of readers".,
By Jason Frost "RubiconReader" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Known to Evil (Hardcover)
In a world of overused superlatives; Walter Mosley stands out as TRUE recipient of the word 'genius' and any other accompanying synonyms. I get nervous when writing a review for one of Mosley's books because I feel like a third grader standing in front of the `Mona Lisa' and being told to critique it. So instead of trying to wrack my brain, write something profound or critique the work of a word-smith master... I'll just tell you how much I enjoyed this book (that kind of IS the purpose of a review, huh?).Leonid is a poor man's private eye. And like any good private eye, he has people on the good (and bad side) of the law, and the good (and bad side) of society. He's like a modern day mercenary, a gun for hire, a man's-man when you're in a pinch... a professor in philosophy for the street. Leonid is caught up in another octopus-type mystery. I say "octopus-type" because there are a LOT of characters and a LOT going on within the streets of New York. Come to think of it, New York is probably the only city with enough chutzpah to handle Leonid AND Mr. Mosley. Leonid's personal life is convoluted. Leonid's professional life is convoluted. Together they create a labyrinth of shady characters, bad cops, loose women, and nocturnal friends. The brilliance of `Known to Evil' is that it makes the classic black-n-white mystery noir seem brand new. While at the same time, continues to concretes Walter Mosley as a living literary legend. Most of us strive to leave a mark on this world by the time we die. With Leonid, Mosley is starting on his second Grand Canyon. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
So close to awesome,
By K. Zhou "Cheeky Monkey Reader" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Known to Evil (Hardcover)
I love Leonid McGill. It shows him as a human being with all the problems with America in general. His wife is cheating on him, he is cheating on his wife, his marriage is loveless, his children aren't genetically his except Dem, and his life is in trouble. It is a great character and overall Known to Evil is a great book. The only reason it doesn't get the Five stars is because of the ending. It was a weak ending. The Long Fall had a good ending and an excellent beginning and middle and so does this book in the latter. It has a good beginning, it is very very strong in the middle but the ending kind of lacks, well spice. Other than that one complaint, this is a very very good book.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Redemption,
By Stephen T. Hopkins - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Known to Evil (Hardcover)
Walter Mosley continues to develop the protagonist Leonid McGill in his novel titled, Known to Evil. The motivation of private detective McGill is to act in ways that atone for his bad behavior, and it his redemption that becomes a life goal. In some ways McGill is both hero and everyman. Thanks to Mosley's fine writing, the dialogue seems realistic, the characters are well-developed, and the insights about human condition are profound. The personal circumstances that led McGill to this moment in his life and those of society at large contain a randomness that's sobering.Rating: Three-star (Recommended) |
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