Book description
THE LONG FALL introduces a new Walter Mosley detective, Leonid McGill,
in a new city, New York. Leonid McGill, known as LT, is a private
detective, and when the story opens he's seeking out the third
individual he's been hired to locate, why he's not sure. He used to be a
pretty cynical sonofabitch, and he's still using assumed names, but now
LT is middle-aged and not quite so fleet of foot. He has the thickened
knuckles of a boxer, and a thickening body. Everything about Leonid is
suitably worn. His wallet, his boxing gloves and his marriage. LT has
offices in the Tesla building on 39th between avenues six and seven, and
unsurprisingly he's cut a deal with the former manager of the building
who he saved from charges of embezzlement. He is late with his rent and
the incredibly desirable building manager, Aura Antoinette Ullman,
informs him she will have to begin eviction proceedings. What she really
wants is for Leonid Trotter McGill to leave his wife for her. There have
been a few worrying emails about a girl with family problems who is
asking where she can get a gun. LT learns the girl's identity, hacks
into her father's computer and learns the man is a paedophile and that
he has abused the daughter for years. Justice must be done. Before this
happens the girl is taken in my LT and wife Katrina who must pretend
they don't know her story. THE LONG FALL introduces a dazzling array of
people set against the unfolding backdrop of LT's past and boxing as he
tries to figure out if he's being set up while he charts a mainly moral
course through a murderous, double-crossing world. There's a vivid sense
of city, situations and characters who are both colourful and credible,
and a gripping narrative. This is new Mosley, and it's as good as the
vintage kind. Walter Mosley lives in New York
