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When the Thrill Is Gone
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Series: Leonid McGill, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Leonid McGill is back, in the third-and most enthralling and ambitious-installment in Walter Mosley's latest New York Times best-selling 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.
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- Nicole
- 04-09-11
No The Thrill is not Gone
I was first introduced to Leonid McGill about three weeks ago after hearing about this book on the Tom Joyner Morning show. I am so thrilled to have been listening because I have not been able to get enough of this character. A man who knows that he must make up for his past by doing what he can to help people is such an attractive man!
Mr. Willis is an EXCELLENT narrator. He moves with ease when changing characters. I'm not sure if I am in love with Leonid McGill, Walter Mosley or Mirron Willis.
Start from the first bood to know and appreciate who Mr. McGill and his family are.
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- Angela N. Harris
- 02-28-16
Enjoyed but too many names
I love both Eazy and Lenoid stories but this story had too many characters to keep track of. If you go a day or so without listening, more than likely you have to go back to understand. This book was the most confusing.
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- Tammy
- 06-21-20
Boring
Not sure where they thought the thrill came in. Couldn’t wait till it was done.
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- Kevin Menendez
- 11-27-19
Really good listen
Enjoyed this one, this story was good. I thoroughly enjoyed the descriptions of the characters, his writings make you believe you know these people. I did truly enjoy the actor reading and listening to his take on each characters voice. Will listen again.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 07-04-19
a fast favorite great twists and turns
A renowned favorite and complex word wizard. I love listening to his stories and Mosley never lets me down. The complexity of relationships, responsibility and identity.
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- Sharrod J Stewart
- 01-29-19
Style...Walter Mosley Has Great Creative Style
Walter Mosley has great creative style. The story takes it's time inviting you in. I'm ready for next story already.
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- Shoe Diva
- 11-20-18
so nice i listened to it twice
i love this book and the series. Leonid is as interesting and as layered as Eazy
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- Grg
- 05-11-17
Out of place/Out of time
I enjoyed this book. More than the other McGill books I've read so far.
But something about the story kept bugging me. I didn't realize what it was until I got near the end.
I grew up in NY, living there throughout the 2000s. The dialogue (or maybe the voice interpretation), vernacular, and slang used by the characters are not what you would find in 21st century New York.
This story, and the two before it, felt like it would be more at place set in the 1950s along side Easy Rawlings.
Again, enjoyed the story, but the dialogue feels out of place for the era the story is set.
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- Jerry Washington
- 02-11-16
great book
Walter Mosley has done it again I don't know which one his characters I like best, Easy or Leonard.
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- BAVETTE
- 11-01-15
Interesting and Captivating.
Leonid McGill is intelligent and savvy, but he's no Easy Rawlins! But still a great character. The narrator's different voices got better and better as the dirty
story progressed. Great job Mr. Mosley.