When the Thrill is Gone

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LEONID hcGÍ LL is back in the third- and most enthralling-installment in Walter Mosley's latest New York Times-bestselling series. The economy has hit the priváté investigation business hard, and Leonid McGill needs a case. So how can he say no to the beautiful young woman who waiks into his Office with a stack of cash? She's an artist, she says, who has escaped poverty by marrying a rich collector. She fears for her life, and she needs Leonid's help. Though Leonid knows better than to believe every word a client says, this isn't a job he can afford to turn away, even as he senses that straightening out her story could bring him more- and dangerous-trouble. Complicating his professional life are his family's misadventures. His wife has taken a new lover, his favorité stepson has dropped out of high school for mysterious reasons, his girlfriend is back but intent on somé serious conversations, and his best friend is dying of cancer in McGill's apartment. When the Thrill Is Gone is... Tovább

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LEONID hcGÍ LL is back in the third- and most enthralling-installment in Walter Mosley's latest New York Times-bestselling series. The economy has hit the priváté investigation business hard, and Leonid McGill needs a case. So how can he say no to the beautiful young woman who waiks into his Office with a stack of cash? She's an artist, she says, who has escaped poverty by marrying a rich collector. She fears for her life, and she needs Leonid's help. Though Leonid knows better than to believe every word a client says, this isn't a job he can afford to turn away, even as he senses that straightening out her story could bring him more- and dangerous-trouble. Complicating his professional life are his family's misadventures. His wife has taken a new lover, his favorité stepson has dropped out of high school for mysterious reasons, his girlfriend is back but intent on somé serious conversations, and his best friend is dying of cancer in McGill's apartment. When the Thrill Is Gone is Walter Mosley at his very best: a provocative story of power, corruption, and greed, and a rich exploration of family members struggling to understand one other, all seen through the eyes of one of fiction's great characters, Leonid McGill. Praise for The Long Fali "Mosley has created not only the newest of the great fictional detectives, but alsó an incisive and insightful commentator on the American scene." -The Boston Globe "Terrific... [McGill is] someone you can definitely settle down with." -The New York Times Praise for Known to Evil "Mosley's sense of story is so fundamentally sound, so in tune with the wants and needs of a crime növel that plot points reveal themselves as if by instinct or by feel." -Los Angeles Times "Vivid ... McGill is a worthy guide through the modern mean streets." -San Francisco Chronicle Walter Mosley is one of the most versatile and admired writers working today. He is the author of more than thirty-four critically acclaimed books, including the New York Times bestsellere Known to Evil and The Long Fali, and the now classic mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins. His work has been translated into more than twenty-one languages, and he is the winner of an 0. Henry Award, a Grammy, and PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York City. When the Thrill Is Gone is coming in hardcover from Riverhead Books. » National author tour » National print reviews and features » NPR interviews » Online outreach » Point-of-purchase materials - www.waltermosley.com 1 facebook.com/WalterMosleyAuthor For publicity information, please contact Marilyn Ducksworth at (212) 366-2564 or at Marilyn.Ducksworth@us.penguingroup.com, or Mih-Ho Chaat (781) 862-9833 or at Mih-Ho.Cha@us.penguingroup.com. March » Fiction » 6' x 9"» 368 pages ISBN 978-1-59448-781-1 » $26.95 ($33.50 CAN) NOT FOR SALE Vissza